OBIT: James A. WOOMER, Sr., 2005, native of Blair County, PA

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Rev. Dr. James A. Woomer Sr. 

  Reverend Dr. James A. Woomer Sr., age 90, of 401 Jacob Albright 
Drive, Johnstown, PA died Thursday, November 24, 2005 at Arbutus Manor, 
Johnstown. 
  He was born June 30, 1915 in Tyrone, the son of Arthur L. and Mabel 
C. Burford Woomer and on March 19, 1938 he was married at the United 
Brethren Parsonage in Tyrone by Reverend J.S. Colledge to Marietta 
Getz. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, two sons: James A. Woomer 
Jr. and wife Muriel of Hollidaysburg; Dr. D. Darrell Woomer and wife 
Audrey of Palmyra, PA; five grandchildren: Rebecca Woomer, James Woomer 
III and wife Kerryann, Katherine, wife of Matthew Ozio, David Woomer 
and Laura Woomer; three great-grandchildren: Noel and Olivia Ozio and 
Emerson Woomer. Also surviving is one sister, Betty Harper of Tyrone, 
RD 3. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Emerson Woomer in 1991 
and two brothers, Robert and Donald.
  He was a graduate of Tyrone High School Class of 1933 and graduated 
from Juniata College in 1940 and United Theological Seminary, Dayton, 
OH in 1943 and received his Doctor of Divinity from Indiana Central 
University in 1970 and received clinical pastoral education in Dayton, 
OH. He retired in 1979 after 45 years service with the Western 
Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church and with the 
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. 
Following retirement he served for 15 years as Minister of Visitation 
in Naples, FL at the North Naples United Methodist Church. In addition 
to his various charges he served as a District Superintendent in the 
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church. He attended 
the Belmont United Methodist Church, Johnstown, was a member of the 
Tyrone Historical Society and a former Rotarian.
  Funeral service for Dr. Woomer will be held Sunday, November 27, 2005 
at the Richard H. Searer Funeral Home Inc. at 9 p.m. with Reverend 
Norman E. Huff officiating. Interment at the convenience of the family 
will be made in Bald Eagle Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral 
home Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a memorial 
service on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the Belmont 
United Methodist Church with Reverend David Evans officiating.
  Contributions in his memory may be made to Arbutus Park Manor, 207 
Ottaway, St., Johnstown, PA 15904.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, November 26, 2005