OBIT: Ralston "Rod" E. PUTMAN, 1998, Casselman, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PUTMAN
  
    Ralston "Rod" E. Putman, 80, Casselman, went to be with the Lord
  Feb. 18, 1998 in Somerset Hospital.  Born Sept. 7, 1917, in
  Casselman, son of the late William B. and Flora Etta (Lape) Putman. 
  Preceded in death by brothers, James, Robert and Albert Putman;
  stepbrothers, Charles Trout, Clarence Trout, William "Bid" Trout and
  sister Viola Schardt.  Survived by wife of 61 years, Ethel B.
  (Romesburg) Putman; daughters, Shirley, married to Harold Kaufman,
  Rockwood; Nancy, married to George Bowman of Casselman; and son,
  Rodney, married to Sara Jane Christner, Rockwood; 10 grandchildren
  and 18 great-grandchildren.  Brother of Ida Mae McLeod of Sarasota,
  Fla. and Florence Peters, Rockwood.  Lifetime member of Casselman
  United Methodist Church, where he was a long time Sunday school
  teacher and held various posts.  Member of the Rockwood Area School
  Board for many years.  Former employee of the B & O Railroad, Farm
  Bureau/Agway and retired in 1983 from Rockwood Insurance Co.  Friends
  will be received from 7-9 p.m., Thursday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Friday
  at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home Rockwood, where service will be
  conducted at 11 a.m., Saturday.  Rev. John Snyder officiating. 
  Interment Kingwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 19, 1998
  
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