OBIT: Joseph R. EDWARDS, 1983, Confluence, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOSEPH R EDWARDS Joseph R. Edwards, 70, Confluence, died Aug. 6, 1983, at his home. He was born Feb. 27, 1913, in Johnstown, son of the late Gomer W. and Neil (Higgins) Edwards. He is survived by his wife, the former Virginia Black; two sons, Richard, Addison, and Robert, Confluence, and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters. He was a former county treasurer and assmeblyman; past president of the Confluence Lions; member of the Meyersdale Masonic Blue Lodge 554; the Harrisburg Consistory and Syria Shrine. He was the past commander of Confluence VFW. Friends were received at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, where services were held with the Rev. Dr. Aruthur Gotjen officiating. Interment, Ursina Cemetery. The Republic, August 11, 1983 [E0075]