OBIT:  Dr. William H. DOSCH, 2002, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DOSCH
  
  Dr. William H. Dosch, 84 of Somerset, died June 23, 2002 at Siemon 
  Lakeview Manor Estate. Born Oct. 14, 1917 in Altoona. Son of Dr. Philip 
  Christ and Sara Alva (Dull) Dosch. Preceded in death by parents, daughter, 
  Pamela Jane Dosch, sisters, Ruthanna Rice and Dorothy Zimmerman and 
  brother Paul Dosch. Survived by wife, the former Margaret Russell Crom to 
  whom he was married 57 years, and children, Mr. William H. Dosch Jr. of 
  Alexandria, VA., and Mrs. Wendel W. (Mary M.) Doubleday of Doylestown. 
  Brother of Lois Musser-Krauss of Tucson, Ariz. Member of Trinity 
  Lutheran Church. A 1935 graduate of Somerset High School. Attended
  University 
  of Pittsburgh and a 1941 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of 
  Optometry. He practiced Optometry in Somerset for 35 years. Also member of 
  Somerset Volunteer Fire Department and Masonic Lodge 358, Harrisburg 
  Consistory, Altoona Shrine, past president of the Somerset Rotary Club, and 
  past president of the Southwestern Optometric Association. Also member 
  of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association. The American Optometric 
  Association, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles 1801. Memorial service will 
  be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Somerset, 
  with the Rev. Robert L. Hoover Jr., senior pastor, officiating. 
  Contributions may be made to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 209
  Fourth 
  Ave., Pittsburgh, PA. 15222. No viewing or visitation. Arrangements by the 
  Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset.
  
  Daily American,  June 26, 2002
  
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