OBIT: Thomas P. BRACKEN, 1982, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMAS P. BRACKEN
  
    Thomas P. Bracken, 82, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, formerly of
  Meyersdale, died Jan. 15, 1982, in Akron, Ohio.
    He was born April 19, 1899, in Sand Patch, son of the late Thomas
  and Ella (Kelly) Bracken.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Marian Saylor; and these
  children:  Thomas J., Cuyhoga Falls; Donald R., Bainbridge Island,
  Wash.; Mrs. Theresa Brown, Hudson, Ohio; and Mrs. Rosemary Nakane,
  Los Angeles, Calif.; 16 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.  He
  was a brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Keefer, Cuyhoga Falls; Mrs. Helen
  Short, Tallmadge, Ohio; and Mrs. Mabel Ravenscraft, Boswell.
    Friends were received at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.
    Mass of Christian Burial was held at SS. Philip and James Catholic
  Church, Meyersdale, with the Rev. J. Mark George officiating. 
  Interment, Union Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, January 21, 1982
  
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