OBIT: Mildred Virginia (Ries) TESTA, 2006, Listie, Somerset County, PA

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TESTA, Mildred Virginia

Mildred Virginia Testa, 86, Listie, died Sept. 1, 2006, at The Patriot. Born 
July 11, 1920, in McAlevys Fort, the daughter of Walter William and Permilla 
Jane (Bumgardner) Ries. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Albert Testa, who 
died Feb. 1, 1971, and brother George C. Ries. Survived by children, Mrs. 
Coralorene Sheeler and husband Harold, Somerset; Thomas Albert Testa, 
Huntingdon; and Jerry Testa and wife Gail, Newark, Del. Also, daughter-in-law 
and devoted friend, Mary Darcey Testa, Richmond Hill, Ga.; grandchildren, James 
Foust, Jason Sheeler, Heath Sheeler, Amy Burris, Jerry Jr. Testa, Danny Thomas 
Testa and Brittany Testa; great-grand-children, J.D., Andrew, Albert and 
Elizabeth Pearl Foust, and Hunter Testa; and one great-great-grandson. Also 
survived by brother and sister, Richard Ries, Loxahatchee, Fla.; and Betty Lou 
Steele, Listie; and numerous nieces and nephews and her companion, her cat 
Samantha. Mildred will be missed. She was a beloved mother, who made her family 
laugh. Christmas was a season she held dear and she is now in heaven. Mildred 
attended St. Paul's United Church of Christ. Mildred spent her years in 
Huntingdon, Belleville and Friedens. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 
to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hauger-Zeigler 
Funeral Home, Somerset. A service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the 
Bible Baptist Church, Somerset, with Dr. Dale Lyzbicki officiating. Interment, 
Somerset County Memorial Park.

Daily American, September 7, 2006