OBIT: John RINGER, 1942, native of Somerset County, PA

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JOHN RINGER

GRAND OLD MAN HAS PASSED ON
Passing of John Ringer at Home of Daughter Near Markleysburg.
(Obituary by Robert Glass)

  At 8:45 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, John Ringer closed his eyes in sleep and passed 
on to a new world.  He was blessed with a bountiful life - 93 years, 3 months 
and 12 days.  He had suffered for four weeks from heart trouble.
  John Ringer was born, Sept. 23, 1848, in Addison Township, Somerset County, 
Pa., and united in marriage with Miss Julia Diehl on Jan. 10, 1875.  To this 
union were born eight children, six of whom survive.
  The surviving children are: Mrs. John Glass, Markleysburg; John Henry Ringer, 
McKeesport; Mrs. Clara Wass, Confluence; Mrs. Sophia Ringer, Cleveland, Ohio; 
Mrs. Gilbert Miller, Ellwood City; Wade Ringer, Rockwood.
  One son died at birth.  Another son, Harry Ringer, was killed in a bus 
accident on Jan. 13, 1934, at the age of 45 years.
  Three brothers, Elisha, Alf and Harvey, survive; also 18 grandchildren, eight 
great-grandchildren, and a host of friends.
  Mr. Ringer's wife preceded him in death, on Sept. 18, 1941.
  Mr. and Mrs. Ringer at an early age bought a fine farm in the Youghiogheny 
Valley, near Confluence, and resided there almost to the end of their lifetime, 
moving away only after the U.S. government purchased their farm as part of the 
site for the large Youghiogheny flood control dam now under construction near 
Confluence.  They lived their last four years at the home of a daughter, Mrs. 
John Glass, on the National Highway, U.S. Route 40, near Markleysburg.
  Short funeral services for Mr. Ringer were held at the Glass home by Rev. J. 
S. Shannon and Rev. George Poteat, followed by additional services in the St. 
Paul Lutheran Church, in Addison Twp., and interment in the church burial 
grounds.
  Mr. Ringer lived through wars and sorrows, and yet he had faith in the 
essential goodness of God and the life beyond.
  The Ringer farm was one of the finest in the Turkeyfoot region.  Its owner was 
noted for his good farm management and his sterling citizenship.  During his 
latter years he was respected as one of the grandest old men of the community in 
which he resided during most of a very long lifetime.

Meyersdale Republican, January 15, 1942