OBIT: Charles Ray SMOUSE, 1985, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHARLES R. SMOUSE
  
    Charles Ray Smouse, 89, of Stringtown RD 1, died Sunday, February
  24, 1985 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Born in the Cumberland Valley on Jan. 28, 1896, he was a son of the
  late Jerome W. Smouse and Emma (Beal) Smouse.
    He was retired from the maintenance department of the
  Kelly-Springfield Tire Company at Cumberland.  He was a U.S. Navy
  veteran of World War I; he served as a boatswain on the USS
  Wyoming.  After the war, Mr. Smouse served in the U.S. Army. 
    He was the last surviving World War I veteran who was a member of
  the Oscar Jordan Post 7375 Veterans of Foreign Wars.
    He is survived by his widow, Mary E. (DeVore) Smouse.
    Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home where
  services were conducted by the Rev. Fay E. Leydig.  Interment, Palo
  Alto Cemetery.
    Graveside military rites were accorded by VFW Post 7375 and members
  served as pallbearers.
  
  The Republic, February 28, 1985
  
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