OBIT: Joseph O. "J.O." SPANGLER, 1975, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SPANGLER    
  
    Joseph O. "J.O." Spangler, 91, of Stoystown, died June 14, 1975 in
  Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Oct. 25, 1883 in Quemahoning
  Township, son of the late Franklin and Julia (Smith) Spangler. 
  Preceded in death by wife, the former Ivy Austin, who died in 1955;
  three brothers and two sisters.  Survived by a daughter, Verna, at
  home; sons: Wayne of Pempe, Ariz.; and Neil of Maryland; five
  grandchildren and three great grandchildren.  He was a brother of
  Mrs. Nellie Hoover of Hooversville; Mrs. Ann Meyers of Cleveland,
  Ohio; Milton of Stoystown; and Donald of Hollsopple RD 1.  He was a
  former school teacher; farmer, nurseryman; and one of the first
  official United States Weather Bureau observers.  Member of United
  Church of Christ.  Family received friends Sunday evening and will
  receive friends 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday (today) in the Charles
  R. Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where services will be conducted
  at 10 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Richard H. Shellenberger
  officiating. Interment, Oddfellow Cemetery, Stoystown. 
  
  Somerset American, June 16, 1975
  
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