OBIT: Edgar Lee HERSH, 1986, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDGAR LEE HERSH
  
    Edgar Lee Hersh, 77, of 11 North Johnson Street, died Friday, Sept.
  19, 1986, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born in Meyersdale, on Nov. 27, 1908, he was the son of the late
  Adam and Martha (Sipple) Hersh.
    He was a former employee of the Celanese, retired from the Astor
  Cab Company, was a member of St. Mark's United Church of Christ,
  Loyal Order of Moose and life member and golden age Eagle of
  Fraternal Order Aerie of Eagles 245.
    Surviving are his widow, Hazel Marie (Lowery) Hersh; three
  daughters: Mrs. Martha Lee McComas, LaVale, Md.; Mrs. Judy M. Blacker
  and Mrs. Lois Ann Shambaugh, of Cumberland, Md.; one step-brother,
  John I. Hersh, Cumberland; one sister, Mrs. Martha Werner,
  Cumberland; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where services
  were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Harold Shaffer. 
  Interment, Hillcrest Burial Park.  Pallbearers were members of the
  Fraternal Order of Eagles.
  
  The Republic, September 25, 1986
  
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