OBIT: Howard Bennington STEELE, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  STEELE
  
  Howard Bennington Steele, 79, Arbutus Park Retirement Community, died
  Aug. 25, 1980, in Lee Hospital, Johnstown.  Born May 15, 1910, in
  Beatty, Pa., son of the late John B. and Elizabeth (Meyers) Steele. 
  Preceded in death by 10 brothers and sisters.  Survived by widow, the
  former Ruby L. Loucks; a son, Howard L., LaPaz, Bolivia, South
  America; four grandchildren.  Member of Franklin Street United
  Methodist Church, Johnstown; the John A. Brashear Lodge 743 F and AM,
  Pittsburgh; the Pittsburgh Consistory, Syria Temple; the American
  Association of Retired Persons and the University Club of
  Pittsburgh.  Since 1966, he owned and operates Kingwood Acres, his
  "retirement Farm" in Somerset County near Kingwood.  Death broke a
  marriage union of 53 years.  No public visitation and viewing. 
  Memorial service held at 2 p.m. Friday at the R. Owen-Ketterer
  Funeral Home, (Geistown) Johnstown, the Rev. John W. Stevenson, the
  Rev. Harry J. Fisher, D.D., and the Rev. George Biggs, D.D.
  Interment, Forest Lawn Memorial Park.  In lieu of flowers, donations
  may be made to the Arbutus Park Retirement Community.
  
  Daily American, August 27, 1980
  
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