OBIT: Melvin Layman STURTZ, 1990, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MELVIN L. STURTZ
  
    Melvin Layman Sturtz, 83, Winchester Road, Cumberland, Md., died
  Friday June 1, 1990 at Lions Manor Nursing Home where he had been a
  patient four years.
    Born Sept. 8, 1906, in Wellersburg, he was the son of the late
  Josphi and Lillie May (Geary) Sturtz.
    He was a former employee of the Celanese Fibers Corp.; and was
  retired from the Memorial Hospital maintenance department.  He was a
  member of Cresaptown Eagles Aerie 2883; Memorial Hospital Ten-Pin
  Bowling League; Mixed Bowling League at The Bowler; Senior Citizens
  Bowling League and Wellersburg Senior Citizens.
    Surviving are his widow, A. Fern (Murray) Sturtz; one son, Wayne
  Sturtz, Winchester, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis J. Huffman,
  Callan, Fla.; and Diane S. Sturtz, Portland, Ore; one brother, Daniel
  Sturtz, Wellersburg; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Dryer, Mount Savage,
  Md.; and Mrs. Erma Robinette, Wellersburg; six grandchildren; nine
  great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, Cresaptown,
  Md., where services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. by the Rev.
  William Davis.  Interment, Cooks' Cemetery, Wellersburg.
  
  The Republic, June 7, 1990
  
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