OBIT: Melba (DIXON) PEELING, 1975, formerly of Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MELBA PEELING
  
  Mrs. Melba Dixon Peeling, 55, of Concordville, formerly of Somerset,
  died July 30, 1975 in the Chester County Hospital.  Born Feb. 2, 1920
  in Somerset, daughter of Effie Hauger Dixon and the late D. J.
  Dixson.  Preceded in death by her father and a brother Walter.
  Survived by her husband, Hugh J. Peeling, a daughter, Mary Alice;
  three brothers and one sister; Royden Dixson of Tampa, Fla., Dale
  Dixson of Detroit, Mich; Glenn Dixson of Alexandria, Va.; and Dr.
  Mary Elizabeth Dixson of Millersville.  Member of Trinity Lutheran
  Church of Somerset; a life member of the American Association of
  University Women; and the Penn State Alumni Association.  A veteran of
  World War II in U.S. Army Air Corps where she served as a first
  Lieutenant.  Memorial services will be held at St. John's Episcopal
  Church, Concordville, Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Edward W.
  Battin, Rector.  Interment, Philadelphia National Memorial.  Gifts may
  be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 311 S. Juniper St.,
  Philadelphia, Pa. 19107.  Funeral arrangements in charge of the Joseph
  E. Boyd Funeral Home, West Chester.
  
  Somerset American, August 1, 1975
  
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