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Mary Merklinger

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Mary Inez (Schultz) Merklinger, 86, of Clay, PA passed away peacefully on October 20, 2018 from a long illness at Masonic Health Care Center in Elizabethtown, PA.

Mary was born in Philadelphia to William and Emma Schultz on October 2, 1932. She had 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

She is survived by Gerald F. Merklinger, her husband of 63 years. She had six children who have survived her, Albert Linton, Carol Linton, Arthur Linton, Patricia Underwood, Cecelia Pounder and Gerald Merklinger Jr. She is also survived by 11 Grandchildren, 11 Great-Grandchildren and 1 Great-Great-Grandchild. She is also survived by two sisters in Philadelphia and a sister in Bowers, PA.

There will be a private Memorial Service.

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