OBIT: Simeon "Sim" METRINKO, 1999, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  METRINKO
  
    Simeon "Sim" Metrinko, 81, of Meyersdale, died Oct. 23, 1999, at
  his home.  Born Aug. 1, 1918, in Olyphant, a son of the late Simeon
  S. and Paulania (Mudryka) Metrinko.  Also preceded in death by four
  brothers and five sisters.  Survived by his wife, the former Helen M.
  Berkley, and two children: John Simeon Metrinko, married to the former
  Christine Rigal, Okeechobee, Fla., and Amy Suzann Metrinko, Export;
  also two grandchildren, Matthew Simeon and Michael Stephan
  Metrinko.  A U.S. Army veteran of World War II where he served in the
  European and Asian theaters.  Member of the United Methodist Church,
  Meyersdale, and formerly a member of the Greek Orthodox Catholic
  Church.  Also a member of American Legion Post 112 and B.P.O.E.
  Meyersdale.  "Sim" was a teacher at Meyersdale Area High School from
  1947 to 1982, where he coached baseball, football and basketball.  He
  was a P.I.A.A. sports official for 30 years.  He managed the
  Meyersdale community playground and Little League program for many
  years.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
  at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale, where a service will be
  conducted at 11 a.m., Wednesday with Pastor Craig Lyman
  officiating.  Interment, Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.  Memorials may
  be made to the Meyersdale United Methodist Church window fund, Main
  Street, Meyersdale, Pa. 15552.
  
  Daily American, October 25, 1999
  
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