Mr. Robert Percy Mertiff, 70, of RD 4, P.O. Box 282, Tyrone, died Thursday, May 20, 1999 at the Tyrone Hospital.
He was born June 12, 1928 in Huntingdon Co., the son of Percy M. and Hilda Gertrude (Witters) Mertiff.
He was married August 20, 1948 in Tyrone, to Shirley Mae Gensimore.
He is survived by his wife and three children; Robert Mertiff and Virginia K. Scott, both of Tyrone, and Paula A. Scott, Warriors Mark; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; four sisters: Pearl Walk, of Tipton, Jane Fink, of Tyrone, Carol Irwin, of Lansdal, and Diane Hand, of Northwood, Tyrone.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, JoAnn.
He was a member of the Blazing Arrow Hook & Ladder Fire Company, Tyrone, and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
He retired in 1990 from Ward Trucking Co., Altoona, after 21 years as an over-the-road driver, and was previously employed by Gensimore TRucking of Pleasant Gap for 22 years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 23, 1999 at 2 p.m. at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone, with Mr. John Blatt officating. Interment will be at Calvary Mausoleum, Altoona.
Friends will be received at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Saturday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Source: Tyrone Daily Herald, Saturday, May 22, 1999
Note: My grandmother's brother.
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