OBIT: Joseph D. ROSE, 1972, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROSE
  
  Joseph D. Rose, 73, of Macdonaldton died Aug. 30 in Meyersdale
  Community Hospital.  He was born April 1, 1899, at Drifton, the son of
  Joseph D. and Elizabeth Thrasher Rose.  He was preceded in death by his
  second wife, Mrs. Thelma Ernest Rose in December, 1969.  He is survived
  by children Betty, Louise, Joseph and Joan.  He was the brother of Mrs.
  Mary Seria of New Kensington; Mrs. Sadie Langer of New Kensington;
  Mrs. Samuel (Alice) Sebastian of Brooklyn, N.Y.; William of
  Wilkes-Barre; and Mrs. Victor (Agnes) Searfoss of Macdonaldton. He
  was a veteran of the Army during World War I and the U.S. Navy in
  World War II.  He was a member of St. Gregory Roman Catholic Church,
  Macdonaldton and a member of the Robert Walker VFW Post No. 7295,
  Berlin.  Friends will be received in the Johnson
  and Son Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.  Rosary will be recited Friday
  at 8 p.m.  Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the St. Gregory
  Church, Macdonaldton, with the Rev. Z. A. Monet, O'Carm.  Interment in
  Somerset County Memorial Park.  

  Somerset Daily American, 31 August 1972

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