OBIT: Elmer L. "Pappy" SECHLER, 1997, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SECHLER
  
    Elmer L. "Pappy" Sechler, 83 of Meyersdale, died Aug. 26, 1997, at
  Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown.  Born Feb. 17, 1914, in
  Garrett.  A son of the late James G. and Cora (Hare) Sechler.  Also
  preceded in death by two brothers: James and Lester; two sisters:
  Olive Pletcher Snyder and Margaret Bittner.  Survived by his wife the
  former Bessie E. Marker, and two sons: Blaine, married to the former
  Ann Griffith, Meyersdale, and Wayne, married to the former Shirley
  Leister, Garrett RD 1.  Eight grandchildren: Bonnie Foxwell, Rick
  Sechler, Terry Sechler, Janet Arnold, Jeff Sechler, Sherri Marker,
  Scott Sechler and Mark Sechler.  Also 14 great-grandchildren.  A
  brother of Gilbert Sechler, Meyersdale, and Lillian Flemming,
  Blairsville.  Mr. Sechler and his wife Bessie celebrated their 64th
  wedding anniversary on Dec. 31.  They attended the Cornerstone
  Assembly of God in Boynton, and the Assembly of God in Leesburg,
  Fla.  Mr. Sechler started the Sechler Auto Wreckers in 1934.  In 1951
  he opened Sechler Motor Co. in Meyersdale with the Willys Jeep
  Agency.  In 1962 he added the Chrysler-Plymouth franchise, and in
  1962 he completed the company with the addition of Dodge.  Mr.
  Sechler retired in 1979 and his son Wayne took over the business. 
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the
  Price Funeral Home Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 2
  p.m. Thursday, with Pastor Garry Kipe officiating.  Interment,
  Highland Cemetery, Garrett.
  
  Daily American, August 27, 1997
  
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