OBIT: Milton H. OPEL, 1946, native of Somerset County, PA 

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MILTON H. OPEL

  Milton H. Opel, Mecca, Ohio, died at the Warren City Hospital, Friday, Sept. 
6th, following a surgical operation, to which he submitted a week before.
  Born Jan. 17, 1881, a son of Henry J. and Sevilla (Gnagey) Opel of Elk Lick 
Twp., he was 65 years, 7 months, 19 days old.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruth (Lindeman) Opel; and six children - Mrs. 
Caroline Kennell and James Opel, Mecca, Ohio; Mrs. Nina Ream, York, Pa.; Geneva, 
Lebanon, Oregon; Mrs. Dorothy Hardesty, Cortland, Ohio; Milton Opel, Jr., 
Johnstown, Ohio, and 13 grandchildren.
  Also surviving are three brothers and six sisters - John Opel, Keyser's Ridge, 
Md.; Eli Opel and Mrs. Sadie Dart, Lebanon, Oregon; William, Meyersdale R.D. 2; 
Miss Annie Opel, Salisbury; Mrs. Alice Newman, Fairchance; Mrs. Ellen Weller and 
Mrs. Mary Firl, Summit Mills, and Mrs. Elizabeth Maust, Walnut Creek, Ohio.
  Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Love funeral home, 
Cortland, Ohio, with Rev. Dittman, pastor of the Methodist Church officiating.  
Burial was made in Hillside Cemetery, Cortland.

Meyersdale Republican, September 13, 1946