OBIT: Loren Ralph "Pop" PEOPLES, 1998, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PEOPLES
  
  Loren Ralph "Pop" Peoples, 78, of Somerset, died Dec. 17, 1998 at
  Meyersdale Medical Center.  Born April 16, 1920 in Ponfret, Vt., son
  of the late Ralph and Emma (Hubbard) Peoples.  Beloved husband of the
  former Doris Wilt.  Also survived by these children: John, married to
  the former Terri Weir and Linda, married to Michael Chowske, both of
  Wilton, N.Y.; grandchildren Lisa Marie and John Loren Peoples, Amber
  Coleen, Terry Alan and Sean Daniel Briscoe; stepchildren, Teresa,
  married to Dennis Weigle of Friedens, Andrew Miller, married to
  former Michele Bauermaster of Berlin, Anthony Miller and friend
  Stephanie Barnick, Somerset; stepgrandchildren Angie, married to
  Daniel Dively, Stephanie Miller, Heather Weigle, Jacob, Abraham,
  Gideon, Hannah, Silas, Ariellia and Madyson Miller; step-great
  granddaughter Courtney Dively; mother-in-law Gladys Wilt of
  Stoystown.  Brother of Elizabeth Rugg of Massachusetts; Vera Churchel,
  Glencoe; and Rollin Peoples, New Jersey.  A graduate of Princeton,
  Mass., High School, where he excelled in basketball and baseball
  Graduate of Worcester Trade School as a machinist: World-War II Army
  veteran, having been wounded in the Battle of The Bulge while manning
  a bazooka.  Retired after 30 years from the U.S. Postal Service and
  former Shanksville school bus driver.  Loved fishing and auto racing,
  having raced and won under the name "Johnny Amber."  Member of First
  United Methodist Church, Somerset.  Family will receive friends from 7
  to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, the Rev.
  Patricia Nelson.  Interment, Friedens Lutheran Cemetery.  Memorial
  contributions may be given to "In Touch Hospice", 1590 North Center
  Ave., Suite 111, Somerset, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, December 19, 1998
  
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