Mary Margaret Waltz was born January 26, 1864, along with her twin brother, John George Waltz.  Mary Margaret was the daughter of Michael J. Waltz & Elizabeth Eichenlaub Waltz.  She was baptized on February 4, 1864 at St. Augustine Church by Father John Burns.  Her Godparents were George Waltz and Margaret  Eichenlaub.

Mary Margaret grew up with her brothers and sisters on the family farm in Chest Springs.

In April of 1890, Mary Margaret married Francis C. Pruner at St. Augustine Church.

Mary Margaret and Francis had one child:

Unfortunately, Mary Margaret's married life was not a happy one.  After their son was born, Francis deserted her.  They were never divorced, but she never heard from him again.  It's interesting to note, that while Mary Margaret was deserted by her husband, her twin brother, John George, did the very same thing to his first wife, Margaret.  Mary Margaret was wronged and her twin was the black sheep of the family. 

On August 2, 1898, Mary Margaret next married Demetrius Augusine Flick.  Demetrius ("Met") was born on July 23, 1860, the son of Peter Flick and Elisabeth Gardner. According to her great niece, Alfaretta Maxwell, this was very much against the norms of the time.  Not only did she get married again, but she did so without ever receiving a divorce first, or an annulment from the Catholic Church.  (She was unable to do so because she had no idea what happened to her first husband.)

Because of this second marriage, the people in the Gallitizin community treated her badly, and she was unable to receive the sacraments in her church.  But, Mary Margaret was very happy in her second marriage, and didn't let the snubs of the folks bother her.  

Mary Margaret and "Met" had 2 children:

Both boys grew up to become teachers, Ferdinand in South Fork, PA and Eugene in Gallitzin, PA.

After Met died, Mary Margaret decided that she wanted to get back into the "good graces of the church," so she went to confession.  Her penance was that for a full year she had to go to mass and kneel at the altar during the whole ceremony--supposedly so everyone in the church could see her being sorry for her sins.  According to her niece, Alfaretta, who attended this church during Mary Margaret's  period of penance, Mary Margaret accepted the penance, but also made her own statement by dyeing her hair  (she used black walnut shells to dye her hair!) and buying a perky hat so that she would look good up there at the altar.

Mary Margaret was a fun-loving and happy person, who lived to the ripe old age of 104.  She died in 1969.