OBIT: Melvin J. FRITZ, 1983, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Denise Phillips. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ FRITZ Melvin J. Fritz, 74, of Somerset RD 5, died April 23, 1983, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born July 18, 1908, in Stonycreek Township, a son of Jerome and Lizzie (Bennett) Fritz. Preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Deborah; five half-brothers and two half-sisters. Survived by his wife, the former Mary Sarver; a daughter, Mrs. Ray (Shirley) Johnson, Jupiter, Fla.; two granddaughters: Mrs. Lynne Swain and Mrs. Greg (Jacqueline) Harper, Jupiter, Fla.; a great-grandson, Mark Elliott Swain, Jupiter, Fla.; a half-brother, Paul Bennett, Somerset RD 5; and a half-sister, Clara Magill, Morrisville, Vt. Retired employee of Dumbauld's Tire Service. A member of the First Christian Church, Somerset. Friends will be received at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, where funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Gene Sellers officiating. Interment, Pike Cemetery, Brotherton. Daily American, April 25, 1983 [F0989]