OBIT: Wilda (Rader) STURNI, 2007, of interest in Somerset County, PA
 
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  STURNI,  Wilda (Rader)  08/19/07   Daily American
  
    Wilda (Rader) Sturni, 93, died Aug. 17, 2007, in Longwood at Oakmont. She was born Feb.
  18, 1914, in McKeesport, the daughter of the late William and Margaret Mae (Culbert) Rader
  and the wife of the late Charles R. Sturni. She was also preceded in death by a sister,
  Helen Rader and an infant brother. She is survived by sons, Wade (Barbara Howell) Sturni,
  Elizabeth Township; and Lance (Suzanne Parmiter Opfar) Sturni, Somerset; grandchildren,
  Donald C. (Sharon Isreal) McGowan, Fredericksburg, Va.; Kelley S. (William) Keane, Peters
  Township; Jonathan A. (Patti Jo Nelson) Opfar, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.; great-grand-
  children, Serena and Olivia McGowen and Tyler P. and Kyle S. Keane. A lifetime member and
  elder of the Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian Church and also a member of the Women's
  Association. A member of the Twentieth Century Club of McKeesport and past president of
  the Elizabeth-Forward American Field Service. Mrs. Sturni was instrumental in
  establishing the school lunch program for the Elizabeth Forward School District. Friends
  are welcome from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Parlor of the Mount Vernon
  Community Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth Township, where a funeral service will be held
  at 11 a.m. Monday. The Rev. William K. Little, officiating. Everyone please meet at the
  church. Interment will follow in the Mount Vernon Cemetery, Elizabeth Township. Memorial
  contributions may be made to the Library Guild at Mount Vernon Community Presbyterian
  Church, 1000 Greenock Buena Vista Road, McKeesport, PA 15135. Arrangements by the Gilbert
  Funeral Home and Crematory Inc., 6028 Smithfield St., Boston, Elizabeth Township.