OBIT: Peter F. HOUSEL, 1977, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PETER F. HOUSEL
  
    Peter F. Housel, 69, of Meyersdale, died March 15 at Meyersdale Community
  Hospital.  Born May 2, 1907, in Meyersdale he was the son of the late John
  and Margaret (Ohler) Housel.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Sadie Marie Christner, two sons,
  Peter Jr., Meyersdale RD 1, and Clyde, Sterling Park, Va.; six daughters,
  Mrs. Eleanor Fogle, Garrett; Mrs. Marie Mathers, Millvale, N.J.; Mrs. Betty
  Gnagey, Meyersdale RD 3; Mrs. Verna Mae Neidermeyer, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Doris
  Oester, Meyersdale RD 4; and Mrs. Anna Hamilton, Stone Mountain, Georgia;
  also 26 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
    Also surviving him are two brothers, Eugene, Hampton, Va., and George,
  Meyersdale RD 4; four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Ohler, Garrett RD 1; Mrs.
  Emma Christner, Mrs. Tillie Shuck, and Mrs. Alverta Sanner, all of
  Meyersdale.
    He was a member of the Main Street Brethren Church where he was a deacon
  and Sunday school teacher.
    Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and
  Thursday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday with Rev. Joseph
  Hanna officiating.  Interment, Pine Hill Cemetery.
    The family suggests that expressions of sympathy take the form of
  contributions to the Main Street Brethren Church.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, March 17, 1977
  
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