OBIT: Elbert E. BUCKEL, 1976, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ELBERT E. BUCKEL
  
    Former Garrett County, Md., Del. Elbert E. Buckel, 61, of
  Bittinger, died Feb. 4 at Veterans Hospital, Washington, after a
  lingering illness.
    Mr. Buckel was a farmer and operator of a peat moss business.  He
  served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1958 to 1962.
    A veteran of World War II, he was a past commander of Grantsville
  Post 214, American Legion and was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran
  Church, Bittinger; Bittinger Volunteer Fire Department and American
  Association of Retired Persons.
    Mr. Buckel was a member of Camp 68, Woodmen of the World,
  Bittinger, and was an escort of the jurisdictional office of the
  State of Maryland, Woodmen of the World.
    He was born at Bittinger, a son of the late Oliver and Ruth (Shoup)
  Buckel.
    He is survived by four brothers, Herbert, Ralph and Joseph Buckel,
  all of Bittinger, and Kenneth Buckel, Grantsville.
    Services were conducted at Maranatha Assembly of God Church Feb. 8
  by Rev. William Ferguson.  Interment was in Bittinger cemetery in
  charge of the Newman Funeral Home.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, February 12, 1976
  
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