OBIT: Helen Ester (MERRILL) STRONG, 1999, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HELEN ESTER STRONG
  
    Helen Ester Strong, 88, of Somerset, died Oct. 9, 1999, at
  Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
    Born Feb. 18, 1911, in Meyersdale, she was a daughter of the late
  Oscar Charles and Mary (Sluss) Merrill.  In addition to her parents,
  she was preceded in death by her husband, George Henry Strong, who
  died Oct. 7, 1957; two brothers: James and Charles Merrill; and a
  sister, Margaret Dwire.
    She is survived by three children: Sara Jane Hutzell of Somerset;
  Mrs. Joseph (Henrietta) Shockey of Seven Hills, Ohio; and Pamela Ann
  Hutzell of Somerset.  She is also survived by a granddaughter, Mrs.
  Erik (Julie Ann Hutzell) Scholl of Gettysburg.
    Mrs. Strong was a sister of Edward O. Merrill of Lebanon, Mo.; and
  Mrs. Thelma Coleman of Somerset.
    She was a member of the St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church
  and the Trinity Chapter #138 OES.  She was a past member of the
  Business Professional Women of Somerset.  She graduated from Rockwood
  High School in 1929 and from the Jefferson School of Nursing in
  Philadelphia.
    Friends were received Oct. 12 at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home in
  Somerset.  Services were scheduled to be conducted at 10 a.m.
  Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal
  Church, Somerset, with the Rev. Father J. Mark Zimmerman officiating.
  No viewing will be at the church.  Interment, Rockwood I.O.O.F.
  Cemetery.
    Contributions may be made to the Friedens Elementary School
  Library, 1936 Stoystown Road, Friedens, PA 15541.
  
  Meyersdale New Republican, October 14, 1999
  
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