Mary Matilda Meyer
1885 - 1980 (95 years)-
Name Mary Matilda Meyer Birth 14 Aug 1885 Miles Township, Centre County, PA 
[1] Gender Female Death 30 Sep 1980 State College, Centre County, PA [1] Burial Evangelical Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183662302/mary-matilda-abbott
Emmanuel United Methodist
Row 6, #10. Next to parents, daughter Martha, and sister Jane (Meyer) Weber.
Person ID I403 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 20 Sep 2020
Father Henry Meyer, b. 08 Dec 1840, Miles Township, Centre County, PA d. 08 Nov 1925, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA (Age 84 years) Mother Martha Jane Taylor, b. 25 Apr 1850, Centre County, PA d. 6 Mar 1928, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA (Age 77 years) Marriage 18 Jan 1872 Unionville, Centre County, PA [2, 3] Family ID F203 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Herman Edward Abbott, b. 2 Jul 1869, Windham, Rockingham County, NH d. Feb 1922, Passaic County, NJ (Age 52 years) Marriage 1917 New Jersey Children 1. Harlan Edward Abbott, b. 25 Apr 1918, Patterson, NJ d. 28 Feb 1988 (Age 69 years)2. Martha Jane Abbott, b. 1 Jul 1921, Hawthorne, Passaic County, NJ d. 19 May 1934, Danville, Montour County, PA (Age 12 years)Family ID F205 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2020
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Birth - 14 Aug 1885 - Miles Township, Centre County, PA 
Marriage - 1917 - New Jersey 
Death - 30 Sep 1980 - State College, Centre County, PA 
Burial - - Evangelical Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Centre Daily Times:
Mary M Abbott, 95, of Rebersburg died at Parkwest Manor Nursing Home State College on Tuesday.
She was born in Rebersburg Aug 14 1885, a daughter of Henry & Martha (Taylor) Meyer. On July 3 1917, she married Herman E Abbott who preceded her in death.
She is survived by one son Harlan Edward Abbott of Rebersburg, four grandchildren & four great grandchildren.
She attended public school in Rebersburg, and graduated from Lock Haven Normal School in 1905, and from Bucknell University in 1909. She taught elementary school in Livonia, and taught Latin, mathematics and German in secondary school in Butler, Blossburg a& Paterson NJ.
She returned to Miles township in 1922 after her husbands death and was employed by the township school district as teacher & principal until her retirement in 1947. Later she returned to teaching at Waterville & Warriors Mark.
She was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church in Rebersburg and a Sunday school teacher for many years.
She was a member of the Centre County Historical Society & Phi Kappa Phi honorary scholastic society.
After her second retirement , she attended the Broadleaf Writers School. She wrote three books depicting Brush Valley Life.
Funeral services will be held at the UM Church in Rebersburg with burial in the EUB Cemetery. [4]
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