OBIT: William George BARNHART, Sr., 1995, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BARNHART
  
    William George Barnhart Sr., 78, Somerset, died Dec. 6, 1995, at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Dec. 14, 1916, in Somerset.  Son of the late George Leroy
  and Flora Catherine (Lafferty) Barnhart.  Also preceded in death by infant
  son, Richard Freeman Barnhart, and sister, Thelma A. Foust.  Survived by
  wife, the former Dorothy Louise Griffith, to whom he was married 46 years,
  and these children:  William G. "Pete" Barnhart and daughter-in-law, the
  former Wendy Lohr, Somerset; John D. Barnhart and daughter-in-law, the
  former Sherry Bell, Somerset RD 4, and Jane L. Barnhart, Somerset. Also two
  granddaughters, Lorie and Danielle Barnhart.  Brother of Mrs. Mae Foust,
  Berlin RD 4; Miss A. Catherine Barnhart, Somerset, and Mrs. Joseph (Alma)
  Foreman, Tama, IA.  He was a meat cutter for Berkey Locker Plant, retiring
  in 1979.  A 1935 graduate of Somerset High School.  Veteran of U.S. Army
  Air Corps in World War II.  Member of Trinity Lutheran Church.  Life member
  and a former chief of Somerset Volunteer Fire Department.  Also member of
  Lodge 358, F&AM; Jaffa Shrine; Westmoreland Forest 77, Tall Cedars of
  Lebanon; Somerset VFW Post 554, and American Legion Post 181.  He served as
  mayor of Somerset Borough from 1962-1974.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m.
  Friday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral
  Home, Somerset.  Service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday at Trinity
  Lutheran Church, with Rev. Robert L. Hoover Jr. officiating.  Interment,
  Husband Cemetery.  No viewing at the church.  Somerset Volunteer Fire
  Department memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and a Masonic
  service will be held at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
  Contributions may be made to:  Trinity Lutheran Church, 918 Tayman Ave.,
  Somerset, PA. 15501 or Somerset Volunteer Fire Department, 340 W. Union
  St., Somerset, PA, 15501.
  
  Daily American, December 7, 1995
  
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