OBIT: Samuel F. DISHONG, Jr., 1985, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SAMUEL F. DISHONG JR.
  
    Samuel F. Dishong Jr., 64, of Corriganville, Md., died Thursday, Dec. 5,
  1985, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    He was manager of automotive testing at the Allegany Ballistics
  Laboratory and was a former general manager for Potomac Motor Sales, now
  Gateway Motors, Winchester Road.
    Born in Boynton, Mr. Dishong was a son of Samuel F. Dishong Sr., Hyndman,
  and the late Marie (Duckworth) Dishong.
    He was a member of the American Society for Testing Materials and the
  Society of Automotive Engineers, and was a member and former secretary of
  the Proving Ground Safety Committee.
    He was a Navy veteran of World War II and was a former member of the
  Corriganville Volunteer Fire Department.
    His wife, the former Marguerite Crump, died in 1981.
    Surviving besides his father are one daughter, Mrs. Sandra Robertson,
  Leadville, Colo., and a brother, William D. Dishong, Corriganville, Md.
    Friends were received at the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary where
  services were conducted Saturday at 11:30 a.m. by Father Stanley
  Miltenberger.  Interment, Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
  
  The Republic, December 12, 1985
  
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