OBIT: Irvin C. HUGHES, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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IRVIN C. HUGHES

  Irvin C. Hughes, native of Somerset County, died at his home, 4919 Monroe 
Street, Hyattsville, Md., Sunday, Feb. 22, and was buried in Arlington National 
Cemetery, Feb. 25.  He was the son of William and Lana (Martz) Hughes of 
Glencoe, Pa.  He served in the United States Army for 30 years, having served in 
World War I, the Mexican border conflict and in the Philippines.  He retired 
from the Army in 1936 as a master sergeant.  He was a member of Veterans of 
Foreign Wars.
  Surviving are his wife, Ethel; a son, First Lt. Irvin C. Hughes, Jr., U.S.A., 
Ft. Benning, Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Louise Lombardy, Washington, D.C.; a sister, 
Clara Christner, Garrett; a brother, George C. Hughes, Hyndman, and a grandson, 
Michael F. Lombardy.  

Meyersdale Republican, March 4, 1948