OBIT: Merdith W. BERKEBILE, 2005, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Barry and Betty Christy. jhurl@meyersdalelibrary.org Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ----------------------------------------------- Berkebile, Merdith W. 10/15/05 Daily American Merdith W. Berkebile, 94, Samuels Road, Somerset, died Oct. 12, 2005, at home. Born Feb. 9, 1911, in Johnstown, son of Dorsey and Jessie (Wilson) Berkebile. Preceded in death by parents; first wife, the former Margaret Hause; sons, Jack O. Hause and Gerald W. Berkebile; brothers, James, Harold, Wayne and Dorsey Jr.; and sisters, Olive, Velma and Zola. Survived by his wife, the former Mary E. Monticue; children, Geraldine, married to John Walsh, Stoystown; Margaret Hutchinson, Hamilton Square; Doris Lang, Croydon; Joyce, married to Charles Matson, St. Marys, W.Va.; and twins, Mark Wayne, married to the former June Dyer, Croydon; and Charlaine married to John Gannon, Bethlehem; daughters-in-law, Mildred Fodder Berkebile, Somerset; and Audrey Baughman Hause, Florida; and stepchildren, Mary Kathrine Collins, Kansas; Roy Rogers Monticue, Meyersdale; and Floyd Eugene Monticue, Warren; 44 grandchildren; 104 great-grandchildren; 25 great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ila Hollowel, Indiana. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Deaner Funeral Home, 976 Barn St., Hooversville where service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Larry Weigle officiating. Interment P.O.S. of A. Cemetery, Hooversville.