OBIT: Joseph Miller CRITCHFIELD, 1977, Ursina, Somerset County, PA

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  CRITCHFIELD
  
  Joseph Miller Critchfield, 82, of Ursina, died March 29, 1977 in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Nov. 2, 1894 in Ursina, son of the late James A.
  and Elizabeth M. Critchfield.  Survived by his wife, the former Anna
  Blubaugh and three children: Ambrose of Fishertown; Mary Jane Zehner of
  Confluence; and, Max J. of Johnstown; five grandchildren; and three
  great-grandchildren.  Also survived by two sisters.  Margaret J. French of
  Seabrook, Texas; and Betty Bower of Confluence.  Preceded in death by one
  son, Rex.  He was a lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and was a
  rural mail carrier with the U. S. Post Office from 1920 to 1955.  Member of
  the Pennsylvania Fish Commission from 1940 to 1947 and from 1955 to 1965. 
  Served with the U. S. Army from 1917 to 1919.  Member of the Turkeyfoot
  Game and Fish Association of which he was president for 25 years.  Member
  of the Somerset County Sportsman's Club of which he was a delegate to the
  Southwest Division of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen for 25
  years.  Member of the Rex Critchfield American Legion Post.  Friends will
  be received after 1 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. until noon Friday at the
  Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence.  Services will be held at the Trinity
  Lutheran Church, Confluence, Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. McCurtis
  Allison officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  There will
  be no viewing at the church.
  
  Daily American, March 30, 1977
  
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