OBIT: Norman RINGLER, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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NORMAN RINGLER

  Norman Ringler was born August 25, 1864, on the A. D. Lepley farm, now the 
Lloyd Hay farm, near St. Paul, Somerset County, Pa., and passed away December 
25, 1947, at his home at 1327 Grant Ave., Waterloo, Iowa, at the age of 83 years 
and 4 months.
  He was the oldest of nine children born to the late Peter and Sarah Nicholson 
Ringler.  He received his education in the public schools of Somerset County.  
Early in life he united with St. Paul's Reformed Church, later transferring his 
membership to the First Brethren Church of Waterloo.
  Mr. Ringler was united in marriage March 15, 1887, to Mary Ellen Lentz, by the 
late Bishop C. G. Lint of the Meyersdale Church of the Brethren.
  He was employed by the Hocking and Chapman Coal Co., near Meyersdale, for a 
number of years.  He spent 13 years farming in Elk Lick Twp.  In 1911 he moved 
with his family to Waterloo, Iowa, where he entered the contracting business as 
a member of the firm, Lentz and Ringler, excavating contractors.  Later he was 
employed by the Rath Packing Co., retiring August 1, 1941, at the age of 77 
years.
  He is survived by his wife, one sister and four sons - Lloyd, residing in 
Chicago; Robert and Ernest of Waterloo, and Clyde of Casebeer Heights, and by 
eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Funeral services were conducted in the Kearns Funeral Chapel, December 29, at 
1 p.m.  Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, January 1, 1948