OBIT: Joseph BENEDICT Sr., 1994, Hooversville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BENEDICT
  
    Joseph Benedict Sr., 67, of Hooversville, died Jan. 5, 1994, in Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Sept. 2, 1926, in Derry, son of the late Andrew and Anna
  (Koval) Benedict.  Preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Rose
  Prah; one son, Gerald J., and one grandson, Anthony Benedict.  Survived by
  second wife, Patricia (Schuck) Benedict, and these children:  Terry and
  Joseph Jr. both of Somerset; David (Penny), Somerset RD 7; Darlene (Edwin)
  Bauer; Sandy (Barry) Walker, Somerset RD 2; and Debi Barnett, Van Nuys,
  Calif.; two stepchildren: Rosemarie Ponziani and Joseph Schuck II, both of
  Hooversville; 13 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and these brothers
  and sisters: John of Derry; Charles of Latrobe; Elizabeth Joe of Derry; and
  Annie Vinosky of Hollsopple.  Veteran of World War II; served in the U.S.
  Navy.  Life member of Hooversville VFW.  Member of the American Legion Post
  of Stoystown and Jenner Rod and Gun Club.  Retired from Latrobe Steel.
  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Sunday in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where wake service
  will be held at 8:45 p.m. Sunday.  Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.
  Monday in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Msgr. Samuel Tomaselli
  officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorials
  may be given to Somerset Hospice.
  
  Daily American, January 7, 1994
  
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