OBIT: Carl J. "Duke" MEYERS, 1987, Stoystown RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ MEYERS Carl J. Meyers, "Duke", 70, Stoystown RD 2, died may 20, 1987, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born Aug. 13, 1916, in Somerset Township, son of the late John H. and Mabel (Shaffer) Meyers. Preceded in death by wife, the former Ruby Eash, died May 19, 1986; grandson, Teddy Abramowich; brothers: Earl, Charles, Robert and Wilbur; sisters: Susan Spangler, Kathryn Koontz and Clara Bowman. Survived by these children; Mrs. Joseph (Virginia) Sirianni, Harrisburg; Mrs. Ted (Carol) Abramowich, Stoystown RD 3; Mrs. John (Linda) Adams, Hooversville RD 1; John, married to the former Michele Martyak, Jefferson RD 1; Perry, married to the former Marilyn Lambert, Stoystown RD 2; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Brother of: Mrs. Frank (Josephine) Liberty, Stoystown RD 1, and Mrs. Mabel Showman, Somerset RD 7. Retired coal miner of Island Creek Coal Company. Member of Kantner United Methodist Church, UMWA, Quemahoning Rod and Gun Club, National Rifle Association and American Wildlife Federation. Family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Friday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, the Revs. Ed and Brenda Fritz. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Daily American, May 21, 1987 [M1216]