OBIT: David M. BELL, 1999, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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  BELL
  
    David M. Bell, 81, of Brotherton Road, Berlin, died June 27, 1999 at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born Nov. 30, 1917, in Pittsburgh, son of William R. H.
  and Edith (Hesser) Bell.  Preceded in death by parents; brothers: William H.
  and Edward Bell; and sister, Elizabeth Leskovitz.  Survived by his wife of
  52 years, the former Kathryn Countryman; son Douglas McCall Bell, married
  to former Kathleen Smith of Berlin; grandson David Edward McCall Bell;
  sisters, Jean Shane of Indiana, Pa. and Harriett B. Garrison of Palm
  Harbour, Fla.; and brother and sister-in-law Paul and Marie Countryman of
  Berlin.  He was a graduate of Indiana State Teacher's College, a World War
  II Army veteran where he served as a First Lieutenant in the 453 AAA
  Battalion, 83rd Infantry.  He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for
  Valor and served as captain in the army reserves.  He was former owner of
  David M. Bell Agency, Somerset; former high school teacher; and former real
  estate instructor for Penn State University.  Member of Holy Trinity
  Lutheran Church, Berlin. Former director and vice-chairman of Philson
  National bank, Berlin.  Member and past president of  Berlin Lions Club;
  member of Harry Fisher Post 445, American Legion, Berlin; Somerset Post
  554, V.F.W.; Military Order of the Purple Heart; Last Man's Club;
  Meyersdale Lodge, 554 F.&A.M.; The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,
  Valley of Pittsburgh; former member of Company C Armory Board; and former
  Scout Master of Troop 135, Berlin.  Family will receive friends from 2-4
  and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where Masonic
  Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Funeral service will be held at
  11 a.m., Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin.  No viewing at
  the church. Rev. Melvin A. Kirk Jr. and Rev. Glenn P. Foster officiating. 
  Interment, Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  Graveside military rites by Berlin
  American Legion and V.F.W.  Memorial contributions may be given to Holy
  Trinity Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 95, Berlin, PA, 15530.
  
  Daily American, June 29, 1999
  
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