OBIT: Alvin Stoy GLESSNER Jr., 1996, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  GLESSNER
  
  Alvin Stoy Glessner Jr., 75, of Huntingdon Valley, formerly of Pittsburgh
  and Somerset, died Dec. 18, 1996.  Born in Somerset in 1921 to Alvin Stoy
  and Evelyn (nee Miller) Glessner Sr.  He is survived by his wife, Margaret
  (nee Speicher) Glessner.  They were married for 26 years.  Alvin was
  preceded in death by his first wife, Ingrid Anderson Glessner, in 1969.  He
  served in the Army during World War II.  While in Pittsburgh, he worked at
  Gulf Research as a chemist.  He moved to the Delaware Valley area in 1956,
  where he worked for Crown, Cork and Seal until retiring in 1987.  Alvin was
  a member of Gloria Dei Church and of American Legion Post 0945.  His
  services were private.  Interment, Plum Creek Cemetery, Pittsburgh. 
  Memorials in Alvin's name may be made to Gloria Dei Church, 570 Welsh Road,
  Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006.  Family services by Craft/Givnish of Abington,
  Pa.
  
  Daily American, December 20, 1996

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