OBIT: John A. METZ, Jr., 1986, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  METZ
  
  John A. Metz Jr., 76, died Jan. 26, 1986, in Pittsburgh.  Practiced
  law in Pittsburgh for 53 years and most recently, in the firm of
  Metz, Cook, Hanna, Welsh, Bluestone, and Beamer, and in Somerset, was
  with son-in-law Ogle, Metz and Policicchio.  Attended Princeton
  University and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Law
  School.  Was a professor of law at the Pittsburgh Law School for 25
  years and a member of Civil Procedure and Rules Committee of the
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and a Fellow of the American College
  of Trial Lawyers and a member and past president of the Academy of
  Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.  A member of the American Bar
  Association, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Allegheny
  County Bar Association.  Admitted to practice of the Supreme Court of
  the United States, and was a member of the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh
  and of Third Presbyterian Church.  No visitation.  Survived by wife,
  the former Margaret Ritchey, two daughters Margaret (Peggy), married
  to Alexander Ogle of Somerset; and Sandra, married to Mohsin Qureski
  of Chicago; five grandsons; one brother, Richard of Cincinnati; one
  sister, Elizabeth of Worcester, Mass.  Former regional administrator
  with the Office of Price Administration.  Memorial services will be
  held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Third Presbyterian Church, at Fifth
  and South Negley, Pittsburgh.  Donations may be made to the Forbes
  Hospice, Third Presbyterian Church, or the American Cancer Society. 
  Arrangements by H. Sampson Inc., Pittsburgh.
  
  Daily American, January 28, 1986
  
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