C. Doyle Steele was a Democratic

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 member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

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He married his wife Dianne in 1955. His parents were Cyrus S. and Sarah Bowman Steele.

Steele practiced law in Apollo, Pennsylvania

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 from 1953 until 1999, after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. A graduate of Temple University

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 in Philadelphia, Doyle was elected burgess

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of Apollo in 1954, serving two consecutive terms until 1961. From 1967 to 1971, he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.