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Continued: Mrs. Bertha Jane Price of 1098 West Fifth Street, Lewistown, died Saturday, March 12, 1960, at 11:15 p.m. in the Lewistown Hospital. She had been a patient in the hospital for three weeks prior to her death. She was born February 27, 1876, in Shade Gap, a daughter of James K. and Margaret (Ferenberg) Snyder. She was married to William C. Price of Shade Gap, who preceded her in death on October 30, 1950. Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Lester (Hazel) Norris, Mrs. Jack (Edna) Britt, and Carl Price, all of Lewistown, Clair Price of Orbisonia, Ira Price of Mechanicsburg, and Ned Price and Guy Price, both of Shade Gap. There are 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving are one sister, Mrs. Blanche Shugarts of Mifflintown and two brothers, Harvey Snyder of Mount Union and Norman Snyder of Shade Gap. She was a member of the Shade Gap Methodist church. She was a former resident of Shade Gap, but had been residing with her daughter, Mrs. Jack Britt, at Lewistown for the past ten years. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 15, at 2 p.m. from the Ott funeral home in Orbisonia. The Rev. Robert Sunderland, pastor of the Shade Gap Methodist charge, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Pleasant Hills Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. this evening until the time for the services. Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., Monday, March 14, 1960 Grandma Price picked children's names from a school primer so there would be no nicknames also Bertha Jane Samantha lists birth date as 2-22-1876 Will Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA I, BERTHA J. PRICE, of the Township of Dublin, County of Huntingdon and Co mmonwealth of Pennsylvania, being of sound mind, memory and understandin g, do make and publish this, my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking a nd making void all former Wills by me at anytime heretofore made. AND FIRST: I hereby order and direct that the cost of settlement of my es tate, the medical and funeral expenses, my just debts and all inheritan ce tax which may be due the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on my entire esta te be paid as soon as may conveniently be done after my decease. SECOND: I hereby and direct my Executrix, hereinafter named, to purcha se and have erected a suitable headstone at my grave unless a suitable mon ument has already been erected during my lifetime. THIRD: All residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, of every natu re and kind and whatsoever situate, I give, devise and bequeath absolute ly into my beloved husband, William C. Price. FOURTH: In the event that my husband, the said William C. Price, should p redecease me or in the event that we should die in a common disaster, th en I give, devise and bequeath absolutely all the residue of my estat e, of every nature and kind and whatsoever situate unto my seven (7) child ren, Hazel G. Norris, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Clair W. Price, Orbisoni a, Pennsylvania, Ira J. Price, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Edna M. Britt, Lew istown, Pennsylvania, Carl D. Price, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Ned A. Pric e, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, and Guy O. Price, Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, sha re and share alike. LASTLY, I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my daughter, Hazel G. No rris, Lewistown, Pennsylvania, to be the Executrix of this, my last Will a nd Testament. In the event that she should predecease me or if, for any r eason, she should be unable to serve as my Executrix at any time during t he administration of my estate, then I hereby nominate, constitute and app oint my son, Clair W. Price, Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, to be the Execut or of this, my last Will and Testament. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, BERTHA J. PRICE, the Testator, have to this, my la st Will and Testament, typewritten on one side only of two (2) sheets of p aper, to the first sheet thereof having subscribed my name for the purpo se of identification, subscribed my name and affixed my seal this 8th d ay of July, 1950.
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