Biography

08/18/1899 - 10/12/1965

BERKSTRESSER, Ralph Eugene, Sr., a Representative from Fulton County; born, August 18, 1899 in Taylor Township, Fulton County, Pa.; educated Taylor Township public schools; attended, Teachers Normal School; school director, Taylor Township (8 years), elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1950; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1952); member, Democratic State Committee (7 years); died, October 12, 1965 in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fairview Cemetery, Hustontown, Fulton County, Pennsylvania.