OBIT: Samuel E. MERRILL, 1986, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SAMUEL E. MERRILL
  
    Samuel E. Merrill, 74, of RD 4, Oldtown Road, Md., died Friday,
  Sept. 12, 1986, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    He was born in Merrill, Md., Aug. 6, 1912, son of the late James
  and Drucilla (Hummel) Merrill.
    He was a retired employee of the Celanese Fibers Company.  He was a
  member of the Living Stone Church of the Brethren and a musical group
  of the church, Strings and Things.
    Survivors included one son, Samuel R. Merrill, Detroit, Mich.; two
  daughters: Mrs. Kathryn Garland and Mrs. Linda Garber, both of
  Cumberland, Md.; three brothers: Harry Merrill, McCoole, Md.; Paul
  Merrill, Oakland, Md.; James (Junior) Merrill, Cumberland, Md.; one
  sister, Mrs. Nira Brown, Salisbury; 10 grandchildren and two
  great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where services
  were conducted Monday at 1 p.m. at the Living Stone Church of the
  Brethren by the Rev. John Huffaker.  Interment, Sunset Memorial Park.
    Pallbearers were Larry Geiger, Eugene Bergman, Joseph Forbeck,
  Wayne Merrill, Bobby Merrill and Paul Savage.
  
  The Republic, September 18, 1986
  
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