OBIT: Ruth (FOLK) PATTON, 1972, born in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MRS. GEORGE PATTON 
  
  Mrs. Ruth (Folk) Patton, 76, of Akron, Ohio, died Oct. 25, 1972, at
  her home following a year of poor health.  Her health deteriorated
  after suffering a stroke in 1968.  Born May 22, 1896, on the
  "Stonington" farm in Elk Lick Township, she was a daughter of Ephraim
  S. and Maria (Crossen) Folk.  She attended the local school and
  prepared to teach.  She taught several years in the Thomas School.
  With the outbreak of World War I, she went to Akron, attended Actual
  Business College and was employed by the B. F. Goodrich Company.  Her
  parents sold their farm and moved to Akron.  Mrs. Patton was later
  associated with The Patton Motor Trucking Company of Akron.  She was
  preceded in death by her parents; her husband, George Patton; two
  sisters, Salome Glotfelty and Lilly Patton; and three brothers.
  Elmer, John and Charles Folk.  Surviving are two stepdaughters, Mrs.
  Iva Trogdon of Chesterland, Ohio; and Mrs. Hutt Geissinger of Orland
  Park, Ill.; three granddaughters, one grandson, five
  great-grandchildren, as well as many friends and distant relatives in
  Akron and Salisbury.  She was a member of Trinity United Church of
  Christ of Akron.  Funeral service was held at Stampfle Memorial Home,
  Oct. 27, with Dr. William C. Nelson, retired minister of Trinity,
  officiating.  Interment in Glendale Cemetery of Akron.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, November  16, 1972
  
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