OBIT: Lester Raymond PURBAUGH, 1988, Somerset RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PURBAUGH
  
  Lester Raymond Purbaugh, 92, of Somerset RD 7 died March 13 in
  Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Sept. 9, 1895 in Hyndman, he was
  the son of the late Charles J. and Mary (Martz) Purbaugh.  He is also
  preceded in death by his wife, the former Eleanor Ida Phillips. 
  Survived by a son, Lloyd R., of Rockwood, and a sister, Mrs. Clara
  Ruth Dahlstrom, Merritt Island, Fla..  A former telegrapher for the
  B&O Railroad, he served with U.S. Army A.E.F. Signal Corps in France
  during WWI.  He was a member of the Asbury United Methodist Church,
  Uniontown.  Friends will be received 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at
  the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, where services will be held at 1 p.m.
  Wednesday, the Rev. Donald E. Krestar officiating.  Interment, Mt.
  Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa.
  
  Daily American, March 14, 1988
  
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