Ruby E. (Keiser) Demarest, 93, of Star Route, Mill Creek died at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, at J.C Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon.
She had been in failing health for the past few years and had been a patient at the hospital since Jan. 22.
Born Dec. 6, 1888, in Delaware, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edwin M. Demarest, April 19, 1967.
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. C. Lex (Dorothy) Speck of Mill Creek, Mrs. Wilbur B. (Jeannette) Rumberger of Huntington and Mrs. Harold G. (Eleanore) Hawn of Norfolk, Virginia; six grand-children and four great-granddaughters; and sister Mrs Orrin (Marion) Chambers of Columbus Ohio.
She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mrs. Demarest was the oldest living member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church in Huntingdon.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, Huntingdon, with the Rev. Jack S. Palmer officiating. Interment will be Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Family will receive friends after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
From: Obituary that appeared in "The Sentinel", Lewistown, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1982. I corrected the spelling that "The Sentinel's" obituary had for Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser's maiden name.
She had been in failing health for the past few years and had been a patient at the hospital since Jan. 22.
Born Dec. 6, 1888, in Delaware, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edwin M. Demarest, April 19, 1967.
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. C. Lex (Dorothy) Speck of Mill Creek, Mrs. Wilbur B. (Jeannette) Rumberger of Huntington and Mrs. Harold G. (Eleanore) Hawn of Norfolk, Virginia; six grand-children and four great-granddaughters; and sister Mrs Orrin (Marion) Chambers of Columbus Ohio.
She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mrs. Demarest was the oldest living member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church in Huntingdon.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, Huntingdon, with the Rev. Jack S. Palmer officiating. Interment will be Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Family will receive friends after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
From: Obituary that appeared in "The Sentinel", Lewistown, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1982. I corrected the spelling that "The Sentinel's" obituary had for Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser's maiden name.
Ruby E. (Keiser) Demarest, 93, of Star Route, Mill Creek died at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, at J.C Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon.
She had been in failing health for the past few years and had been a patient at the hospital since Jan. 22.
Born Dec. 6, 1888, in Delaware, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edwin M. Demarest, April 19, 1967.
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. C. Lex (Dorothy) Speck of Mill Creek, Mrs. Wilbur B. (Jeannette) Rumberger of Huntington and Mrs. Harold G. (Eleanore) Hawn of Norfolk, Virginia; six grand-children and four great-granddaughters; and sister Mrs Orrin (Marion) Chambers of Columbus Ohio.
She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mrs. Demarest was the oldest living member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church in Huntingdon.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, Huntingdon, with the Rev. Jack S. Palmer officiating. Interment will be Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Family will receive friends after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
From: Obituary that appeared in "The Sentinel", Lewistown, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1982. I corrected the spelling that "The Sentinel's" obituary had for Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser's maiden name.
She had been in failing health for the past few years and had been a patient at the hospital since Jan. 22.
Born Dec. 6, 1888, in Delaware, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Edwin M. Demarest, April 19, 1967.
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. C. Lex (Dorothy) Speck of Mill Creek, Mrs. Wilbur B. (Jeannette) Rumberger of Huntington and Mrs. Harold G. (Eleanore) Hawn of Norfolk, Virginia; six grand-children and four great-granddaughters; and sister Mrs Orrin (Marion) Chambers of Columbus Ohio.
She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Mrs. Demarest was the oldest living member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church in Huntingdon.
Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, Huntingdon, with the Rev. Jack S. Palmer officiating. Interment will be Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon.
Family will receive friends after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
From: Obituary that appeared in "The Sentinel", Lewistown, Pennsylvania, February 5, 1982. I corrected the spelling that "The Sentinel's" obituary had for Sarah (Eatherton) Keiser's maiden name.
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