Venango-Statewide County PA Archives Obituaries.....RUGH, William Clarence  April 14, 1940
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  Franklin News Herald, Venango County, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1940
  William C. Rugh
  
  William Clarence Rugh, 70, of South Side Star Route, resident of Oil City for 
  many years, died at the Oil City Hospital at 9:35 p.m. Sunday after an illness 
  of several weeks.  He had been a patient of the hospital since April 2.
  
  The son of Levi and Esther Lynn Rugh, he was born in Clarion County on Aug. 
  28. 1869.  He was a carpenter by trade and had spent most of his life in Oil 
  City.  He was a member of the local carpenter’s union.  
  
  His wife, Alice Slater Rugh, died Oct. 9, 1938.  
  
  He is survived by the following children:  F. N. Rugh and Leroy Rugh of 
  Franklin; P. V. Rugh and George Rugh, Oil City; Mrs. E. E. Saxton, Townville; 
  19 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  The following brothers and sister 
  also survive:  Elmer E.  Rugh, Dahlia Farm, Oh., George O. Rugh, Youngstown, 
  Oh., and Mrs. Clara Heuston, Oil City.  
  
  The body was removed to the Osenider Funeral Chapel where funeral services 
  will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday.  Rev. A. J. Kimmel, pastor of the First 
  Evangelical Church, will officiate.  Interment will be in Grove Hill 
  Cemetery.  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  William Clarence Rugh’s wife’s name was Olive Amelia Slater Rugh.  There 
  either was a mistake in the obituary or her nickname was “Alice.”  Source:  
  Obituary for Olive Amelia Slater Rugh, Franklin News Herald, October 10, 1938, 
  pg. 11, col. 3.  
  
  This obituary was transcribed by William Clarence Rugh's great-great grandson, 
  Daniel Lee Murray, Jr.
  
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