OBIT: Lyle Miller RHOADS, 2005, Friedens, Somerset County, PA
  
  Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library
  Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy.
  jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org

  Copyright 2010.  All rights reserved.
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
  http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/
  ----------------------------------------------- 

  Rhoads, Lyle Miller  11/18/05  Daily American
  
  Lyle Miller Rhoads, 83, Friedens, died Nov. 16, 2005, in Mechanicsburg.  
  
  Born July 16, 1922, in Friedens, the son of Edward Guy and Grace Irene (Miller)
  Rhoads. Preceded in death by parents, brothers Forrest and John Ellis Rhoads.
  Survived by daughters, Mrs. James J. (Suzanne) Bruzga, Mechanicsburg; and Ms.
  Mary Beth Rhoads, Alexandria, Va.; grandsons, Benjamin, Andrew, Philip and
  Joseph Bruzga; and numerous nieces and nephews, including Donna Rhoads. Member
  of Friedens Lutheran Church where he taught Sunday school for many years, as
  well as being on the Church Council. A 1940 graduate of Somerset Township High
  School. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, where he had received a
  Purple Heart. He had worked for more than 30 years until his retirement in 1983
  as a Service Plaza Manager for Exxon Mobile on the Pa. Turnpike. He was also
  past member of the Friedens Volunteer Fire Department and the Somerset School
  Board. He was a member of the Exxon Retirees. A founding member of the Tall
  Hunting Club in Friedens, as well as a volunteer for over 18 years for the
  Somerset Food Pantry. Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset. A service will be conducted 10 a.m.
  Monday at the Friedens Lutheran Church, Friedens. The Rev. Edward DeVore
  officiating. Interment Friedens Cemetery. Contributions to Friedens Lutheran
  Community Center, 131. S. Main St., Friedens, PA 15541.