OBIT: Sarah R. (BROWN) TISSUE, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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SARAH R. TISSUE

  Mrs. Sarah R. Tissue, 66, widow of the late Charles Norman Tissue, died at her 
home, State Line, Pa., March 30, after an illness of several weeks.
  Funeral services were held at the Rishebarger Funeral Home, Addison, Pa., 
Saturday afternoon, with the Rev. D. J. Combs, pastor of State Line Methodist 
Church, officiating.  The pallbearers were Charles and Leonard Williams, Ray 
Nicklow, Harry Bowser, Paul Swank and James Wilkins.  Interment was made in 
Addison (Pa.) Cemetery.
  Mrs. Tissue was the daughter of the late Harrison and Lydia (Bowser) Brown and 
was born in Garrett County, December 16, 1882.  She conducted a general store at 
State Line for 40 years and was a member of State Line Methodist Church.  She 
had been a patient at Memorial Hospital for two weeks.
  Surviving are two sons, Harry Tissue, State Line; Charles Tissue, Listonburg, 
and one daughter, Mrs. Elsie Schaefer, Grantsville; five grandchildren and one 
great-grandchild.
  Relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Crumb, Greensburg, Pa.; Mr. 
and Mrs. Carl Wiltrout and James Hines, Uniontown; Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Sullivan, 
Markleysburg, Pa., and several from Grantsville.

Meyersdale Republican, April 7, 1949