OBIT: Melvin "Pat" WINTERS, Jr., 1976, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WINTERS
  
  Melvin (Pat) Winters Jr., 59, of West Church St., Somerset, died Dec.
  30, 1976 in Montifiore Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born Feb. 20, 1917 in
  Boswell, the son of Marian Schmucker Winters of Somerset and the late
  Melvin Winters Sr.  Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife,
  Katherine Sechler Winters; two daughters, Linda, wife of Benjamin
  Stith of Dallas, Texas and Kerin, wife of Greg Frantz of Somerset;
  two sons, Bradwin of Somerset RD 5 and Patrick, at home; one
  grandson, Christopher Winters; two sisters, Mrs. Steve Gaydos of
  Somerset, and Mrs. Edward Brougher of Jennerstown.  He was a member
  of the United Church of Christ, Mt. Tabor, Stoystown Charge, where he
  served as president of the Joint Consistory.  Member of Somerset Lodge
  F. and A.M. 358, Pittsburgh Consistory, 32nd Degree; Meyersdale Elks;
  and the American Legion, Somerset Post 181.  He was a veteran of
  World War II and a retired employe [sic] of the General State
  Authority.  Friends will be received after 2 p.m. Saturday at the
  Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where services will be conducted
  Sunday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Wayne Sautter and the Rev. Richard H.
  Shellenberger officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial
  Park.  Masonic services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday in the
  funeral home.
  
  Daily American, December 31, 1976
  
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