Mary
(Minerd) Baer
(1900-1980)
Mary (Minerd) Baer was born on Oct. 7, 1900 in Dunbar, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of Thomas Watt and Theresa (Dowling) Minerd.
She
married Allen Baer (1895-1980), the son of William H. and Mary (Miller) Baer.
They had 10 children.
Allen was a veteran of World War I, and received a Purple Heart for an unspecified wound. They resided at Smock, near Uniontown, Fayette County.
When the federal census was taken in 1930, the Baers made their home in Menallen Township near Uniontown. Allen was employed as a coal digger in a local mine. Living next door were Mary's retired parents.
Allen died on Jan. 9, 1980. Mary suffered from cancer, and only lived for three months longer. She passed away in Pittsburgh's Mercy Hospital at age 79 on April 18,1980.
They are buried at the Presbyterian Church in Smock.
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