OBIT: Howard W. FRANCIS, 1988, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ FRANCIS Howard W. Francis, 84, of Canton, Ohio, formerly of Meyersdale, died Sept. 18, 1988, in Canton. Born July 19, 1904, in Pennsylvania, a son of the late Jacob and Sarah (Deist) Francis. Preceded in death by his wife, Linda. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Grace Queen and Mrs. Christena Grohl, both of Canton. Also, a number of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday with Pastor James L. Fish Jr., officiating. Interment, Union Cemetery. Daily American, September 20, 1988 [F0773]