OBIT: Ernest W. BELL, 1986, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BELL Ernest W. Bell, 78, Somerset RD 6, died Sept. 27, 1986, at Mercy Hospital, Johnstown. Born Feb. 9, 1908, in Jefferson Township, son of the late Jehu and Mary E. (Gardner) Bell. Also preceded in death by brothers: Roy, Russell, Ray and Park; and a sister, Gertrude Wagner. Survived by his wife, the former LaVerna Martz; and these children: Ms. Hilda Bell, Somerset RD 6; and Mrs. Patricia Smith, Somerset RD 6; grandchildren: Eldon Bell and Melanie Fraley; great-grandchildren: Jill and Joshua Fraley. Brother of: Mrs. Roxie Barcley, Somerset; Mrs. Ernest (Ilga) Olson, Ligonier; and Newton, Somerset RD 2. Member of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Bakersville; and a retired coal miner and drill operator for Somerset Limestone. Friends were received 7-9 p.m. Sunday and will be received 3-9 p.m. Monday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, where services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Walter Startzel officiating. Interment, Bakersville Cemetery. Daily American, September 29, 1986 [B1030]