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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Birth2 Apr 1925Pennsylvania
Residence1930Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Residence1 Apr 1940Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Marriage1956Marie Marion Finster
Death3 Nov 1977Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania
Burial1926-1977, Pine Grove Cemetery, Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania

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