OBIT: Elmer E. "Punch" SHEELER, 1977, Jenners, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHEELER Elmer E. "Punch" Sheeler, 81, House 211, Jenners, died Nov. 1, 1977 at Somerset Community Hospital. Born Aug. 17, 1896 in Rockwood, the son of John and Jane (Fitzpatrick) Sheeler. Preceded in death by parents; wife, the former Florence Margaret Ludy who died Oct. 1, 1965; one infant daughter, Erma; and one son, George, who died July 16, 1973; and one great granddaughter, Tammie Lee Frank, who died March 13, 1975; three brothers and two sisters. Survived by these children: Edna, Somerset; Phyllis, Boswell; Robert J., married to Ruth Lintz, Jerome; Dwight E., married to Dorothy Ogline, Somerset RD 2; Mary Jean, wife of Daniel Truscott, Boswell, Rd 2; Thomas H., Jenners; William A., married to Sandy Ginger, Jenners; 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Member of UMWA, Johnstown Local 1014 and Jenner Rod and Gun Club. Friends received from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, the Rev. J. Wesley Spahn officiating. Interment, Casebeer Lutheran Cemetery. The Republic, November 4, 1977 [S1271]