OBIT: Merle C. SIMMONS, 2001, Boswell RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SIMMONS
  
    Merle C. Simmons, 90, Somerset Pike, Boswell RD died April 7, 2001
  at home.  Born Feb. 8, 1911 in Johnstown, son of William and Emma
  Jane (Darr) Simmons.  Preceded in death by parents, infant sisters
  Maggie and Edna, infant brothers Silas and Edwin, sister Elsie Kautz
  and brothers Frederick, Earl, William, Frank, Elroy, Grant and
  Clarence.  Survived by wife of 54 years, the former Mildred A. Hunt;
  children: Jolene J., married to Robert McDonald, Largo, Fla., William
  M., married to Mary Lynn Morganosky, Somerset, LaRue G., married to
  Roy Spangler, Duncansville, and the Rev. Brian N., married to Susan
  Seese, Jennerstown; 9 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and 1
  great-great-grandchild; and sister Nellie Mae Moriarty, Holiday,
  Fla.  Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews, including special
  nieces Violet Dick and Minnie Ruth Worrell.  Member of Ridge Church of
  the Brethren, Hooversville RD.  Retired supervisor for the Lower
  Cambria Machine Shop, former Johnstown Plant Bethlehem Steel
  Corporation.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at
  the Hoffman Funeral Home, Route 403 and Church Road, Davidsville
  where service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday.  Brother Kermit Jones
  officiating.  Interment, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown.  In lieu of
  flowers, memorials to Lee Regional Hospice, 117 Work Dr., Johnstown,
  15904, or the Ridge Church of the Brethren, Ridge Road, Hooversville,
  15936.
  
  Daily American, April 9, 2001
  
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