OBIT: Ralph L. "Rackey" KIMMEL, 1979, born in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KIMMEL
  
  Ralph L. "Rackey" Kimmel, 75, Hendler Hotel, Johnstown, died Oct. 10,
  1979, in Lee Hospital.  Born Aug. 19, 1904, in Quemahoning Township,
  he was a son of Lafayette and Mary (Barnhart) Kimmel.  Preceded in
  death by parents; first wife, the former Ethel Tipton; second wife,
  the former Elda Webb; infant son; six brothers and two sisters. 
  Survived by son, Ralph H., Johnstown.  Brother of: Mrs. Sarah
  McCauliff, Johnstown; Mrs. Martha Croyle, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs.
  Leonard (Marion) Richardson, Goodhue RD 2, Minn.  Retired from
  Johnstown Bethlehem Steel Corp., member of First Lutheran Church,
  Johnstown, and Johnstown L.O.O.M.  Family will receive friends from
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown,
  where services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev.
  Nelson F. Ilgenfritz.  Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown.
  
  Daily American, October 11, 1979
  
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