OBIT: Ralph ANSELL, 1986, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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  RALPH ANSELL
  
  Ralph Ansell, 79, of Meyersdale RD 4, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 1986, at the
  Hollidaysburg Veterans Home.  Born in Moyer on May 22, 1907, he was the son
  of the late George David and Lucinda (Porterfield) Ansell.  He  was employed
  in Ridgeley, WVa. for 25 years as a carman for the Western Maryland Railway.
  He serviced in the Army Air Corps in World War II and was a member of Zion
  Lutheran and Reformed Church, Wellersburg, and Charles E. Kelly Post 112,
  American Legion, Meyersdale.  Surviving are his widow, Grace (Gomer)
  Ansell; one son, David Ralph Ansell, Meyersdale RD 4; one daughter, Ms Anna
  Lou Cronin, Manchester, Md.; two grandchildren, six step brothers, one half
  sister and a number of nieces and nephews.  Friends were received in the
  Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where services were conducted by
  the Rev. Harold W. Crabtree.  Interment, Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale,
  Md., Military honors were accorded by members of Charles E. Kelly American
  Legion Post.
  
  The Republic Oct. 23, 1986
  
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