OBIT: Howard RAVENSCRAFT, 1944, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

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HOWARD RAVENSCRAFT

  Howard Ravenscraft, 71, died suddenly on Saturday night, Jan. 29, 1944, at his 
home in Sand Patch.  A son of John and Mary Ann (Deal) Ravenscraft, he was born 
on March 24, 1872 in Frostburg, Md.  Mr. Ravenscraft was a retired employee of 
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Sarah (Lenhart) 
Ravenscraft, he leaves six children - Mrs. Alvey Hahn and John H. Ravenscraft, 
both of Akron, O.; Mrs. Henry Voughtman, Frostburg, Md.; Mrs. Dale Rodeman, 
Stahlstown; Marcellus, Cincinnati, O., and Theodore, Windber.  Also surviving 
are 11 grandchildren and a brother, Theodore Ravenscraft, Somerset.
  Funeral services will be held at the home, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, 
conducted by Rev. R. M. Dunkelbarger, followed by interment in Union Cemetery.
  Funeral arrangements under the direction of W. C. Price and Son.

Meyersdale Republican, February 3, 1944