OBIT: Byron W. LIGHT, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BYRON W. LIGHT
  
    Byron W. Light, 80, of Rector died July 22, 1996.  He was born Oct.
  30, 1915, in Latrobe, a son of the late Lawson E. and Fannie (Bates)
  Light.  He was former general manager for Union Switch and Signal,
  former president and chairman of the board at Somerset Power Sweepers
  Inc., former vice president of Multi-Clean Products Inc., Somerset
  Division, and retired vice president H.B. Fuller Co.  Member of the
  Pleasant Hills Masonic Lodge and active in many civic organizations
  in the Ligonier Valley.  In addition to his parents, he was
  predeceased by a daughter, Beth Virginia "Betsy" Light, in 1968; two
  brothers, Eugene and Dale, and a sister, Ruth Light.  Surviving are
  his wife of 57 years, Virginia Brown Light; a son, Philip B. (and his
  wife Gladys) of Laurel Mountain Borough; two grandsons, Christopher P.
  Light and Jeffrey (and his wife Joyce); a great-granddaughter, and
  several nieces and nephews.  Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8
  p.m. Thursday in McCabe Funeral Home, 244 W. Main St., Ligonier. 
  There will be no viewing.  Private service and interment will be held
  in Ligonier Valley Cemetery.  The family requests that memorials be
  made to the American Cancer Society, 152 E. Otterman St., Greensburg,
  Pa. 15601, or a charity of one's choice.
  
  Daily American, July 25, 1996
  
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