OBIT: Dora (BIRD) YEAGLEY, 1943, Confluence, Somerset County, PA 

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DORA BIRD YEAGLEY

  Dora Bird Yeagley, Confluence's oldest citizen, aged 91 years, died Tuesday 
morning, March 16, at her home on Oden Street after a lingering illness of heart 
trouble and complications.
  She was born December 21, 1851, in Addison Township, a daughter of Kathryn 
Fike and Basil Bird, both deceased.  She was united in marriage with Fred 
Yeagley and lived in Confluence many years, rearing a family of five children of 
which two preceded her in death.
  Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Laura Clouse and Ella Yeagley, of 
Connellsville; one son Hagan Yeagley, Connellsville; two sisters, Mrs. Lavina 
Nedrow of Confluence and Mrs. Mary Laub of Tarentum, and one brother, Basil 
Bird, Confluence.  Six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive.
  Funeral services were held in the Humbert Funeral Parlors Thursday afternoon, 
with Rev. Burson in charge.  Interment in the Union Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, March 25, 1943