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    1. Obituaries, The Derrick, August 6, 2004
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    3. Martha Louise Kugler Hagan, Shippenville Robert "Bob" O. Perschka, Emlenton and formerly of Mercer Paul F. Russetto, Emlenton Martha Louise Kugler Hagan, 95, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 5, 2004 at Beverly Healthcare-Shippenville. The David C. McEntire Funeral Home in Knox is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary will be in Saturday's Derrick. Robert "Bob" O. Perschka, 80, a resident of Emlenton for the past 10 years and formerly of Mercer, died Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004 at the Butler County Veterans Center, Butler County, after a brief illness. Born July 9, 1924 in Sharpsville, Mercer County, he was the son of Orlo A. Perschka and Laura E. Nagle Perschka. He attended Mercer High School. Mr. Perschka was in the U.S. Army Air Corps from October 1943 to the end of World War II. He was discharged on July 11, 1946. He then served in the U.S. Air Force, during the Korean Conflict, from April 21, 1949 to Nov. 20, 1952. He was employed at Pic Electrical in Farrell as a journeyman electrician for 25 years. He also worked at the nuclear power plant in Shippingport. He was a member of the Cool Springs Presbyterian Church. Mr. Perschka was an avid gun collector and was also an avid hunter, fisherman and gunsmith. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Gale W. "Dorothy" Damon of Erie and Mrs. William "Jane" Bobbert of Mercer; special friends, Thomas and Nancy Hovis of Emlenton, whom he lived with for the past 10 years; and several nieces, nephews and dear friends. Also very close to Mr. Perschka were Thomas P. Curtis and Zane Hovis, sons of Thomas and Nancy Hovis. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Charles D. Perschka, who died June 17, 1944 in France from injuries he received from the invasion of "D" Day. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Larry E. McKinley Funeral Home, 109 Emlenton St., Clintonville with the Rev. Richard Carlson of the Balm Methodist Church of Mercer officiating. The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to the Alliance for Wetlands & Wildlife, 2280 Route 68, Clarion. Paul F. Russetto, 85, of Emlenton died Thursday morning, Aug. 5, 2004 at Butler Memorial Hospital, following an illness. He was a distinguished World War II veteran of the U.S. Army.

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