OBIT: Jack M. SPANGLER, 2005, Hollsopple, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Spangler, Jack M.  12/06/05  Daily American
  
  Monday, December 5, 2005 
  
  Jack M. Spangler, 80, Hollsopple, died Dec. 5, 2005. Born Feb. 3, 1925, in the
  caretaker's home of the Quemahoning Dam, where his grandfather was the first
  caretaker and his father was the second.
  
  Son of the late Morris and Fanny Thelma (Gilbert) Spangler. Preceded in death
  by parents; brother, Robert; and sister, Georgeann Lape. Survived by wife of 58
  years, the former Anna Ruth Lybarger; children, Tim and fiancˇe, Kimberly Lawn,
  Richland; Barry, married to the former Mary Ann Panik, Salix; and Valerie,
  married to Frank Webb, Richland. Also survived by 10 grandchildren and five
  great-grandchildren. Brother of Evelyn Sumner, Pittsburgh, and George,
  Davidsville; and sister-in-law, Jill Spangler, Westmont. He was a member of
  Maple Springs Church of the Brethren, where he was a former trustee and active
  in the Willing Workers Sunday school class and Men's Fellowship. He was also
  active in the Conemaugh Township Historical Society and did volunteer work with
  St. Francis Sharing and Caring Center in Davidsville and Hollsopple. He was
  unable to graduate from high school because of volunteering for the U.S. Army
  in World War II. In 2001, along with several other World War II veterans, he
  was awarded a high school diploma from the Conemaugh Township High School
  through the Belated Graduation Operation Recognition Program. During World War
  II, he served with the 153rd Engineering Battalion in the Philippines and was
  recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He was a member of the
  Hollsopple VFW and Jerome American Legion. He was a heavy equipment operator,
  belonging to Local Union 66 and was also a heavy equipment instructor for the
  Operating Engineers at their training site in New Alexandria, Pa. Family
  receiving friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the George Mason Funeral Home
  Inc., Davidsville. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at
  Maple Springs Church of the Brethren. The Rev. Rodger Forry officiating.
  Interment, Maple Springs Cemetery. Those who wish, please make donations to the
  ALS Society (the Lou Gehrig's Disease), Neuroscience and Pain Institute, 1450
  Scalp Ave., Johnstown, PA 15904.