Percy M. Mertiff, 77, of Box 4X, Tyrone RD 1, died Wednesday, July 25, 1984 at 11:34 a.m. at the Tyrone Hospital after an extended illness.
He was born August 4, 1906 at Alexandria, the son of Percy and Mary Brenneman Mertiff. On April 15, 1924 at Cumberland, Md., he was married to Hilda Gertrude Witters.
He is survived by his wife, one son and four daughters. Mrs. Wilbur F. (Pearl) Walk Hr., Mrs. Jane Fike and Mrs. Diane Krider, all of Tyrone, Robert P. Mertiff, of Tyrone RD 4, and Mrs. Michael (Carol) Irvin, of Warminster, 12 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, one brother and one sister, MRs. Dorothy Perry, of Detroit, Mich. and Robert Houser, of Philadelphia and several nieces and nephews. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
He was of the Protestant faith and was a member of the Blazing Arrow Hook and Ladder Frie Co. He was a retired construction worker and was once employed at the Alexandria Brick Yard.
Funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Derman Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Z. Ebersole officiating. Interment will be at Blair Memorial Park, Bellwood. Friends will be received at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.
Source: Tyrone Daily Herald, Thursday, July 26, 1984
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