Individual Details
Robert Carlyle Merritt
(2 Apr 1925 - 3 Nov 1977)
Franklin News Herald, Franklin, Pennsylvania, Friday, November 4, 1977, Page 35, Col. 5: Robert C. Merritt, Columbus, Pa., died in his Main Street home on Thursday morning.Fire swept through the home about 4 a.m. and Columbus and Corry firemen battled the blaze. Merritt's body was found in the house and the deputy coroner pronounced him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Merritt was 51 and had been in ill health the past three years. Five daughters survive, including Barbara J. and Wanda L. Merritt, of Titusville; Darlene M. and Jannette S., at home, and Mrs. Donald (Christine) Baker, Jamestown, and a son, Robert C. Merritt, Jamestown. Funeral services will be in Corry Saturday.
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Families
Spouse | Marie Marion Finster ( - ) |
Child | Christine Merritt ( - ) |
Child | Jannette S Merritt ( - ) |
Child | Barbara J. Merritt ( - ) |
Child | Wanda L. Merritt ( - ) |
Child | Darlene M. Merritt ( - ) |
Child | Robert C. Merritt ( - ) |
Father | Wilbert "Bert" Clifford Merritt (1890 - 1977) |
Mother | Florence Hilda Hosier (1899 - 1956) |
Sibling | Evelyn Joyce Merritt (1918 - 2008) |
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