OBIT: Edgar C. MESSERSMITH, 1979, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDGAR C. MESSERSMITH
  
    Edgar Curtis Messersmith, 34, of Shippensburg RD 3, died April 14,
  1979 at Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, Md.  He was a former
  resident of Cumberland, Md.
    Born in Cumberland, October 26, 1944, he was a son of Edgar C. and
  Isabelle M. (Fultz) Messersmith.
    He was employed by the Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg.  He
  was a 1963 graduate of Allegany High School.  He was a Vietnam
  veteran and had received the Purple Heart.
    He was a member of William D. Byron VFW Post 1936, Morris Frock
  Post 42, American Legion of Hagerstown, Mt. Rock Brethren in Christ
  Church, Hagerstown, and was president of the Homebuilders Sunday
  school class.
    Besides his parents, he also is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mabel
  Lorraine (Perkins) Messersmith; a son, Kurt William Messersmith, at
  home; a daughter, Michelle Lynn Messersmith, also at home; a sister,
  Mrs. Harold Lipscomb, Grantsville, Md.; maternal grandmother, Mrs.
  Marie A. Fultz, Cumberland; a niece and four nephews.
    Friends were received at Scarpelli Funeral Home, Cumberland.
  
  The Republic, April 19, 1979
  
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