OBIT: Russell A. PIFER, 1977, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PIFER
  
  Russell A. Pifer, 85, of South Edgewood Avenue, Somerset, died Dec.
  4, 1977, in Somerset Community Hospital.  He was born August 21, 1892,
  in Somerset, a son of William and Matilda (Darr) Pifer.  He was
  preceded in death by his parents and wife, Marian Hay; two brothers;
  two sisters; and two sons, George and Clarence.  He is survived by
  these children: Rowena, wife of Glenn M. Pyle, Somerset; Loretta,
  wife of Alfred Wilmoth, Fredericksburg, Va.; and a son, D. Lester E.,
  Professor at Kentucky Christian College, Grayson, Kentucky; eight
  grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.  He was a member of
  First Christian Church in Somerset; Somerset Volunteer Fire Dept.;
  Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association; Somerset FOE 1801;
  Veteran of WWI; and a member of Company C.  Friends will be received
  after 7 p.m. Monday m the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home where
  services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Paul P.
  Weber officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.  Somerset Volunteer
  Fire Dept. will conduct memorial services at 7:30 p.m Tuesday in the
  funeral home.
  
  Daily American, December 5, 1977
  
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