Individual Details

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.

Birth	2 Apr 1925	Pennsylvania
Residence	1930	Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania
Marriage	1956	Marie Marion Finster
Death	3 Nov 1977	Columbus, Warren Co., Pennsylvania
Burial		1926-1977, Pine Grove Cemetery, Corry, Erie Co., Pennsylvania

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)