OBIT: John BISEL, 1997, Bakersville, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BISEL John Bisel, 82, of Somerset RD 6 (Bakersville), died June 25, 1997 at Somerset Hospital. Born March 6, 1915 in Jenner Township (Gray), son of the late Edward and Anna (Ohler) Bisel. Preceded in death by wife, Helen (Harrold) Hixon; brothers, Earl, Grant, Homer and Robert. Survived by children, Dr. Robert Bisel, Warren Ohio; William Hixon, Bakersville; Beverly Lafferty, Bakersville; Shirley Fordyce, New Stanton; four grandchildren, Robert Lafferty, Ronald Fordyce, Michelle Gilbert, Amy Lowery; four great-grandchildren; brother, Frank, Gray; sister, Della Mae wife of Merle Speicher, Meyersdale; sister-in-law, Alda Mae Bisel, Boswell RD 2. Member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, UMW of A, retired coal miner, 51-year member of Somerset Lodge 358, F and AM Williamsport Consistory 32 degree Valley of Williamsport. Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home where services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday. Roy A. Worsham officiating. Interment Bakersville Cemetery. Daily American, June 26, 1997 [B1468]