Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Sims, Ralph W. March 4, 1966 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Clarke Ross rross@fuse.net November 2, 2008, 2:28 pm http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/obits/sims-ralph-w.txt Valley Daily News - Tarentum, PA - March 5, 1966 - Page 18 Ralph Sims, Tarentum, dies at 70 Ralph W. Sims Sr., 70, of 601 Rout St., Tarentum, died yesterday (March 4, 1966) in his home. He had been in failing health for the past seven years. Mr. Sims was a painter in Creighton Works, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., retiring in 1960 after 28 years of service. He was active in union affairs and was a past president of the old Tarentum Industrial Council. Mr. Sims was born on July 18, 1895, in Robinson Township, Allegheny County, to Robert and Ellen Conway Sims, and had lived in Tarentum area for more than 50 years. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Tarentum. Surviving are five sons, Ralph W. Jr., Richard L., Robert C., William B. and James A. Sims, all living in Tarentum and all active members and officers of Highland Hose Co. Also surviving are five daughters: Mrs Howard (Connie) Baker and Mrs. Lloyd (Audrey) Wilson of Lower Burrell, Mrs. Andrew L. (Betty) Boda and Mrs. Henry (Eileen) Geahry of Tarentum and Mrs. Arthur (Carol) Licata of Arnold; three sisters: Mrs. Mabel Jackson of Tarentum and Mrs. Hazel Yolton and Miss Lois Sims of Imperial; 24 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. ---- Friends will be received after 2 p.m. today in the Albert H. Duster Funeral Home, 347 E. 10th Ave., Tarentum, where the service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Garden, Dorseyville. Members of Highland Hose Co. will pay their respects at the funeral home Sunday at 7 p.m. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb