Death claimed Mrs. Margaret T.
Speers; wife of Van L. Speers; of
Speers Borough;Wednesday night. May 11;1938;
at 6 o’clock; after an illness of
three days. Death was attributed to
a heart ailment.
Prominent not only in Speers; but
in other valley communities as well;
her death came as a shock to many
friends. She was a member of the
Washington Avenue Presbyterian
Church; Charleroi; Belle Vernon
Chapter 190;O.E S. and White
Shrine of Monongahela. Mrs. Speers was born in Washington Township;Fayette County;August 30;1869;a daughter of the late John McClain and Sarah Patton McClain. Her parents were pioneer settlers of this district as were the parents and ancestors of her husbnad;whose name the borugh of Speers carries. Surviving are her husband;Van L.Speers;two daughters;Mrs.Sarah Lorimer of Perry;Ohio;and Mrs.Rebecca Schoerke of Petrolia;Pa.;five sons;Dr.Stephen M. of Belle Vernon;Ray F.of Sandusky;Ohio;John L.of Cleveland;Ohio and Alden and Solomon W.of Speers and seventeen grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon;May 14;1938;at 2 o’clock;in charge of the Rev.Frank S.Montgomery;pastor of the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.