OBIT: Thomas WOLFSON, 1977, formerly of Somerset County, PA
    
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    WOLFSON
    
    Thomas Wolfson, 70, of Pittsburgh formerly of Rockwood died May 2,
  1977 in the Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Dec. 25, 1906 in
  Spooner, Wisconsin.  A son of Carman and Sante (Stranges) Rizzo.  He
  is survived by his wife, Edna Ohler Wolfson, Pittsburgh; three sons,
  Joseph Rizzo, Pittsburgh; Karl Wolfson, Pittsburgh; Paul Wolfson,
  Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Lois Baxendell, Pittsburgh; Mrs.
  Nancy Leonie, Rockwood; one brother, Lewis Phillips, Moundsville,
  W.Va.; 11 grandchildren.  Preceded in death by two sons, Lewis in
  1934, and Kenneth in 1946.  He was a member of ISDA of Pittsburgh;
  Carducci Lodge No. 66, Pittsburgh; The Fraternal Order of Eagles,
  Somerset; Bakery and Confectionary Union Local 12, Pittsburgh; The
  Holy Name Society of St. Casimir's Roman Catholic Church,
  Pittsburgh.  Rosary will be recited in the funeral home Wednesday at
  8 p.m.  Friends will be received at the William J. Wood Funeral Home,
  Rockwood from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.  Mass of
  the Christian Burial will be recited Friday at 9 a.m. at St. Peter's
  Roman Catholic Church at Somerset With the Rev. Samuel J. Tomaselli
  officiating.  Interment, Union Cemetery, New Centerville.
    
    Daily American, May 4, 1977
    
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