OBIT: Eugene C. PECK, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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EUGENE C. PECK

  Word was received last Thursday by Mrs. Joseph F. Fahey of the death of Dr. 
Eugene C. Peck, who died that day at his home in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, 
Md.
  Funeral services were held Saturday morning, Oct. 12, in the Episcopal Church, 
Leonardtown.
  Dr. Peck, a native of New London, Conn., came to Garrett County as Public 
Health Officer in 1933, and served the people of the county faithfully till 
1937.
  He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Harvard University, the Public 
Health degree from Yale University, and served four years as a medical 
missionary in China prior to coming to Garrett County.
  Surviving are his wife and three children - Helen, Jean and Robin.
  Dr. Peck made many friends during his stay in Garrett County and carried the 
missionary spirit among the people - always ready to weather the storms to bring 
relief to the suffering and needy.  He was in St. Mary's County the last nine 
years and was in ill health one year.

Meyersdale Republican, October 18, 1946