OBIT: Charles Wilson "Porkey" POORBAUGH, 1999, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ POORBAUGH Charles Wilson "Porkey" Poorbaugh, 82, of Brownsville, formerly of Rockwood, died Dec. 5, 1999, at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Nov. 13, 1917, in Black Township, a son of the late Oscar and Mary (Karolus) Poorbaugh. Also preceded in death by a son, Charles Purbaugh. Survived by his wife, the former Catherine Sutton; a son, Gregg L. Purbaugh, Baltimore, Md., and a daughter, Patricia A. Leazier, Brownsville. Also 7 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. A brother of William Poorbaugh and Elsie Baughman, both of Blackfield, and Alice Hall of Georgia. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Craig L. Lyman officiating. Interment, Lichty Cemetery (Summit Mills), Meyersdale. Daily American, December 7, 1999 [P0798]