Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bates, Emma M. October 25, 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@hotmail.com April 2, 2026, 4:57 pm Latrobe Bulletin Thu Oct 25 1979 Page 19 Mrs. Emma M. Bates, 62, of 327 Main St., Youngstown, died Wednesday evening in Latrobe Area Hospital. She was born in New Alexandria July 7, 1917, a daughter of the late Charles and Alice Marron Shanafelter. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Youngstown, and the Rosary Altar Society. She is survived by her husband, Richard D.; three sons, Richard D. Jr. of Youngstown, Donald T. of Greensburg and Marron Charles of Latrobe; four sisters, Mrs. Stanley (Alice) Janoscrat. Mrs. August (Mabel) Hirko and Mrs. Daniel (Margaret) Speil, all of New Alexandria, and Mrs. Louis (Marie) Bozelli of Derry: one brother, Charles Shanafelter of Pleasant Unity, and four grandchildren. The family will receive friends in M.S. Hartman Funeral Home, Latrobe. from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. J. Aelred Beck, O.S.B., officiating. Interment will follow in St. Vincent Cemetery. The Rosary Altar Society of Sacred Heart Church will meet in the funeral home at 8 p.m. Friday to recite the rosary. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/westmoreland/obits/b/bates21014gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb