OBIT: Margaret "Maggie" (Baer) HOUSTON, 1932, native of Somerset County, PA

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MAGGIE BAER HOUSTON

  Squire A. E. Baer of Pocahontas received word Tuesday midnight that his 
sister, Mrs. Maggie Houston, of Springfield, Mass., died suddenly in that city.  
No particulars were given.  Squire Baer and his brother-in-law, Harvey Miller, a 
farmer living near Pocahontas, started early Wednesday morning for Springfield 
to bring her back to her native community for burial.  The funeral will be held 
in the Greenville Lutheran Church at some time to be determined after the body 
is brought back.

Meyersdale Republican, November 17, 1932

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MARGARET BAER HOUSTON

  Margaret B. Houston, daughter of Elisha and Mary Baer, succumbed to an 
operaton in the Springfield (Mass.) City Hospital, on Tuesday, Nov. 15th.  Her 
early life was spent in Greenville Township, where her parents resided.  At the 
age of 16 she went to Meyersdale, where she was employed, and had since followed 
her vocation in Pittsburgh, and the last eleven years in Springfield, Mass., 
where she died.
  Her brother, A. E. Baer, of Pocahontas, who went to Springfield to have her 
body brought back to Pennsylvania for burial, was not surprised that her friends 
were many in Springfield, as well as at her place of birth, for she was loved 
where ever she was known.  She left, especially, a faithful and loving companion 
in Springfield, who will miss her much, as she and Carrie Skeels were the most 
devoted friends and companions, living together and sharing each other's 
burdens.
  She had also, a very close friend and companion in Pittsburgh who came from 
that city to pay her last respects.
  Mrs. Houston was laid to rest beside her father in the cemetery adjoining the 
church of her faith, the Lutheran church in Greenville Township, of which she 
became a member fifty years ago.  The services in the church were impressive and 
were conducted by Rev. S. S. Sigler, of Salisbury.  The floral tributes were 
many and beautiful.  She was born May 15, 1869, and was aged 63 years, 5 months 
and 29 days.  She leaves to mourn her departure three brothers and three 
sisters.  Her father and mother and one brother and three sisters preceded her 
in death.
  The surviving members of the family wish to thank all who assisted during the 
sickness and death of their beloved sister.  Special thanks also go to the 
following who sang at the funeral:  Miss Sue Baer, Lepha Suder, Lenore Collins, 
Mrs. W. C. Price, Paul Critchfield, W. C. Price, W. H. Baldwin and Carl Leith.  
The following hymns were beautifully rendered:  "Speak to my Heart," "God's 
Way," and "Abide with Me."

Meyersdale Republican, November 24, 1932