OBIT: Marker "Mark" CRITCHFIELD, 1997, native of Somerset County, PA

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  MARKER CRITCHFIELD
  
    Marker "Mark" Critchfield, 78, of Worthington, Pa., died April 16, 1997,
  at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, East Franklin Township.
    Born Aug. 10, 1918, in Somerset County, he was the son of Daniel and
  Effie (Marker) Critchfield.  He was retired from Honse Co., where he was a
  bookkeeper.  Mr. Critchfield was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran
  Church, Worthington; American Legion Post 828; and the Masons, Meyersdale
  Lodge #554.
    Additionally, Mr. Critchfield was a veteran of the Army, serving in the
  Pacific during World War II.  He was an avid trout fisherman.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Eloise Englehart, whom he married
  July 7, 1946; one son, Rex, Mesa, Ariz.; and two daughters: Mrs. William
  (Karen) Elliott, Butler, and Mrs. Thomas (Eloise) Kearse, Marshall, Okla. 
  He is also survived by six grandchildren and one brother, Daniel "Skip"
  Critchfield of Meyersdale.
    Visitation was held April 21 at the F. Duane Snyder Funeral Home in
  Worthington.  Services were held April 22, with the Rev. Thomas Clyde of
  the Jefferson Center Presbyterian Church, Saxonburg, officiating. 
  Interment, Worthington Lutheran Cemetery.
    Donations may be made to the Alzheimers Disease Research Center,
  UPMC-ADRC, 4 West MUH, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. 
  
  New Republic, April 24, 1997
  
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