OBIT: Ralph F. RILING, Sr., 1987, Fostoria, Blair County, PA

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RALPH F. RILING SR.

Mr. Riling, 80, of Box 607, Fostoria, Tyrone RD 2, died at 9:58 a.m. 
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1987, at Altoona Hospital.
  Known as Razz, Mr. Riling retired as a track foreman from Conrail in 
1972, after 47 years' service.
  He was born March 29, 1907, in Union Furnace, the son of Samuel and 
Anna (Keenan) Riling, and June 14, 1926, in Huntingdon, married 
Beatrice E. Flood, who died July 4, 1976.
  Surviving are four children:  Marjorie Irwin of Columbus, Ohio; Ralph 
Jr. and Robert of Tyrone RD 2 and Shirley Black of Palmyra, N.Y.; six 
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
  Also surviving are two sisters:  Anna Butterbaugh of Wooster, Ohio, 
and Pauline Khalouf of Duncansville RD.
  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 10 to 11 a.m. 
Saturday at the Gerald D. Johnson Funeral Home, Bellwood.
  RILING - Services for Ralph F. Riling Sr. of Fostoria, Tyrone RD 2, 
will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gerald D. Johnson Funeral Home, 
Bellwood, by the Rev. Norman C. Waite. Interment at Blair Memorial 
Park, Bellwood. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 10 
a.m. until time of services Saturday at the funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., December 11, 1987
Blair County Genealogical Society, BCGS Obituary Collection, vol. 36, 
p. 134 (1987)