OBIT: Merle H. BERKHEIMER, 1990, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  MERLE H. BERKHEIMER
  
    Merle H. Berkheimer, 60, of Elmcrest, Hyndman, died Wednesday, February
  14, 1990, as the result of a two-vehicle traffic accident on Pennsylvania
  Route 96.
    Born March 27, 1929, in Londonderry Township, he was the son of Howard C.
  Berkheimer, Avalon Manor, Hagerstown, Md.; and the late Ruth (Logsdon)
  Berkheimer.  He was also preceded in death by one grandson.
    Employed for the past 40 years as a carman for CSX Transportation,
  Cumberland, Md., he previously worked at the Amcelle Plant of Celanese
  Fibers Corporation.
    A Navy veteran of the Korean War, having served aboard the USS Valley
  Forge, he was a member of Cooks Mills United Methodist Church.  A member of
  the church board of directors, he (line illegible and faded) teacher and
  superintendent of Sunday school classes.  He was also a member of Hyndman
  Grange 1954, Maryland Local 6656 Transportation-Communication International
  Union, and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America.
    Also surviving are his widow, Vivian P. (Hyre) Berkheimer; one son,
  Master Sgt. Steven L. Berkheimer, Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas;
  two daughters:  Mrs. Cynthia L. Yoder, Hyndman RD 1; and Mrs. Susan A. May,
  Buffalo Mills RD 1; one brother, Frank D. Berkheimer, West Chester; one
  sister, Mrs. Mary E. Williams, Reisterstown, Md.; two grandsons and one
  step-granddaughter.
    Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman
  where services were conducted in Cooks Mills United Methodist Church
  Saturday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Joseph R. Stains.  Interment, Porter
  Cemetery near Ellerslie, Md.
  
  The Republic, February 22, 1990
  
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