OBIT: Odessa M. (HEMMINGER) SWANK, 1996, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SWANK, Odessa M.
  
     Odessa M. Swank, 93, Grantsville, Md., formerly of Somerset, died
  Sept. 23, 1996, in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.  Born May
  12, 1903, in Lincoln Township, Somerset County, daughter of the late
  George and Alice (Fritz) Hemminger.  Preceded in death by her husband
  Charles L. Swank, on Feb 12, 1965, and one granddaughter, Sharon; also
  two sisters and one brother.  Survived by these children: Ray E.,
  Somerset RD 4; Melvin, Friedens RD1; Clarence Dean, Somerset RD 8;
  Richard, Somerset RD 6; Robert, Somerset RD 5; Lloyd of
  Mechanicsburg, and Alice, married to Walter E. Stahl, Meyersdale RD
  4; also 17 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, three
  great-great-grandchildren, and sister, Irene (Everett) Landis,
  Shanksville.  Member of Christ Casebeer Lutheran Church.  Former
  member of the Ladies Volunteer Bible Class.  Also a member of the
  Somerset Grange and resident of Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville,
  Md.  Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. (today) Wednesday in
  the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home.  Funeral service at 10:30 a.m.
  Thursday at Casebeer Church, Rev. Dwight A. Huseman and Rev. Ralph G.
  Landis officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  The
  body will lie in state in the church from 9:30 a.m. until the hour of
  service.
  
  Daily American, September 25, 1996
  
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