OBIT: Ralph D. SWAUGER, 1977, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  RALPH D. SWAUGER
  
    Ralph D. Swauger, 55, of 22 Redwood Drive, Hagerstown, Md., and
  formerly of Grantsville, Md., died April 20 in Washington County
  Hospital.
    Born in Jennings, he was a son of the late William E. and Lula
  Belle (Hoover) Swauger. 
    He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and a veteran of
  World War II.  He was a teacher at the E. Russell Hicks Middle School
  in Hagerstown.
    Surviving are his widow, Eleanor (Herring) Swauger; a son, Lane W.
  Swauger, Oxon Hill; a daughter, Rebecca Moore, Albany, N.Y.; three
  brothers, Heiskell Swauger, Markleysburg; George E. Swauger,
  Hagerstown, Md., and William E. Swauger, Rice's Landing, Md.; and two
  sisters, Edna Livengood, Friendsville, Md.; and Ruthella Resh,
  Grantsville, Md.
    The body was returned to the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, Md.,
  where a service was conducted with the Rev. Eugene Matthews
  officiating.  Interment, Grantsville Cemetery. 
  
  Meyersdale Republic, April 28, 1977
  
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