Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries..... John Frederick MERTENS, 1973
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Cumberland News, Cumberland, Maryland 21 Sep 1973:  
"John Frederick Mertens, 80, of RD 3, Bedford Road, died 
Wednesday at Sacred Heart Hospital.  He had been in failing 
health the past year.  Born in Cumberland, he was a retired 
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company pipefitter and owner and 
operator of Mertens Plumbing and Heating Company, Bedford 
Road.  His parents were the late John H. and Mary (Morgan) 
Mertens.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emma (Denisor) 
Mertens; seven sons, Paul L. Mertens, Marietta, Ga.; Robert 
P., Dr. Boyd E. and John E. Mertens, city; Elmer L. Mertens, 
Lancaster, Ohio; James L.Mertens, Columbus, Ohio, and 
Russell L. "Jack" Mertens, at home; daughter, Mrs. Austin 
Secoy, Lancaster, Ohio; one half brother, Albert H. Morgan 
Sr., LaVale; a half-sister, Mrs. Stella Whiting, Albuquerque, 
N. M.; 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.  The 
body is at the Hafer Chapel of the Hills, LaVale, where 
friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  A 
service will be conducted there tomorrow at 1 p.m. with Rev. 
Lawrence Frye officiating.  Interment will be in Hillcrest 
Burial Park.  Pallbearers will be Emmett Dougherty, William 
R. King, Edgar F. Merritt, Ralph E. Ferguson, Frank J. Davis 
and Charles E. Dick."



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