OBIT: Ivys (DUNCAN) STRINGER, 1948, Windber, Somerset County, PA

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IVYS STRINGER

  Mrs. Ivys (Duncan) Stringer, 58, died at her home in Windber, Thursday 
morning, September 23, 1948.  She was born in Clearfield, Nov. 27, 1889, 
daughter of Clark J. and Clara (Buterbaugh) Duncan.  Her husband, Dr. R. G. 
Stringer, died in 1945.
  She is survived by her mother and four daughters - Louise, at home; Mrs. 
Martha Clauss, New York City; Mabel, Los Angeles, Calif., and Caroline, Troy, 
N.Y.; also by one brother, Bernard Duncan, Washington, D.C.; and four sisters, 
Mrs. Ruby Geddes, Johnstown; Mrs. H. W. Gardner, Sebring, Fla.; Mrs. Mary D. 
Curren, Windber, and Mrs. L. J. Luteri, Somerset.
  Mrs. Stringer belonged to the Christian Science Church of Johnstown.  She was 
an active member of the Windber Woman's Club, and was second vice president of 
the Somerset County Federation of Women's Clubs.  A number of years ago, Mrs. 
Stringer and her daughters conducted dancing classes in Meyersdale.  The last 
few years, she and her daughter Louise had an unusual hobby, the propagation of 
earthworms for fertilizing purposes.

Meyersdale Republican, September 30, 1948