OBIT: Harold Samuel CRITCHFIELD, 1995, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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  CRITCHFIELD
  
  Harold Samuel Critchfield, 73, Somerset RD 2, died Nov. 11, 1995, at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born Jan. 30, 1922, in Somerset Township.  Son of the
  late John Earle and Marion Vesta (Geary) Critchfield.  Preceded in death by
  wife, the former Hazel Rae Etter, on May 13, 1991, and brother, Dr. John
  Geary Critchfield.  Survived by stepchildren: Richard W. Mackey, married to
  the former Lois Oliver of Chambersburg, and Peggy Ann, wife of John R. Shaw
  of Downingtown, Pa.  Also 7 step-grandchildren and 8
  step-great-grandchildren.  Brother of Emma Louise Critchfield of Somerset
  and Robert Wesley Critchfield, married to the former Audrey Lang, of
  Latrobe.  Survived by niece, Helen Marian Critchfield of Latrobe.  Retired
  Civil Engineer and was former general superintendent from 1947-1963 for the
  C.J. Langenfelder Construction Co. of Baltimore, Md., and general
  superintendent from 1963 until retirement in 1989 for the W.C. Dickerson
  Construction Co. of Youngwood.  1940 graduate of Somerset High School and
  received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees from the
  University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering.  World War II veteran of
  U.S. Coast Guard.  Life member of Sipesville Church of Brethren.  Member of
  George Washington Lodge 143, F. & A.M.; and the Harrisburg Consistory. 
  Member of American Legion Post 181 and the Disabled American Veterans
  Association.  Life member of Pennsylvania Professional Civil Engineers
  Association.  Also member of Flood City Fraternal Order of Police, Somerset
  Grange, Roxbury Sportmen's Association, National Rifle Association,
  Pennsylvania Wool Growers Association.  He had designed many of the bridges
  in the Johnstown area, including the McNally Bridge on Route 219.  Friends
  received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where services will be conducted at
  1 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Danny R. Bailey officiating.  Interment,
  Somerset County Memorial Park.  Masonic service 7:30 p.m. Monday at the
  funeral home.  Contributions may be made to Somerset "In Touch" Hospice,
  651 South Center Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501 or to the Derry Area Library, RD
  1, Box 169, Derry, Pa. 15627.
  
  Daily American, November 13, 1995
  
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