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From: Bob McKinley <>
Subject: Obits:3/23/99: Robert J. TRUAX & Edna M. TRUAX, Hagerstown, MD
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:56:27 -0500

Rooters,
Here are two obituaries that appeared in the Herald-Mail on Tuesday, March
23, 1999. Both have Fulton Co., PA connections. I could not find a Clyde
William TRUAX (Robert's father) but did find Claude William TRUAX, married
to Geraldine KELLER. Does anyone know who Geraldine's parents were? I
have Claude William TRUAX the son of John TRUAX and Louie HESS. I have
John as the s/o William and Martha STECKMAN, but no source. Can anyone
confirm this connection.

Bob McKinley

Robert J. Truax

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - Robert John
Truax, 64,
of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, March
21, 1999, at
the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Martinsburg,
W.Va.

Born March 19, 1935, in Chambersburg,
Pa., he was the
son of Geraldine Elizabeth Keller Truax
Lawrence of
Berkeley Springs, and the late Clyde
William Truax.

He attended Hancock High School, Hancock.

A real estate developer and builder, he
owned and
operated Truax Contracting in Berkeley
Springs.

He served in the U.S. Army during the
Korean War.

He was a Protestant.

He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose
Lodge
1483, Berkeley Springs; and Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Aerie 824, Winchester, Va.

In addition to his mother, he is
survived by his wife of 27
years, Diane Marie Householder Truax;
five daughters,
Christy Emerick, Lisa Truax-Mason and
Robin Truax, all
of Berkeley Springs, Jeanne Truax of
Martinsburg, and
Kathleen Custer-Rusinko of Newfield,
N.J.; two brothers,
Clarence Truax of Stanley, Va., and
Lewis Truax of
Hancock; two grandsons, and nieces and
nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother,
Carl Junior
Truax.

Services will be held Wednesday at 11
a.m. at
Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home, 306 Union
St., Berkeley
Springs. The Rev. Hennis H. Fox will
officiate. Burial will
be in Spohrs Crossroads Cemetery,
Berkeley Springs.

The family will receive friends today
from 2 to 4 p.m. and
7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home,
whichwill be open from
9:30 a.m.

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Edna M. Truax

HANCOCK - Edna May Truax, 76, of West
High Street,
died Sunday, March 21, 1999, at
Washington County
Hospital in Hagerstown.

Born May 8, 1922, in Amaranth, Pa., she
was the
daughter of the late Alvey and Julia
Ann Mellott Wertz.

Her husband, Edgar Arthur Truax, died
in 1989.

She attended Oak Grove School in Amaranth.

She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Hancock Assembly of
God.

She is survived by two sons, Clifford
Ray Truax of
Greencastle, Pa., and Ernest A. Truax
of Hancock; eight
grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one son,
Roger Eugene
Truax; and two sisters, Minnie Leader
and Florence
Mellott.

Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at
Hancock
Assembly of God, North Pennsylvania
Avenue, Hancock.
Charles Helms and the Rev. Gerald
Mallott will officiate.
Burial will be in Jerusalem Christian
Cemetery,
Warfordsburg, Pa.

The family will receive friends at
Grove Funeral Home,
141 W. Main St., Hancock, today from 7
to 9 p.m., and
at the church at noon on Wednesday. The
funeral home
will be open Tuesday from 3 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to
Hancock Volunteer
Fire Company, 3 Fulton St., Hancock, MD
21750.

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