OBIT: Elwood BAREFOOT, 1989, Alum Bank RD, Bedford County, PA

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BAREFOOT - Elwood, 84, Alum Bank R.D. 1, died Jan. 10, 1989, at Bedford 
County Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 27, 1904, in West St. Clair 
Township, son of Henry Metler and Anna (Beard) Barefoot. Preceded in 
death by first wife, Helen Kehl, in 1949, and brother, four sisters and 
foster daughter, Jean Heidorn. Survived by widow, Mae (Davis) Claycomb, 
whom he married on Sept. 5, 1953, and these children: Oma Rae, wife of 
Michael Clinton, New Jersey; Robert, York; Aldine, wife of John 
Feather, Imler; Doris, wife of Iver Stiffler, Duncansville; Norma Jean, 
wife of Harry Heming, Bedford; and Jay, married to former Linda Sauter, 
York; also five grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren and four step-
great-grandsons. Last member of immediate family. Of Protestant faith. 
Retired from Bethlehem Steel Corp. after 32 years' service. Retired 
farmer. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Jack 
Geisel Funeral Home, Pleasantville, where service will be held at 11 
a.m. Friday, the Rev. Jay Nightingale. Interment, Richland Cemetery.

Tribune-Democrat, Johnstown, PA, Wednesday, 11 January 1989, p. 2B, 
col. 1