OBIT: Ralph David KURTZ, 1999, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KURTZ Ralph David Kurtz, 55, of Rockwood died Feb. 21, 1999, at Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston, S.C. Born Aug. 25, 1943, in Berlin. Son of the late Charles Brush and Blanche Olive (Foy) Kurtz. Also preceded in death by a sister, Delores E. Snyder; and brother, Jesse A. Vanderbilt. Survived by wife, the former Delores Jane Maust, and these children, Mrs. Robert (Kris) Baum of East Petersburg, Pa.; Mrs. Todd (Tracy) Pritts of Rockwood and Richard J. Beahr, married to the former Marsha Hay, of Rockwood. Three grandchildren: Tess Crider and Todd and Tyler Pritts. Brother of Mrs. Bernard (Laura) Fickes of Schellsburg, Charles Edward Kurtz of Boswell and Mrs. Bruce (Pearl) Scott of Friedens. Attended Somerset Church of God. Line foreman for Penn Line Services of Scottdale, Pa. Member of FOE Aerie 1801, Scullton Rod & Gun Club, Local 126, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and UMWA. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday, with the Rev. M.D. Herring officiating. Interment Mizpah cemetery. Daily American, February 24, 1999 [K1312]