OBIT: Richard Earl "Dan" WRIGHT, 1977, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  RICHARD E. WRIGHT
  
  Richard Earl (Dan) Wright, 71, of South Center Avenue, Somerset, died
  Dec. 3, 1977 in Somerset Community Hospital.  Born in Almont, Md.,
  March 21, 1906, son of James and Dora (Shaffer) Wright.  Preceded in
  death by parents and two brothers, Lawrence and Russell.  Survived by
  wife Themla [sic*] Eisler, and these children: Mrs. Barry Magnetto,
  Woodbridge, Va.; Robert, Lanstowne [sic**], Md.; Ronald and Roy,
  Somerset RD 1; James and Bruce, Somerset RD 2; and six
  grandchildren.  Also survived by three sisters: Mrs. Virginia Riley,
  Corinth, W. Va., Mrs. Olive Lewis and Mrs. Violet Kisner, both of
  Friedens.  He was a retired coal miner, retired PennDOT employee and
  was retired from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.  Friends will
  be received after 7 p.m. Monday in the Hoffman Building, 138 E. Main
  St., where funeral service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
  the Rev. Paul P. Weber officiating.  Interment, St. John's
  Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the
  Benevolent Fund of First Christian Church in memory of Richard
  Wright.  Funeral services are being conducted by the Robert H.
  Halverson Funeral Home.
  
  [NOTE: *Thelma   **Lansdowne]
  
  Daily American, December 5, 1977
  
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