OBIT: Edward N. SPUHLER, 1972, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Retired City Employe Dies At VA Hospital

  Edward N. Spuhler of 222-2nd Avenue died at 5:15 a.m. yesterday, Nov. 
12, 1972, in VA Hospital after an extended illness. He had retired in 
July 1965 from the city water department with 45 years' service
  Mr. Spuhler was born July 21, 1899, in Altoona, a son of Frederick 
and Catherine (Ridenwald) Spuhler, and married Eleanora C. Claybaugh.
  Surviving are his wife, a son, Frank E. of Massillon, Ohio; two 
grandchildren, five sisters, Miss Louise, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, Mrs. 
Mary Griffith and Mrs. Ida Kelley of Altoona, and Sister Mary Cyril of 
Fond du Lac, Wis.
  Mr. Spuhler was a member of the Second Avenue United Methodist 
Church, The A. B. Corbin Bible Class, superintendent of the Sunday 
School for 38 years and former youth worker in the Sunday School, 
president of the trustee board and scoutmaster. A veteran of World War 
I, serving in the Army, he was past commander of the American Legion 
and Chaplain of World War I veterans. In 1962 the Kiwanis Club awarded 
him the title of Public Service Man-of-the Year.
  Friends will be received in the Myers Funeral Home from 2 to 4 and 7 
to 9 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., November 13, 1972