OBIT: Richard E. MURRAY, 1999, Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MURRAY
  
    Richard E. Murray, 83, of East Pitt Street, Jennerstown, died April
  19, 1999, at Windber Hospital.  Born Nov. 10, 1915, in Ferndale.  Son
  of Frank and Mary (Trexel) Murray.  Preceded in death by parents and
  beloved daughter-in-law Valerie.  Survived by wife; former Hazel C.
  Johnston; son Richard L. of Jennerstown, daughter Donna J., married
  to James R. Benson, of Mechanicsburg.  Grandchildren: Jeffrey,
  Kristine and Kathryn Murray and Matthew and Ryan Benson.  Brother of
  Alton W. Douglasville, Ga., Esther I. Koontz, Davidsville, and Elva
  Harrison, Jacksonville, Fla.  Member of Laurel Trinity Evangelical
  Lutheran Church, Jennerstown; Somerset Post 181, American Legion, and
  the AARP.  Life-long member of Jennerstown Volunteer Fire
  Department.  Served 21 years as Jennerstown Borough secretary.  Crane
  operator for US Steel, Johnstown, for 31 years.  Army veteran of World
  War II, having served in the Pacific Theater of Operations.  Recently
  inducted into the Pennsylvania Voters Hall of Fame for 50 consecutive
  years of voting.  Would have observed 58th wedding anniversary, June
  20, 1999.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at
  Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where service will be
  held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Rev. William G. Triebe officiating. 
  Interment, Beam Cemetery near Gray.
  
  Daily American, April 20, 1999
  
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