OBIT: Alfred Patrick ZAIS, 2002, of interest to Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ ZAIS Alfred Patrick Zais, 93, of Mt. Airy Md., formerly of Beall St., Cumberland, Md., died Aug. 1, 2002 at the Glade Valley Nursing and Rehabiliation Center in Walkersville, Md. Born Aug. 15, 1908 in Westport, Md., he is the son of the late John F.S. and Susan May (Patrick) Zais. He also was preceded in death by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Hanning) Zais; one son, Alfred Frederick Zais; six brothers: John Zais; Harry Zais; William Carl Zais; Howard Zais; Ralph Zais and Louis Zais; five sisters: Eleanora Kight; Bessie Shaw; Dorothea Jones; Cora Hardin and Ida Belle Braze. Survivors include his daughter, Anna Louise True and husband Roy, Mt. Airy; two sisters: Marjorie Carscaden, Cumberland and Martha Seibert, Virginia; eight grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Mr. Zais was retired from 37 years of service from the Celanese Corporation where he had been an Engineering Foreman. Friends will be received from noon until 1 p.m. Saturday, the time of service, at the Upchurch Funeral Home, P.A. 202 Greene St. Cumberland, with the Rev. Stephen F. Yelovich officiating. Private graveside services will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The family respectfully requests expressions of sympathy take the form of memorial contributions to the charity of the donor's choice. Daily American, Aug. 2, 2002