OBIT: Mertie E. (LOEHR) BLACK ALBRIGHT, 1982, formerly of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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  MERTIE E ALBRIGHT
  
  Mertie E. Albright, 98, formerly of Meyersdale, died April 15 in Phoenix.  
  Arziona.  She had been a resident of The Beatitudes, a retirement home in
  Phoenix, for several years.  She was born in Lone Tree, Iowa, August 6,
  1883, a daughter of the late Jacob C. and Emma Faulkner Loehr.  She was
  married to the late Blanchard A. Black, D.D. in September, 1905.  Dr. Black
  was a pastor of Amity Reformed Church from 1924 to 1939 and died in
  September, 1942.  She is survived by eight children: Mrs. Marion Brodie,
  Vancouver, BC, Canada; Mrs. Florence Dively, Tuscon, Arizona; Mrs.  
  Elizabeth Smith, Sharon; Mrs. Ruth Beyer, Albuquerue, New Mexico; Mrs. Jane
  Hoblitzell, Seal Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Marcia Gundrum, Scottsdale, Arizona;
  William W. Black, Johnstown and James A. Black, Cumberland, Md.  Also
  survived by 17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.  
  
  The Republic May 6, 1982
  
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