OBIT: Ward R. PLETCHER, 1997, Meyersdale, 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/ _______________________________________________ PLETCHER Ward R. Pletcher 85, of Meyersdale, died Dec. 25, 1997. Born Nov. 29, 1912, in Middlecreek Township. Son of the late Jessie and Dora (Reese) Pletcher. Preceded in death by sisters Hazel, Ruth and Ferne, and infant sister. Survived by children Sara Mae Axe, of Manheim, Pa.; Mrs. Thomas (Dolores) Matcho, Parma, Ohio; Mrs. Robert (Shelby) Brown, Meyersdale; and Ward Jr., Chesapeake, W.Va. Also survived by 17 grand-children, 27 great-granchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and ex-wife, the former Lorena Moore. Brother of Jay Pletcher, Wooster, Ohio; John Pletcher, Rantoul, Ill; Pauline Custer, Somerset; Ardith Burkett, Simi Valley, Calif; Betty Cleghorn, Jupiter, Fla; and Alice Graham, Canal Fulton, Ohio. Friends wlll be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home, Somerset, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday. Rev. John Yoder officiating. Interment, Middlecreek Cemetery. Daily American, December 27, 1997 [P0715]