OBIT: Benjamin F. BUNGARD, 1975, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BUNGARD
  
  Benjamin F. Bungard, 92 of Mabel Street, Johnstown died May 24th at
  the Siemon Nursing Home, Somerset.  He was born June 12, 1882 in
  Indianhead, Fayette County, the son of the late Austin P. and Barbara
  Berg Bungard.  Also preceded in death by wife, the former Christine H.
  Muir and the following brothers and sisters - Joseph, William, Bessie,
  John, Ida, Margaret, Kathryn, James and Zeek.  He is survived by four
  children: William S., married to former Catherine Parcher, Attleboro,
  Mass.; Margaret, widow of Claude T. Sturtz, Carriage Hills, Johnstown;
  Benjamin, Latrobe; Barbara, widow of the Rev. Allen W. Reed, Nebster,
  New York; a brother Homer C., Akron, Ohio; 7 grandchildren and 12
  great-grandchildren.  Reverend Bungard was a retired United Methodist
  minister and had served during his active ministry churches in
  Monessen, Herminie, Trafford, Portage, Altoona, Johnstown Park
  Avenue, Somerset and Mt. Pleasant where he retired.  After retirement
  at age 72 he served as supply pastor at the Lutheran Church, Listie,
  the United Church of Christ, Berlin, and St. Paul's United Church of
  Christ in Stoystown.  He was ordained by Bishop William Weekly in
  1915 and received his Doctor of Divinity Degree from Otterbien
  College, Westerville, Ohio in 1927.  He was a member of the following
  Masonic Bodies: Monessen Lodge No. 638 F&AM, Pittsburgh Consistory,
  Jaffa Temple, Altoona and the Johnstown Shrine Club.  Dr. Bungard had
  served for a number of years as chaplain of Jaffa Shrine.  He was also
  a member and the president of the T.E. Hearn Hunting Club in
  Huntingdon County which he founded in 1919.  Reverend Bungard served
  two terms in the House of Representatives as representative from
  Westmoreland County from 1914 to 1918.  He had served as chaplain
  both in the House and the Senate.
  
  Somerset American, May 27, 1975
  
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