OBIT: Charles S. "Tice" BERKEY, 1980, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BERKEY
  
  Charles S. Berkey (Tice), 84, of Ridgway, Pa., formerly of Somerset, died
  Oct. 24, 1980, at the Elk County Hospital in Ridgway.  Born July 20, 1896,
  in Somerset, son of the late Jake and Annie (Spangler) Berkey, of Somerset
  and Shanksville.  Survived by his widow, the former Austrid (Olson) Berkey,
  of Ridgway; son, Glenn R. Berkey of Florida; two grandchildren:  Barbara and
  Richard, both of Washington, D.C.; sister, Mrs. Earl (Ethel) Yoder, Somerset
  RD 5; nieces:  Elaine Simpson and Ethel (Dolly) Hill; nephews:  Earl Buckett
  and Vernon Yoder; and cousins.  A member of the F.O.E. Eagles 1801
  Somerset.  Retired movie projectionist from the drive-in theater in
  Ridgway, the Blatt Brothers theater and the Bisquire theaters in
  Somerset.  He was one of the first persons in the area to learn to operate
  film projectors, and remained in that profession until his retirement.  He
  was a former member of the National Guard and a veteran of the Mexican
  War.  Friends will be received from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the
  Lehmon Harmmond Funeral Home in Ridgway, where services will be conducted
  Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Clarence Anderson officiating.  Interment,
  Oakmont Cemetery, Ridgway.
  
  Daily American, October 27, 1980
  
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