OBIT: Helen (SHOBER) WARD, 1977, Garrett, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WARD
  
  Mrs. Helen Shober Ward, 79, Garrett RD 1, died Jan. 29, 1977 in
  Meyersdale Community Hospital.  She was born Nov. 2, 1897 in
  Brothersvalley Twp., the daughter of the late J. Madison and Ade E.
  (Coleman) Shober.  Preceded in death by her husband James A. Ward,
  two sisters and two brothers.  She is survived by a son Nathan,
  Mechanicsburg, and two grandchildren.  She was a sister of Mrs. Iva
  Jeffery, Vineland, N.J.; Mrs. Etta Kendell, Garrett; Mrs. Walter
  (Etha) Landefeld, Garrett; Galen, Garrett; Mrs. Marie Caler, Akron,
  Ohio; Drummond, Vineland, N.J.; and Mrs. Mildred Mankamyer, Vineland,
  N.J.  She was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin;
  president of the J. M. Shober Farms Inc.; one of the founders and
  first president of the Berlin-Brothersvalley Community Association. 
  A graduate of California State College, she taught in the West Newton
  and Pittsburgh area and in Berlin schools.  She was the first teacher
  of the Berlin Christian Kindergarten, and a member of the Valley
  Grange for 65 years.  Friends will be received at the Johnson and Son
  Funeral Home, Berlin, after 7 p.m. today (Monday) where services will
  be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Kenneth S. Swanson
  officiating.  Burial will be at the Beechdale Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, January 31, 1977
  
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