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Obituary
ALVIN RALPH MUDGE,
98, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away on Friday, January 11, 2013. Funeral
services will be conducted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the
Reger Funeral Chapel by Rev. Jerry Chapman. Burial will follow at Woodmere
Memorial Park. Alvin was born on October 6, 1914, in Detroit, Mich., the son
of the late Harry and Christine Durie Mudge. In addition to his parents he
was preceded in death by his wife Charlotte Thompson Mudge; son Robert Mudge;
grandson Chris Mudge; a brother Harry Mudge, II, and a sister Dorothy Venn
of Michigan. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Richard “Dick”
and Patricia Mudge of White Lake, Mich., and granddaughters and grandson
Marcy Olszewski, Holly Kirby and Kevin Mudge, and four great-granddaughters;
step-daughter Marlene and Leo Mannon and step-granddaughter Michelle Macri
(Philip) of the Huntington area. Alvin served as Chief Engineer of Penn
Michigan Manufacturing Co., and Buhl Stamping Co., the largest independent
metal manufacturing company in the Detroit, Michigan area. He was a former
member of the Engineering Society of Detroit, Optimist of Walled Lake, Mich.
He took up oil painting at the age of 75 and painted over 85 works; his
paintings are in five states. He was a member of the American Association of
Marine Artist. Alvin was a member of the Open Door Baptist Church. Friends
may call from noon until service time on Wednesday at the Reger Funeral
Home. Contributions may be made to the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House.
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