OBIT: Melvin R. GLESSNER, 1984, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  GLESSNER
  
  Melvin R. Glessner, 61, Buffalo Mills RD 1, died Nov. 15, 1984, at Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born June 11, 1923, in Allegheny Township, a son of
  John and Minnie (Shroyer) Glessner.  Preceded in death by parents and four
  brothers.  Survived by these children: Mrs. Paul (Martha Ellen) Fullem,
  Meyersdale; Mrs. George (Dixie Lee) Poraczky, New Paris; Mrs. Edward
  (Patricia Lynn) Smith, Glen Garden, N.J.; Mrs. Christopher (Dianne
  Elizabeth) Patrick, McAllen, Texas; Mrs. Nancy Sue Wright, Berlin; and six
  grandchildren.  Also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Grover (Vesta) Miller,
  Berlin, and Mrs. Leora Harmon, Somerset.  He was an employee of Snyder's of
  Berlin and an Army veteran of World War II.  He was a member of Harry Fisher
  Post #445 American Legion, Berlin, and attended the Sarver Church.  Friends
  will be received from 7-9 p.m. Friday and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at
  the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, Berlin, where services will be held at 2
  p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Timothy Stamper and the Rev. Leonard Day. 
  Interment, Sarver Church Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, November 16, 1984
  
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