OBIT: Earnest Jay ROSS, 1999, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROSS
  
  Earnest Jay Ross, 76, of Stahlstown, died April 24, l999 in Windber
  Medical Center.  Born Dec. 24, l992 in Stahlstown, son of the late
  Clyde E. and Flora Mae Ferguson Ross.  Preceded in death by his wife,
  Alda Sleasman Ross; brothers, Calvin E. and Grant Ross; and sisters,
  Edith Queer, Olive Ross, Ruth Cams and Thelma Jones.  Survived by 5
  children: Mrs. Marion (Elsie) Saylor of Hollsopple, Roberta and
  Gertrude Ross of Somerset, David and wife Linda of Roaring Springs,
  and Clyde E., of Bakersville; 7 grandchildren; 15
  great-grandchildren; sister, Helen Morris of Canton, Ohio; and
  brother, Raymond of Latrobe.  Prior to retirement, he was employed
  with Teledyne Allvac, Latrobe.  Jay was awarded the Purple Heart while
  serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.  Family will receive
  friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at the L. Boyd Snyder Funeral
  Home Inc., Church St., Donegal.  Services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday
  in the chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Audrey J. Bell
  officiating.  Interment will be in the Fairmont Cemetery.  Jamie Snyder
  Brown, Funeral Director.
  
  Daily American, April 26, 1999
  
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