OBIT: Dwight Wilson BARKLEY, 1998, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARKLEY
  
    Dwight Wilson Barkley, 83, of Fernledge Drive, New Kensington, died July
  10, 1998, in Citizens General Hospital, New Kensington.  Born June 27, 1915
  in Somerset, son of William Lohr and Rachel (Hay) Barkley.  Preceded in
  death were his parents and 2 brothers, Eldon and Ralph Barkley.  Survived
  by his wife of  58 years, Ruth E. (Soverns) Barkley; son Dwight David
  Barkley of St. Louis, daughter Mrs. Edward (Karen) Barkley-Rosenzweig of
  Bethlehem; 5 grandchildren, 1 great-granddaughter, and 3 sisters, Fay
  Beckner, Ruth Barkley and Rev. Jean (Rev. Warren) Alnor, all of Somerset. 
  A 1930 graduate of Somerset High School, at the age of 15.  Retired as
  director of Research and Development at Liberty Mirror, Brackenridge, in
  1981.  The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today
  (Monday), in the Ross. G. Walker Funeral Home.  A Golden  Rule Member, 217
  Freeport Road, New Kensington..  Service will be held in the Bethesda
  Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3084 Leechburg Road, Lower Burrell, at 11 a.m.
  Tuesday. Rev. Lawrence R. Camberg officiating.  Entombment in Greenwood
  Memorial Park Mausoleum, Lower Burrell.
  
  Daily American, July 13, 1998
  
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