County's Oldest Resident Dies
Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, Thomas Mills, Was 101 Years Old
Funeral services will be conducted Friday for Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, 101, who died last night at her home in nearby Thomas Mills. Mrs. Riffle, who marked her one hundred and first birthday anniversary, September 25, was believed to be Somerset County's oldest resident.
She had resided all of her life in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, where she was born September 25, 1840, the daughter of Samuel and Sally Umbern Custer, pioneer settlers of the district.
She was the widow of Samuel Riffle whose death in 1922 terminated a marriage union of 66 years.
The Reverend Father John P. Manning will celebrate the high requiem mass Friday morning in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Boswell. A close friend of Mrs. Riffle, Father Manning celebrated a special mass of thanksgiving in her home last year on her one hundredth birthday anniversary.
--Meyersdale Republican, Oct. 16, 1941
Contributor: Michael W. Sechler (48022195)
Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, Thomas Mills, Was 101 Years Old
Funeral services will be conducted Friday for Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, 101, who died last night at her home in nearby Thomas Mills. Mrs. Riffle, who marked her one hundred and first birthday anniversary, September 25, was believed to be Somerset County's oldest resident.
She had resided all of her life in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, where she was born September 25, 1840, the daughter of Samuel and Sally Umbern Custer, pioneer settlers of the district.
She was the widow of Samuel Riffle whose death in 1922 terminated a marriage union of 66 years.
The Reverend Father John P. Manning will celebrate the high requiem mass Friday morning in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Boswell. A close friend of Mrs. Riffle, Father Manning celebrated a special mass of thanksgiving in her home last year on her one hundredth birthday anniversary.
--Meyersdale Republican, Oct. 16, 1941
Contributor: Michael W. Sechler (48022195)
County's Oldest Resident Dies
Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, Thomas Mills, Was 101 Years Old
Funeral services will be conducted Friday for Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, 101, who died last night at her home in nearby Thomas Mills. Mrs. Riffle, who marked her one hundred and first birthday anniversary, September 25, was believed to be Somerset County's oldest resident.
She had resided all of her life in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, where she was born September 25, 1840, the daughter of Samuel and Sally Umbern Custer, pioneer settlers of the district.
She was the widow of Samuel Riffle whose death in 1922 terminated a marriage union of 66 years.
The Reverend Father John P. Manning will celebrate the high requiem mass Friday morning in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Boswell. A close friend of Mrs. Riffle, Father Manning celebrated a special mass of thanksgiving in her home last year on her one hundredth birthday anniversary.
--Meyersdale Republican, Oct. 16, 1941
Contributor: Michael W. Sechler (48022195)
Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, Thomas Mills, Was 101 Years Old
Funeral services will be conducted Friday for Mrs. Eliza Custer Riffle, 101, who died last night at her home in nearby Thomas Mills. Mrs. Riffle, who marked her one hundred and first birthday anniversary, September 25, was believed to be Somerset County's oldest resident.
She had resided all of her life in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, where she was born September 25, 1840, the daughter of Samuel and Sally Umbern Custer, pioneer settlers of the district.
She was the widow of Samuel Riffle whose death in 1922 terminated a marriage union of 66 years.
The Reverend Father John P. Manning will celebrate the high requiem mass Friday morning in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Boswell. A close friend of Mrs. Riffle, Father Manning celebrated a special mass of thanksgiving in her home last year on her one hundredth birthday anniversary.
--Meyersdale Republican, Oct. 16, 1941
Contributor: Michael W. Sechler (48022195)
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