OBIT: Jeremiah M. PLETCHER, 1973, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JEREMIAH M. PLETCHER Jeremiah M. Pletcher, 98, of Rockwood RD 3, died Nov. 14, 1973, in Somerset Community Hospital. Born June 14, 1875, in Fayette County, he was a son of the late Daniel and Martha (Miller) Pletcher. He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Mamie Belle Wolf; his second wife, Minnie Miller Ferner Pletcher; a son, Charles: a stepdaughter, Laura Ellen Thomas; Iwo brothers and two sisters. Surviving are a son, John Pletcher, of Somerset; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Lanham, Morgantown, W. Va.: Mrs. Margaret Dunn, Shinnstown, W. Va.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Close, of Ohio; also eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, one great-great-granddaughter; two stepsons, Paul and John F. Ferner, both of Rockwood RD 2; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Mary Geary and Mrs. Anna Cramer, both of Rockwood RD 3; seven step-grandchildren; 21 step great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Laura Twilliger of Acme. He was a member of Middlecreek Church of the Brethren, where funeral service was held Saturday afternoon, with Rev. Fred H. Seese officiating. Interment in Middlecreek Church Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, November 22, 1973 [P0696]