OBIT: Adam J. BERKEBILE, 1974, Boswell RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BERKEBILE
  
  Adam J. Berkebile, 91, of Boswell RD 2, died March 23 at Somerset Community
  Hospital.  Born May 15, 1882 in Wilbur, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Mangus
  Berkebile.  Preceded in death by parents; first wife, Charlotte McClelland;
  second wife, Louise Kaltenbaugh Mangus; four children; six brothers and
  three sisters.  He was the last surviving member of the Jeremiah Berkebile
  family.  Survived by his widow, the former Thereas [sic] MacCone and these
  children:  Gladys, wife of Robert Woods of Johnstown; Mildred, wife of
  William Luther of Dunedin, Fla.; Vernon J., married to the former Dorothy
  Penrod of Johnstown; Don A., married to the former Verda Waters of
  Johnstown; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.  A
  self-employed contractor and a retired foreman of Bethlehem Steel Corp. of
  Johnstown.  A member of St. Andrews's Lutheran Church, Boswell and a member
  of the Stoystown Chapter I.O.O.F.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m.
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the R. Owen Ketterer Funeral Home, Geistown, where
  services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. George Clark and the Rev.
  Gerald O. Bishop officiating.  Interment Otterbein Cemetery, Wilbur.
  
  Somerset American, March 25, 1974
  
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