OBIT: Lawrence J. HARTLE, 1998, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HARTLE
  
    Lawrence J. Hartle, 101, of Meyersdale, died Dec. 6, 1998, at Meyersdale
  Medical Center.  Born June 4, 1897, in Clearfield County.  A son of the
  late John and Mary (Olinger) Hartle.  Also preceded in death by his wife,
  the former Pearl A. Mimna; four brothers: Augustus, Vincent, Joseph and
  Christian, and four sisters: Helen Beezer, Celia Hughes, Margaret Hartle,
  and Sarah McKenzie.  Survived by a daughter, Mary H. Neimiller, Meyersdale;
  three grandsons: Jon and his wife Margaret, Richard and David.  World War I
  veteran of U.S. Army.  He was in the 2nd battle of the Marne River in
  France.  He was awarded the Purple Heart and was a POW in Germany for 9
  months.  He was to have received the Legion of Honor from France for
  heroism.  A life member of American Legion Post 112, Meyersdale.  First
  charter member of the Meyersdale Historical Society.  Friends will be
  received from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. 
  Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at SS. Philip & James Catholic
  Church, Meyersdale, with the Rev. Donald W. Dusza, celebrant.  Interment,
  Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.  Military rites accorded by American Legion
  Post 112, and VFW Post 3504, Meyersdale.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may
  be made to the Meyersdale Historical Society.
  
  Daily American, December 8, 1998
  
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