OBIT: John Henry SLAGLE, 1978, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Pam McConkey Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOHN HENRY SLAGLE John Henry Slagle, 83, Somerset died Oct. 20, 1978 in Somerset Community Hospital. Born Dec. 30, 1895 in Larimer Township, Somerset County, he was a son of Henry and Harriet (Lint) Slagle. Preceded in death by two brothers, he is survived by his wife, the former Ada Viola Miller and these children: Marie, wife of Andrew Gurzenda, Somerset; Mrs. Pauline Float, Akron, Ohio; Hazel, wife of Chester Lowry, Akron, Ohio; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Murry, Meyersdale, he was a member of the St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Somerset and VFW. He was a veteran of WW I and a retired employee of the General Telephone Co. Friends were received in the Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home, where services were conducted with the Rev. Richard H. Shellenberger officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. The Republic, October 26, 1978 [S1897]