OBIT/Other Data: Ralph E. KERSTETTER, 1974, Barners Cemetery, Perry County, PA 
 
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  RALPH E. KERSTETTER,

    Ralph E. Kerstetter, 84, of 26 North Eighth Street, Selinsgrove,
  died July 11 in his home.  Mr. Kerstetter had been in ill health for
  two months.
    Born July 7, 1890, in Oriental, Juniata County, he was the son of
  the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kerstetter.
    He was educated in the Juniata County schools.
    He once operated a huckster route in the area and in 1944 he began
  employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Enola enginehouse.
    Mr. Kerstetter was first married to the former Nettie Mae
  Hockenbroch, who died in 1948.  
    In 1955 he was married to the former Daisy Pearl Willow,
  Selinsgrove, who survives.  He was the father of 16 children.  
    Mr. Kerstetter was a member of the Liverpool United Methodist
  Church and Sunday School, and the Oriental POS of A.
    In addition to his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
  Charles Johnson, of Ickesburg; Mrs. Carl Leiter of Loganton, and Mrs.
  Warren Barnes of Blaine; eight sons, Clarence A., of RD 1, Liverpool;
  Lee R., of Dover; George M., of New Cumberland; Ernest E., of
  Newport; Alvin L., of Harrisburg; Herman W., of Selinsgrove; Robert
  M., of Hebron, Ohio, and James H., of Millersburg; one step-daughter,
  Mrs. Max Stroh of Selinsgrove; one step-son, Robert Shaffer of
  Middleburg; 45 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and 34
  great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Miss Florence Kerstetter
  and Mrs.Kathryn Obert, both of Liverpool, and Mrs. Mary Zeiders, of
  Walbasso, Florida; and three brothers, Banks Kerstetter of Sarasota,
  Florida; Russell Kerstetter of Wooster, Ohio, and Chester Kerstetter
  of Harrisburg.
    Two daughters and three sons died before him.
    Funeral services were held Monday in the George P. Garman Funeral
  Home, Liverpool.  The Rev. Celo V. Leitzel officiated.  Burial was in
  the Barner's Cemeter, RD 1, Liverpool.
  
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  1974