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Harriet May Werle Williams

Birth
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Jan 2000 (aged 90–91)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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WILLIAMS
Harriet May (Werle)
91, Died Thursday, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:19 PM; wife of the late Emmett Conner Williams. Born in Pgh. PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary Werle and lived her entire life in the Pgh. area. She was retired from the Airserco Manufacturing Company, a family business she had owned with her late husband. For many years she studied Piano under Ferguson Webster. An exceptional pianist, she accompanied many professional vocalists who visited the Pgh area, including Frank Sinatra and Dick Powell. She also accompanied the dramatic Tenor, Lucio Coccia at Carnegie Music Hall in Pgh and assisted Beatris Krebs, Professor Emertius of Voice at Carnegie Mellon Institute. At different times she was the principle organist at Asbury Methodist Church and Fox Chapel Episcopal Church, both in Pgh. During her later years, she played the organ in the winter months for the First United Methodist Church in Naple, FL. She is survived by three daughters; Doris Ann Hamilton and her husband John Robert Hamilton, and Linda Louise Hertz and her husband James Melvin Hertz all of Pgh, PA; Marilyn Claire Dungan and her husband Claude Harding Dungan of Paris KY; grandmother of Leigh Ann Boatman of Oakland, MD, Rob Hamilton of Orlando, FL, Kerri Jean Wetzel of St. Lois, MO AND CHRISTOPHER Hamilton of Colorado Springs, Eric Karl Shirer and Scott Wesley Shirer both of Pgh, PA; Julie Dungan, Claude Harding Dungan Jr, and Kenneth Dale Dungan all of Paris KY; and great-grandmother of Aasta, Sierra Noel, Calvin, Keaton, Christopher, Bradley, Jeremy, Joey, Casey, Weston, Bria, Jarrod and Kennon. Family plans no viewing. A Memorial Service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood, 120 East Swissvale Ave, Pgh. at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 31, 2000. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL, INC.
More About HARRIET MAY WERLE:
Burial: Allegheny County Memorial Park Cemetery, Section J428, Lot 2, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
WILLIAMS
Harriet May (Werle)
91, Died Thursday, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:19 PM; wife of the late Emmett Conner Williams. Born in Pgh. PA, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary Werle and lived her entire life in the Pgh. area. She was retired from the Airserco Manufacturing Company, a family business she had owned with her late husband. For many years she studied Piano under Ferguson Webster. An exceptional pianist, she accompanied many professional vocalists who visited the Pgh area, including Frank Sinatra and Dick Powell. She also accompanied the dramatic Tenor, Lucio Coccia at Carnegie Music Hall in Pgh and assisted Beatris Krebs, Professor Emertius of Voice at Carnegie Mellon Institute. At different times she was the principle organist at Asbury Methodist Church and Fox Chapel Episcopal Church, both in Pgh. During her later years, she played the organ in the winter months for the First United Methodist Church in Naple, FL. She is survived by three daughters; Doris Ann Hamilton and her husband John Robert Hamilton, and Linda Louise Hertz and her husband James Melvin Hertz all of Pgh, PA; Marilyn Claire Dungan and her husband Claude Harding Dungan of Paris KY; grandmother of Leigh Ann Boatman of Oakland, MD, Rob Hamilton of Orlando, FL, Kerri Jean Wetzel of St. Lois, MO AND CHRISTOPHER Hamilton of Colorado Springs, Eric Karl Shirer and Scott Wesley Shirer both of Pgh, PA; Julie Dungan, Claude Harding Dungan Jr, and Kenneth Dale Dungan all of Paris KY; and great-grandmother of Aasta, Sierra Noel, Calvin, Keaton, Christopher, Bradley, Jeremy, Joey, Casey, Weston, Bria, Jarrod and Kennon. Family plans no viewing. A Memorial Service will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood, 120 East Swissvale Ave, Pgh. at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 31, 2000. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements by LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL, INC.
More About HARRIET MAY WERLE:
Burial: Allegheny County Memorial Park Cemetery, Section J428, Lot 2, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania


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