OBIT: R. Russell RYLAND, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ R. RUSSELL RYLAND R. Russell Ryland, 70, of Accident RD 2, died Jan. 5, 1980 at his residence. Born in Friendsville, he was a son of the late E. C. W. Ryland and Lillian (Coddington) Ryland. He was a member of the Christian Church of Friendsville and Alcamp 91, Woodmen of the World Grantsville, Md. He had been employed as a machinist at Harbison-Walker of Grantsville, Md. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mildred (Bittinger) Ryland; a son Donald Ryland, Baltimore, Md.; two brothers, William D. Ryland, Nashua, N.H., and Sidney Ryland, Sandusky, Ohio; two sisters: Mrs. C. Marie Harlowi Washington and Mrs. Lillian Lawson, Denver, Colo., and a grandchild. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home Grantsville. Services were conducted at the Maple Grove Church of Brethren by the Rev. David Fetter and the Rev. John Moyers. Interment will be in the Grantsville Cemetery. The family requests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Maple Grove Chuurch of Brethren. The Republic, January 10, 1980 [R1181]