OBIT: M. Luther SPANGLER, 1982, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  M. LUTHER SPANGLER
  
    M. Luther Spangler, 71, of 630 Mount Madison Ave., N.E., St.
  Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Stoystown RD 3, died Oct. 15, 1982 at
  St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg.
    He was born March 23, 1911 in Lincoln Township, son of Claude S.
  and Nellie (Coleman) Spangler.  He was preceded in death by father
  and infant sister, Margaret L.
    He is survived by mother of Somerset; wife, the former Agnes
  Gahagen, whom he married Dec. 29, 1932; and these children:  Charles
  C., Somerset; Donald M., married to Joyce Wagner of St. Petersburg;
  Mrs. Clifton (Dorothy) Crosbie, Rockwood RD 1; nine grandchildren;
  two great grandchildren; eight step great grandchildren.
    He was a brother of:  Mrs. Evelyn Gibson and Mrs. Edward (Mary)
  Boyd, both of Stoystown RD 3; Vernon of Harrisburg; Mrs. John
  (Rosale) Walker and Mrs. William (Lois) Miller, both of Somerset.
    He was a retired claims clerk with Crown Pontiac in St.
  Petersburg.  He was a member of Rivera United Methodist Church, St.
  Petersburg.  Served in Navy as a Lt. Com. in World War II; past
  commander of Shanksville-Stonycreek American Legion Post; he was a
  Penn State graduate; former member of Stoystown Lions Club;
  Shanksville-Stonycreek School Board; and St. Mark Lutheran Church,
  Shanksville.
    Family received friends at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where
  services were conducted with the Rev. Dale F. Biesecker
  officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  If friends
  desire, instead of flowers, contributions may be made to the   Cancer
  Society.
  
  The Republic, October 21, 1982
  
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