OBIT: Christian DRIDY, 1930, Addison Township, Somerset County, PA

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CHRISTIAN DRIDY

  Christian Dridy, a well known and highly respected resident of Addison 
Township, died at the family home near Listonburg on Friday morning, April 18, 
at the age of 74 years.
  He was born in Elk Lick Township in 1856, a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dridy, 
both of whom died some years ago.
  Mr. Dridy is survived by one sister, Mrs. Thomas K. Pullin, of Confluence, and 
one brother, Milton Dridy, of Colorado, and the following half-sisters:   Mrs. 
W. J. Palmer, Listonburg; Mrs. M. E. Goller, Confluence, and Miss Alice Dridy, 
at home, and a half-brother, John Dridy, of Listonburg.  He is also survived by 
his step-mother, Mrs. Lucinda Folk Dridy, a member of one of the old reliable 
families of Elk Lick Township.
  Christian Dridy was a member of the German Reformed Church and a man of 
sterling worth and irreproachable character, honest and reliable in all his 
dealings with his fellowmen.  He was never married.
  The funeral took place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, at the family home, 
the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Addison officiating.  Interment 
in Addison cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, April 24, 1930