OBIT: Robert J. DIX, 1974, of interest inSomerset County, PA
  
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  DIX
  
    Robert J. Dix, 82, of Indian Head, Pa., died Sunday at Connelsville 
  Hospital.  Born March 22, 1892, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Owned and operated Dix 
  Bakery in Indian Head from 1939 to 1942.  Later worked at the Latrobe 
  Forge and Spring Company in the security division from where he retired 
  in 1963.  Member of the Indian Head Church of God. Surviving are: four 
  sons: Arthur Blaine of Latrobe; E. Dale of Mt. Pleasant; Thomas R. of 
  Jones Mills and Harold D. of Indian Head; three daughters, Mrs. Milton 
  (Elsie Pearl) Penney of Somerset; Miss Helen Dix at home and Mrs. Vernon 
  (Vivian) Pritts of Indian Head; 13 grandchildren; one brother. Harry of 
  South Connelsville; and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Koontz of 
  Morgantown, W. Va., and Mrs. Ethel Irwin of South Connelsville. Predeceased by 
  his wife, Elva, in 1966. 
    Friends will be received at 2 p.m. today in the Clyde Brooks Funeral 
  Home Inc. on Route 711 at Melcroft, Pa., where services will be held 
  Wednesday at 11 a.m. with Rev. G. Marion Smith officiating. Interment 
  Mount Nebo Cemetery.
  
  
  Somerset American, November 25, 1974
  
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