Summary
For more than eight decades in Swissvale, if a fire was extinguished, a fallen tree removed or a faucet fixed, chances are pretty good that Melvin E. Wach Sr. had a hand in it.
During his entire adult life there, his public service career ranged from mayor in the late 1960s to memberships on city council and on the school board. He spent more than 50 years as a Swissvale firefighter and about 80 years as an unusually handy clerk at a hardware store.See the full content of this document
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Handyman Devoted His Long Life to Swissvale
Mr. Wach died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at the Arc Twin Valley personal care home in Delmont, Westmoreland County. He was 98.
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