OBIT: Merle Snyder LONG, 1997, Friedens, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LONG
  
    Merle Snyder Long, 92, of Friedens, died Jan. 17, 1997 at his
  residence.  Born April 11, 1904 in Stonycreek Township, son of the
  late John Thomas and Edith Ann (Shelley) Long.  Preceded in death by
  brothers: Howard, Dwight and Guy Long.  Survived by wife, the former
  Nannie Elverna Landis to whom he was married 68 years; daughter,
  Dorothy Louise Long, Davidsville; grandson, Joseph G. Thrash, married
  to the former Debra Jarvis, Friedens; and twin great-granddaughters:
  Tamara and Elizabeth Thrash.  A 1928 graduate of the Coyne Electrical
  School of Chicago, Ill.  He was a self-employed electrician and had
  been employed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission from 1964 to
  1969.  Member of Friedens Lutheran Church, I.O.O.F. of Somerset, and
  the Stoystown Lions Club.  Friends will be received 2 to 4 p.m. and 7
  to 9 p.m. Sunday at Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset where
  services will be conducted 1 p.m., Monday.  Rev. James R. Ling and
  Rev. Sherman H. Berkey officiating.  Interment, Somerset County
  Memorial Park.  Contributions may be made to Somerset "In Touch"
  Hospice, 651 South Center Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501 or Friedens
  Lutheran Church, Friedens, Pa. 15541.
  
  Daily American, January 18, 1997
  
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