OBIT: James Ralph SMITH, 1973, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES R. SMITH
  
    James Ralph Smith, 78, of Uniontown, formerly of Confluence, died
  March 8, 1973, in Uniontown Hospital.  Born Nov. 1, 1894, in Somerset
  County, he was a son of the late Albert and Catherine (Moon) Smith.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Bertha Rowan; children, Kenneth
  Smith of Confluence RD 1; Glenn of Two Harbor, Minn.; Carl of
  Pittsburgh; the Rev. Marion Smith of Indian Head; Mrs. George
  (Louise) Lephart of Beauford [sic], S.C.; Mrs. Dale (Marie) Tressler
  of Warren; Robert, also of Warren; Mrs. Charles (Evelyn Mae) Grafton
  of Cloquet, Minn.; Mrs. John (Clara Nae) Calvert of Xenia, Ohio;
  Donald of Two Harbors, Minn.; Virginia of Uniontown; Mrs. Ivan
  (Shirley) Uphold of Fontana, Calif.; and Ralph Jr. of Confluence;
  also 21 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bruce
  Smith of Acosta; Harvey, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Rose, both of
  Confluence RD 3.
    He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Pearl
  Tannehill, in 1923; a son, Alvin, and a brother, Clyde.  He was a
  miner and an employee of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways.
  Funeral service was held Monday afternoon in Humbert Funeral Home,
  Confluence, with Rev. J. Arnold Berg officiating.  Interment in
  Jersey Cemetery.
  
  
  
  Meyersdale Republican, March 15, 1973
  
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