OBIT:  W. Dean GIFT, 1978, Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA

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W. Dean Gift, 59, 122 N. Church St., Waynesboro, died at 4:30 P.M. Thursday 
shortly after being admitted to the Waynesboro Hospital. He suffered a heart 
attack while on his mail route, and had suffered a previous attack in 1973. 
Mr. Gift was born in Lemasters Feb. 3, 1919, son of the late Joseph E. and 
Ada E. Clapsaddle Gift. He lived his early life in Lemasters. For the past 31 
years, he and his wife made their home in Waynesboro. He served with the U.S. 
Army in the European Theater during World War II. For a number of years Mr. 
Gift was employed by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board as a clerk in the 
state stores in Chambersburg and Waynesboro. He had worked as a letter 
carrier since being employed by the Waynesboro Post Office in 1955. He was a 
member of Faith United Methodist Church; Crider Men's Bible Class of the 
church; Local No. 500 National Association of Letter Carriers; Eagles Club, 
Inc.; VFW; American Legion; South Chapter AARP; and Waynesboro Fish and Game 
Association and a charter member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Chambersburg. 
Surviving are his widow, Katherine M. Carr Gift; a son, Gary D. Gift, RR#^ 
Waynesboro; two daughters: Mrs. Karen S. Davis, Springfield, Ill.; Miss 
Sondra K. Gift, at home; three grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Josephine 
Gabler, St. Petersburg, FL; Mrs. Pauline Martin, Chambersburg. The funeral 
will be held Sunday at 2 P.M. in the Grove Funeral Home, Waynesboro, with the 
Rev. Howard Smith officiating. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Friends 
may call at the funeral home Saturday from 7 to 9 P.M.

Record Herald, Waynesboro, PA, September 23, 1978