OBIT: Mabel L. (ALBRIGHT) ASH, 2002, native of Blackfield, Somerset County, PA

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  Mabel ASH
  
  Mabel L. Ash, 80, of Homer City, (Center Township), died on April 2, 2002
  in IHS at Mountain View, Greensburg.  A daughter of Nelson and Mary Topper
  Albright, she was born March 17, 1922, in Blackfield, Somerset County.  She
  was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 56 years, William O.
  Ash on Dec. 4, 1994; a son, Silas Nelson Ash; a great-granddaughter, Olivia
  Miller and a brother, Charles Albright.  She is survived by these children,
  William E. Ash, Blairsville, Thomas J. Ash and his wife Judy, Blairsville,
  Alice Zemba and her husband John, Black Lick, Jean Peterson and her husband
  Ronald Zimmerman, Blairsville, Rita Zimmerman and her -husband Dane,
  Harrisburg, Susan Ash-Miller and her husband Rick Dobrick, Blairsville, and
  Sally Ash DeArmitt, Brush Valley; seven grandchildren, Jackie Ash Luna,
  Annett Ash Crank and her husband Mark, Ricky Ash, Beth Zemba Small and her
  husband Charles, Jennifer Miller, Stacy Peterson, Ryan Freeman and Donald
  Muir Peterson; five great-grandchildren, Tabitha Luna, Nadi Tillman, Casey
  Luna, Emily Small and Charles Small II; and a sister, Mary Durst of Ohio.
  Mrs. Ash attended the Black Lick United Methodist Church.  She was a seventh
  degree member of the Blairsville Grange 2012.  She was an avid gardener and
  quilter.  The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 pm Thursday at
  the Richard L Shoemaker Funeral Home, 49 N Walnut St., Blairsville, where
  services will be held at 11 am on Friday with Rev. Don R. Smith
  officiating.  Interment will follow in Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery.  Brush
  Valley Township.  The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of
  Mabel would like to thank our wonderful extended family, the staff at short
  procedure unit at Latrobe Hospital; Latrobe Hospital Visiting Surses; Dr.
  Santarlas and stafff at Blairsville Family Practice; Latrobe Hospital lab
  and blood bank; Dorothy and the staff at Green Oaks Personal Care Home; IHS
  at Mountain View staff; Citizens Ambulance Service, Indiana, and all our
  co-workers at our respective jobs.  Your support and kindness over the past
  several years will always be remembered and appreciated.  Mom always had a
  saying "If you don't have anyone else, you always have your family." and
  you were there for us just like family.  Thank You.  Memorial contributions
  may be made to Citizens Ambulance Service, 805 Hospital Road, Indiana, Pa.
  15701
  
  
  
  Daily American April 4, 2002