OBIT: Wilbur "Porky" DEEM Sr., 1994, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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  WILBUR DEEM, SR.
  
    Wilbur "Porky" Deem Sr., 75, of Berlin RD 3, died June 21, 1994, at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born Oct. 5, 1918, in Grantsville, Md.  Son of Joseph
  and Clara (Colflesh) Deem.  Preceded in death by parents; brothers, Harold,
  Fred, Walter, Clyde and Raymond, and sister, Mabel Walker.  Survived by his
  wife, the former Mildred Ackerman; children: Joseph and Jodi, both at home;
  stepchildren: Ella Leasure, Frostburg, Md,; William Hutchinson Jr.,
  Meyersdale; Bonnie Weimer, Somerset, and Paul Hutchinson, Cincinnati, Ohio;
  step-grandchildren, Anthony, Thomas and Zachary Leasure.  Also children,
  grandchildren and great-grandchildren to a previous marriage.  Brother of
  Mary Walker, Berlin RD 3; Robert, Clifton Springs, New York, and Jean
  Romesberg, Hyndman.  Retired from Solar Fuel Company.  World War II Army
  veteran.  Attended Main Street Brethren Church, Meyersdale.  Member of the
  Berlin American Legion, VFW and the Meyersdale L.O.O.M  Family will receive
  friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Deaner Funeral Home,
  Berlin, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Rev. Robert Stahl. 
  Interment, Berlin IOOF Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be given to
  the American Cancer Society or the American Diabetes Foundation.
  
  Daily American, June 22, 1994
  
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