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Word has been received of the death of former Belle Vernon resident Kathryn Schmidt Anderson,91,who died Monday,Oct.17,1994,in Madison,Miss. She was a charter member of the White Shrine of Jerusalem,Bethlehem Shrine,Order of Eastern Star in Brentwood,Pa. A graduate of Indiana State Teachers College,Indiana,Pa.,Mrs.Anderson completed post graduate studies at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. She supervised physical education in the Monessen schools,coached girls basketball and instructed swimming and lifesaving classes. During World War I,she rolled bandages for the Red Cross. During World War II,she supervised one shift of women volunteers who served food to the servicemen and women passing through on the troop trains at the Connellsville Canteen in Connellsville. Prior to her retirement in 1973,Mrs.Anderson worked in the treasurer's office at Foster Forbes Glass Company in Marion,Ind. Survivors include one daughter,Mrs.James R. (Joan) Taylor of Madison,Miss.,four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday,Dec.17,1994,at 10 a.m.in the chapel of Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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