Merkel, Merkle, Markley Family
Updated Oct. 2005
Franklin Guy Markley, Jr. [Franklin Guy Sr., Finley P., Lafayette, Peter,
Joseph, John Markley - Somerset Co. Pa]
FRANKLIN GUY MARKLEY JR
                   FAMILY
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Starting His Own Family
Franklin
Meets
Gladys
After his discharge from the service Franklin went to work for the Jacobs-Waltner Funeral Home
in Canton, Ohio. The owner of the the Funeral Home, Homer N. Waltner (a first cousin of
Gladys's) and his family lived above the parlors. One day in early spring 1946 while Gladys was
visiting the Waltners their daughter Marylin introduced the two and they began dating soon after.
Jacobs Waltner Funeral Home
Franklin and ambulance he drove
Marylin Waltner
Summer of 1946
Franklin and Gladys
Gladys on family farm - Massillon, Ohio
Franklin -Tom & Dale
Henry
Franklin - Vera & Tom
Henry
Engagement annoucement
- July 1946
Wedding invitation