OBIT: Ralph J. METHENEY, 2005, Confluence, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Metheney, Ralph J.  09/02/05  Daily American
  
  Ralph J. Metheney, 83, Confluence, died Aug. 31, 2005, in Somerset Hospital. He
  was born Feb. 15, 1922, in Humbert, a son of the late Charles R. and Bertha J.
  (Mitchell) Metheney. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a
  son, Joseph; grandsons, Victor Ulderich Jr. and Randy Metheney; brothers, James
  and George; sisters, Ruth Metheney and Mildred Woods. He is survived by his wife
  Martha J. (Close) Metheney; sons, John, Markleton; Christopher, Greensburg; Ray
  Dean and Charles, both of Confluence; Larry Gower, Romney, W.Va.; and Thomas
  Gower, Augusta, W.Va.; and daughters, Sheila Ulderich, Confluence; and Kathy
  Blystone, Rockwood; 28 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother,
  Alvin Metheney, Confluence. He is a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving
  with the 363rd Infantry Division in Europe and retired from the Pennsylvania
  State Park Service, having worked at Laurel Ridge and Ohiopyle state parks. He
  was a lifetime member of the Confluence VFW Post 7250; Grantsville, Md.,
  American Legion; and Confluence Volunteer Fire Department. He delivered Meals
  on Wheels for 13 years and was an avid hunter, bingo and card player. Friends
  will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Humbert Funeral Home,
  Confluence, where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Tim
  Show officiating. Interment Kingwood IOOF Cemetery.