OBIT: Rev. Dale Eugene BOYER, 1999, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BOYER
  
    Rev. Dale Eugene Boyer, 81, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., formerly of
  Rural Valley, Pa., died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999, at Bon Secours
  Hospital.  He was born Feb. 9, 1917, in Tarentum, Pa., a son of the
  late Lawrence Wilson and Lucinda Marilla Schreckengost Boyer.  On
  Sept. 25, 1940, in R.D. Chicora, Pa., he married Amelia Grace
  Hoffman, who survives.  He was a graduate of New Kensington High
  School, Duquesne University and the Lancaster Theological Seminary. 
  He was founding pastor of St. James United Church of Christ in
  Chatham Village, Pa., and the Market Heights Community Church in
  Canton, Ohio.  He also had full-time pastorates in Somerset County
  and State College, Pa.  He was an educator/counselor for the
  Pennsylvania Council on Alcohol Problems.  During his semi-retirement
  he provided interim leadership in Penn West Conference.  He was an
  enthusiastic member of the Armstrong County Habitat for Humanity.  He
  was twice a delegate to General Synod, the Uniting Synod in Denver,
  Colo., and again in St. Louis, Mo.  An avid church camper, he served
  as a director for Dunkirk Conference Grounds, Camps Shadyside,
  Fernbrook, Mensch Mill, Hartman Center and Living Waters.  He was a
  member of St. Luke's United Church of Christ in Kittanning, Pa.  He
  is also survived by two daughters, Beverly Snowa of Elizabeth City,
  N.C., and Beth Klukoske of Columbus, Ohio; two sons, Bryce and his
  wife Betsy of State College, and Alan and his wife JoAnne of
  Clermont, Fla.  Five granddaughters:  Angela Klukoske Whitmer and her
  husband Sam of Knoxville, Tenn.; Elizabeth Snowa Lankford and her
  husband Ronald of Christiansburg, Va.; Jennifer Snowa of Washington,
  Mo.; Cecelia Cochis of California, and Jennifer Cochis of
  California.  Six grandsons:  Bryce William Boyer of State College;
  Brian Boyer and his wife Tracey of Reedsville, Pa.; Raymond Klukoske
  of Columbus, Ohio; Skip Boyer of Seattle, Wash.; Justin Cochis of
  California; and Mike Cochis of Florida.  Three
  great-granddaughters:  Caitlyn and Rebecca Boyer of Reedsville and
  Alicia Cochis of California.  One great-grandson, Joshua Cochis of
  California.  A sister, Helen Boyer Himes and her husband Albert of
  New Kensington, Pa.  Three brothers:  Wayne and his wife Geraldine of
  Oxnard, Calif.; Dean and his wife Helen of Natrona Heights; and Donald
  of Arnold, Pa.  He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Melissa
  Boyer, who died in 1982.  There will be no public visitation.  A
  memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, at
  St. Luke's United Church of Christ, 333 N. McKean St., Kittanning,
  with the Rev. John Snyder officiating.  There will also be a
  half-hour classical organ tribute that will precede the service.  No
  flowers.  Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity,
  P.O. Box 837, Kittanning, Pa. 16201, or to the organization of your
  choice.
  
  Daily American, January 27, 1999
  
  [B2291 & B2292]