OBIT: George Warren MENSER I, 1996, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MENSER
  
    George Warren Menser I, 78, died March 24, 1996 at Meadville Care
  Center in Cambridge Springs after suffering from Alzheimer's disease
  since 1993.  Born March 31, 1917, in Hooversville.  Son of the late
  Frank and Jeanne (Sharp) Menser.  Also preceded in death by his first
  wife, the former Helen Layton, who he married in 1938, and his second
  wife, Marilyn Rea, who he married in 1950.  Survived by his wife,
  Marlene, of Cambridge Springs, who he married in 1984; these sons:
  George W. Menser II of Meyersdale; David F. of Portland, Ore.;
  Michael L. of Rockville, Md.; Gregory of Bovard, Pa., and James
  Herbert of Cambridge Springs; a daughter, Marnie Rea Repasky of
  Zelienople, Pa.; 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. 
  Brother of Jeannie Pearl Echard of Mount Pleasant; Joan Linn of Palm
  Desert, Calif.; Hazel Herwig of Somerset; Martha Cherry of Ramona,
  Calif., and Frank of Mentor, Ohio.  Retired music teacher, composer
  and skilled tradesman.  Grew up in Somerset and began studying piano
  at the age of nine.  He also began working with his father in the
  plumbing business and with his grandfather in the carpentry
  business.  In 1938, he started working for the railroad in Altoona. 
  He became a member of the Civil Air Patrol in 1940 and was enlisted
  in the Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, when he received an
  honorable discharge.  He attended Frostburg State Teachers College
  and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, graduating as a teacher with
  a music major.  He taught band and chorus in Cumberland, Md., in
  1950; at Cambridge Springs School for eight years; in Coalport, Pa.,
  for one year; and at Randolph East Mead High School and Maplewood,
  both in Guys Mills, Pa., until 1976.  He then continued teaching as a
  substitute and gave private piano and voice lessons.  A memorial
  service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Christian and
  Missionary Alliance Church in Cambridge Springs.  His body will be
  donated to Humanity Gifts in Pittsburgh for medical study.
  
  Daily American, March 27, 1996
  
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