Ethel outlived (her husband) by nearly a quarter of a century. Said the Daily American, she was a "member of Beulah United Methodist Church and Somerset Fire Department Auxiliary, 1937 graduate of Somerset High School [and a] faithful crossing guard for the Somerset Borough Police Department with 18 years of service, retiring in 1994." She passed away at home at the age of 78 on Nov. 9, 1996, and was buried at Beulah Cemetery.