OBIT: Frank K. "Dutch" DWIRE, 1994, Markleton RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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    DWIRE
  
    Frank K. "Dutch" Dwire, 86, of Markleton RD 1, died Sept. 11, 1994, at
  Meyersdale Medical Center.  Born Feb. 2, 1908, in Upper Turkeyfoot
  Township, son of the late Silas and Aldora (Nicholson) Dwire.  Preceded in
  death by wife, the former Christine Phillippi; two sons, Donald and
  Kenneth; four brothers and four sisters.  Survived by son, Roy "Putch"
  Dwire, Confluence, and four daughters - Shirley King, Markleton; Louise
  Kreger, Confluence; Sandy Dwire and Loretta Ohler, both of Markleton; 21
  grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren.  Also
  sister, Estella Houpt, Rockwood, and brother, Jack Dwire, Apollo.  Veteran
  of World War II.  Member of Ursina American Legion Post 946; Kingwood IOOF;
  New Centerville and Rural Volunteer Fire Department, and Mt. Zion United
  Methodist Church.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and
  from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence,
  where funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. John
  Snyder officiating.  Interment, Kingwood IOOF Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, September 12, 1994
  
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