OBIT: Ruth (KEITH) PRENDERGAST, 1995, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  PRENDERGAST
  
    Ruth (Keith) Prendergast, 82, Belleville, formerly of Huntingdon,
  died Jan. 7, 1995, at Valley View Haven Nursing Home, Belleville,
  where she had resided since Dec. 1, 1994.  Born Jan. 1, 1913, at
  Enidville, Fulton County.  Preceded in death by parents, Jesse and
  Alice (Stunkard) Keith, and husband, John Francis Prendergast, in
  April 26, 1977.  Also preceded in death by brother, Jesse Keith,
  Alexandria, and a sister, Dorothy Keith Cunningham, Chicago, Ill. 
  Survived by children: Mrs. James (Joan Prendergast) Reeves,
  Huntingdon, and Dr. John F. Prendergast Jr., Berlin, Somerset County;
  these brothers and sisters: John Keith, Huntingdon RD; Harry Keith and
  Emma Keith Hess, both of Entriken; Jean Keith Stewart, Harrisburg, and
  Margarite Keith Sharp, Lady Lake, Fla.  Member of Most Holy Trinity
  Roman Catholic Church, Huntingdon; J.C. Blair Memorial Nurses Alumni
  Association, and Altar Society of Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
  Church.  Employed as a registered nurse primarily in private duty and
  briefly for J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital after her graduation from
  nursing school in 1935.  Partner of her late husband in numerous
  enterprises in the Huntingdon area.  Attended the public schools of
  Trough Creek.  Was a 1931 graduate of Huntingdon High School and a
  1935 graduate of the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital School of
  Nursing.  Resident of Huntingdon County since 1929.  Avid gardener
  and lover of the outdoors and travel.  A wake service will be held at
  8 p.m. today at the John B. Brown Funeral Home, 417 Washington St.,
  Huntingdon.  Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the
  funeral home, with Msgr. David A. Lockard presiding.  Interment, Holy
  Cross Cemetery, Huntingdon.  Friends will be received at the funeral
  home after 7 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until the hour of service
  Tuesday.  In lieu of flowers, memorials in remembrance of Ruth
  Prendergast may be sent to Most Holy Roman Catholic Church Building
  Fund, 401 5th St., Huntingdon, Pa. 16642 or to the charity of the
  donor's choice.
  
  Daily American, January 9, 1995
  
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