OBIT: Silas W. PUGH, 2005, formerly of  Somerset County, PA
  
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  PUGH, Silas W.  03/18/05  Daily American
  
  Silas W. Pugh, 85, Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Salisbury, died March 16, 2005,
  at Winchester Nursing Home in Mansfield. Born Oct. 25,1919, in Meyersdale
  (Summit Township), a son of the late Charles and Grace (Tressler) Pugh. Also
  preceded in death by his wife Ruth Elaine (Ravenscraft) Pugh; a brother William
  Pugh; and sisters Myrtle Habel and Susie Ulin. Survived by three sons: Walter C.
  "Sonny" Pugh, and his wife, Jenny, Salisbury; and Robert D. Pugh, and his wife,
  Dottie, Mansfield, Ohio; and Wayne Ravenscraft, and his wife, Edythe, West
  Union, W.Va. Also nine grandchildren: Lori (Pugh) Morakis, Mansfield, Ohio;
  Lisa (Pugh) Hersch, Meyersdale; Bobbi (Pugh) Weaver, Mansfield, Ohio; Becky
  Pugh, Mansfield, Ohio; Lisa Ann Pugh, Berlin; David Pugh, Stoystown; Mindy
  (Pugh) Campbell, Somerset; Cheryl Oed, Baltimore, Md.; and June Toth, West
  Union, W.Va. In addition, there are 15 great-grandchildren. A brother of Daniel
  Pugh, Meyersdale; and Mary Otto, Springs. A veteran of the U.S. Navy World War
  II and later worked in the Western Maryland tri-state area in coal mines, road
  construction and a stone quarry prior to his retirement. "Pappy" had a special
  gift of making things grow. He enjoyed working in his vegetable garden and
  tinkering with his pickup truck. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Friday at the Price Funeral Home Meyersdale, where a service will be
  conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Eric Shaulis officiating. Interment
  Union Cemetery Meyersdale. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home,
  Inc., Meyersdale, Pa. 
  
  
  PUGH, Silas W. 03/16/05 The New Republic
  October 25, 1919 - March 16, 2005

    Silas W. Pugh, 85, of Mansfield, Ohio, formerly of Salisbury, died Wednesday,
  March 16, 2005, at Winchester Nursing Home in Mansfield.
    Born October 25, 1919 in (Summit Twp.) Meyersdale, he was a son of the late
  Charles and Grace (Tressler) Pugh.
    He was also preceded in death by his wife Ruth Elaine (Ravenscraft) Pugh; a
  brother, William Pugh; and sisters: Myrtle Habel; and Susie Ulin.
    He is survived by three sons: Walter C. "Sonny" Pugh, and his wife, Jenny,
  Salisbury; and Robert D. Pugh, and his wife, Dottie, Mansfield; and Wayne
  Ravenscraft, and his wife, Edythe, West Union, W.V.; also nine grandchildren:
  Lori (Pugh) Morakis, Mansfield; Lisa (Pugh) Hersch, Meyersdale; Bobbi (Pugh)
  Weaver, Mansfield; Becky Pugh, Mansfield; Lisa Ann Pugh, Berlin; David Pugh,
  Stoystown; Mindy (Pugh) Campbell, Somerset; Cheryl Oed, Baltimore, Md.; and
  June Toth, West Union, W.V. In addition there are 15 great-grandchildren. He
  was a brother of: Daniel Pugh, Meyersdale; and Mary Otto, Springs.
    He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy WWII and later worked in the Western
  Maryland tri-state area in coal mines, road construction and a stone quarry
  prior to his retirement. "Pappy" had a special gift of making things grow. He
  enjoyed working in his vegetable garden and tinkering with his pick up truck.
    Friends were received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Price Funeral
  Home, Meyersdale, where service was conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Pastor
  Eric Shaulis officiating. Interment, Union Cemetery, Meyersdale. 
    Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale.