OBIT: Merle R. PLETCHER, 1977, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  PLETCHER
  
  Merle R. Pletcher, 45, 242 Peachbottom Road, RD 2, Willow Street, Pa.
  died Feb. 9, 1977 at the Veteran's Hospital in Lancaster, Pa.  He had
  been a patient there since October 1975.  He was born in Kingwood, the
  son of the late Lester Conn and Leora K. Christ of Lancaster, Pa.  He
  served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict with the
  rank of corporal.  He was a member of the Assumption of the Blessed
  Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster.  He was last employed by
  the Maislian Transport Company, Mt. Joy, Pa.  He was a member of the
  Willow Street Fire Company and the American Legion Garden Spot Post
  56, Lititz, Pa.  He is survived by his wife Arlene, mother, Leora, two
  sons, Merle R. Jr., and Marc R., both at home, and his maternal
  grandmother, Edna Pletcher, of Willow Street, Pa.  Friends will be
  received after 7 p.m. Friday at the Robert J. Dano Funeral Home, 121
  South Prince Street, Lancaster, Pa. The rosary will be recited at 8
  p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
  Mary Roman Catholic Church Saturday at 10 a.m.  Interment St. Mary
  Catholic, Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 10, 1977
  
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