OBIT: Merle Kenneth TURNEY, Sr., 1995, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  TURNEY
  
  Merle Kenneth Turney Sr., 71, of Friendsville, Md., died Feb. 11, 1995, at
  his residence.  Born Dec. 1, 1923, at Keysers Ridge, Md., a son of Esther
  (Hanft) Turney, Belleville, Pa., and the late Henry Earl Turney.  Attended
  Grace Lutheran Church, Friendsville.  Retired after 50 years of service as
  equipment operator for Operating Engineers Local 37.  Survivors include his
  wife, Betty Elaine (Spear) Turney; 2 sons, Vaughn Robert Turney and wife,
  Geraldine, and Merle Kenneth Turney Jr. and wife, Donna, all of
  Friendsville; 2 brothers, Jim Turney, Bruceton Mills, W.Va., and Harold
  Turney, Boothwyn, Pa.; 2 sisters, Ruth Baker, Belleville, and Shirley
  Baddorf, Colmar.  Also 2 granddaughters, Leslie Turney, Friendsville, and
  Teresa Turney, Markleysburg; 1 grandson, Chris Turney, Friendsville, and 1
  great grandson, Dorsie (DJ.) Fisher, Marleysburg.  Friends received 7 to 9
  p.m. Monday and 2 to 1 and 7 to 9 p.m, Tuesday at the Newman Funeral Home,
  Friendsville, Md.  Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
  funeral home, with the Rev. Roland Nairn III, officiating.  Interment,
  Steele Cemetery.  Expressions of sympathy may he directed to Northern
  Garrett County Rescue Squad.
  
  Daily American, February 13, 1995
  
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