OBIT: Edgar M. RICHARDS, 1981, Ralphton, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RICHARDS Edgar M. Richards, 76, Stoystown RD 1 (Ralphton) died Sept. 19, 1981, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born June 5, 1905, in Allenboro, W. Va., son of Durgan and Martha (Vincent) Richards. Preceded in death by parents, one sister, Mabel Kesling. Survived by widow, the former Mary Zuzulia, and these children: Shirley Townsend, Madison, Ohio; Mary Louise Miner, Pittsburgh; Charles, Somerset; and these step-children: Helen Markel, Penn Run, Pa.; Margaret Anderson, Johnstown; Philip Dutko, Jefferson, Ohio; Barbara Bomba, Johnstown; Eugene Dutko, Chambersville, Pa.; 20 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren. Brother of Rose Leonard, Clarksburg, W. Va., and Emmett, Willoughby, Ohio. Retired coal miner and army veteran of World War II. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Dennis Grimm, officiating. Interment, Jennerstown Lutheran Cemetery. Daily American, September 21, 1981 [R501]