Biography

06/14/1902 - 09/15/1978

MERRY, Ralph S., a Representative from Crawford County; born in Kearney, Buffalo County, Ne., June 14, 1902; businessman, automobile industry; elected, council, Linesville Borough; member, Pine Township Republican Committee; elected, justice of the peace; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1957 term and served 3 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1965 term; chair, Northwest Planning Commission; reelected, council, Linesville Borough; died, September 15, 1978; interred, Linesville Cemetery, Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.