OBIT: Chester R. DARRAH, 1988, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHESTER R. DARRAH
  
    Chester R. Darrah, 61, died unexpectedly Wednesday, July 13, 1988, at Robinson 
  Memorial Hospital, Ohio, of natural causes.
    He was born August 22, 1926, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.  He was a son of Raymond 
  and Lydia (Folk) Darrah, of Salisbury.  He had lived in the Portage area all his 
  life.
    He is survived by his wife Mildred M. (Adelman); stepson Ronald L. Geib, of 
  Ravenna, Ohio; five grandchildren; and sisters Mrs. Charles (Marcene) Davis, of 
  Kent, Ohio; Claudia, and Mary Katherine Stone, both of Ravenna, Ohio.
    He was preceded in death by his brother, Walter, died Jan. 28, 1968 and a 
  stepson Jeffrey Geib, died Aug. 25, 1969.
    He was a supervisor for the Ohio Department of Transportation, Division 4, in 
  Ravenna; was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1055 in Ravenna; 
  was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II; attended Thomas School and West 
  Salisbury grade school.  He was an avid golfer, fisherman and cabinet maker.
    Wood Funeral Home, Ravenna, Ohio, was in charge of arrangements.  Services 
  were held Saturday at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Ravenna.  
  Interment, St. Peter of the Fields Cemetery, Rootstown.
  
  The Republic, July 28, 1988
  
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