OBIT: Arthur Lee MERKLE, 1974, Fairhope, Somerset County, PA
  
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  ARTHUR L. MERKLE
  
    Arthur Lee Merkle, 51, of Fairhope, died March 25, 1974, in Altoona
  VA Hospital, where he had been a patient four months.
    A native of Fairhope, he was a son of the late George and Hulda
  (Richardson) Merkle.  
    He had been employed as a plasterer, was a member of Fairhope
  Community Church, and was an Army veteran of World War II.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Elsie Twigg; three sons, Charles
  Merkle, Berlin; Pfc. Cecil Merkle, with the Army at Fort Meade, Md.;
  Roger Merkle, at home; five daughters, Mrs. Alice Campbell, Buffalo
  Mills RD 1; Mrs. Doris Shroyer, Fairhope RD 1; Carol, Karen and Nancy
  Merkle, at home; and seven grandchildren.
    He was a brother of John Deremer and Donald Merkle, Cleveland,
  Ohio; Dewey Merkle, Akron, Ohio; Victor and Harry Merkle, Cumberland,
  Md.; Darris Merkle and Mrs. Jean Dietz, Hyndman; Mrs. Alma Custer,
  Mrs. Betty Huffman and Mrs. Shirley Emerick, Hyndman RD 1; and Mrs.
  Helen Nair, Somerset.
    Funeral service will be conducted at two o'clock this (Thursday)
  afternoon in Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, with Rev. Leroy Logsdon
  officiating.  Interment in Comps Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, March 28, 1974
  
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