OBIT: Merle V. BARRON Jr., 1978, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARRON
  
  Merle V. Barron Jr., 53, of 102 Robert St., Belle Vernon, died in Mercy
  Hospital, Pittsburgh Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1978.  Born in Somerset Jan. 5, 1924,
  the son of Merle Sr. and the late Marie Mosholder.  He was a member of Grace
  United Church of Monesson.  He has lived in Belle Vernon area for the past 20
  years and he formerly lived in Somerset.  He was an assistant engineer for
  Rostraver Twp.  Survived by his wife, Eleanor Shaffer Barron; one son,
  Merle V. III, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Edward (Ann) Hepple of Charleroi;
  and father, Merle Sr., of Belle Vernon; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Afek of
  Tucson, Ariz., and Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Reffner of Friedens RD 2; one
  grandchild, Chris Hepple.  Friends are being received at the Ferguson
  Funeral Home, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon where funeral services will be
  held Saturday at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Howard E. Kennedy of the Grace
  United Methodist Church of Monesson and the Rev. Joseph C. Rial Jr. of the
  First United Methodist Church of Monangehla officiating.  Interment,
  Somerset County Memorial Park.
  
  Daily American, January 6, 1978
  
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