OBIT: Howard C. HERSH, 1987, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOWARD C. HERSH
  
    Howard C. Hersh, 67, of Cresaptown, Md., died Saturday, March 7,
  1987, in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born in Meyersdale, on March 15, 1919, he was the son of the late
  Adam H. and Martha (Sipple) Hersh.
    A retired 40-year employee of the Celanese Amcelle Plant, he
  attended First Wesleyan Church and served as president of the
  Cresaptown Community Council, vice president of the Cresaptown Civic
  Improvement Association, and was an active member of the Potomac
  Valley Athletic Association.
    He recently received an honorary life membership in the Maryland
  Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc., the highest PTA honor,
  nominated by Cresaptown Elementary School PTA.
    Surviving are his widow, Shirley A. (Smith) Hersh; two sons, Terry
  B. Hersh, LaVale, Md.; James H. Hersh, at home; four daughters, Mrs.
  Darlene D. Aitken, Lancaster, Ohio; Mrs. Shirley R. Stewart,
  Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Kathie L. Smith and Kim A. Hersh, both of
  Cresaptown, Md.; one brother, William A. Hersh, Rawlings, Md.; one
  halfbrother, John Hersh, Cumberland, Md.; one sister, Mrs. Martha I.
  Werner, Cumberland, Md.; five grandchildren and a number of nieces
  and nephews.
    Friends were received at the George-Upchurch Funeral Home where
  services were conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. David Paul. 
  Interment, Hillcrest Burial Park.
  
  The Republic, March 12, 1987
  
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