OBIT: Paul E. BUTLER, 2002, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BUTLER
  
  Paul E. Butler, 87, of Meyersdale (Brothersvalley Township), died
  Oct. 29, 2002 at Meyersdale Medical Center.  Born April 4, 1915 in
  Brothersvalley Township.  A son of the late William and Lucinda
  (Ringer) Butler.  Also preceded in death by a brother Roy, and two
  sisters, Etta Ferner and Violet Saylor.  Survived by his wife of 66
  years, the former Ruth E. Shultz, and two daughters, Alma Jean wife
  of William Bridegum, and Joyce E. Butler, both of Silver Spring,
  Md.  Two grandchildren, Douglas Bridegum and Brian Bridegum and his
  wife Michelle, all of Silver Spring, Md.  Three
  great-grandchildren:  Sarah, Billy, and Lindsay.  Also survived by a
  special friend and caregiver Julie Walker and his loyal companion Sam
  the family dog.  A brother of Mabel Pyle, Rockwood.  A former member
  of the Meyersdale Lions Club and St. Paul (Fritz) Cemetery
  Association.  Retired as manager of the Meyersdale Farm Bureau with
  20 years of service, and later retired from the Pennsylvania Turnpike
  in 1983.  Paul and his wife Ruth joined the Zion Lutheran Church in
  Meyersdale after the St. Paul (Fritz) Lutheran Church closed in
  1966.  Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the
  Price Funeral Home Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 11
  a.m. Saturday with the Rev. George Mason and the Rev. Glenn Foster
  officiating.  Interment St. Paul (Fritz) Cemetery Brothersvalley
  Township.
  
  Daily American, October 31, 2002
  
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