OBIT: Merle Oris HAY, 1998, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HAY
  
    Merle Oris Hay, 79, of 225 Bunger St., Ligonier, went to be with the Lord
  on June 7, 1998, at Latrobe Area Hospital.  Born Oct. 29, 1918, in Jenner
  Township, Somerset County.  Son of the late John H. and Cora S. (Beener)
  Hay.  He was also preceded in death by infant sister, and brother, Arnold
  G.  Survived by his wife, the former Edith Miller; two daughters, Janice
  Smithley, Ligonier RD, and Sheila Henderson, Bolivar RD; two grandchildren,
  Cindy Mowry, Latrobe, and Brian Smithley, Crafton; a great-grandson, Evan
  Mowry; a sister, Virginia Walker, Phoenix, Ariz., and six nieces and
  nephews.  He was a 1937 graduate of Scottsdale High School and retired with
  almost 42 years service in 1982 from Robertshaw Fulton Controls Co., New
  Stanton.  He also served with the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1944
  to 1946.  He was a member of the Lebanon United Methodist Church, Ligonier
  Township, where a memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on June 17.
  
  Daily American, June 13, 1998
  
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