OBIT: Willard A. DWIRE, 1985, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DWIRE
  
    Willard A. Dwire, 65, West Main Street, Somerset, died March 12, 1985, at
  Somerset Community Hospital.  Born May 26, 1919, in Rockwood, a son of the
  late Lloyd and Jennie (Knopsnyder) Dwire.  Preceded in death by one son,
  Terry, and brother, James.  Survived by his wife of 49 years, the former
  Margaret Merrill; one son, Williard Jr., Centerville, Miss.; a foster
  granddaughter, Mrs. Peggy Rosman, Athens, Greece; four grandchildren; and
  seven great-grandchildren.  Brother of: Mrs. A.C. (Ruth) Lamp, Somerset;
  Edward, Rockwood; and Mrs. Kenneth (Verna) Mostoller, Somerset RD 5. 
  Member of Lodge No. 322 F and AM, West Chester.  He was a member of the
  Reading Consistory and Rajah Shrine Temple of Reading.  Member of the First
  United Methodist Church, Somerset, and a retired Pioneer employee of Texas
  Eastern Transmission Corp., Houston, Tex.  He was a WW II veteran of the
  U.S. Army Engineers.  Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and
  from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home, where
  funeral service will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Percy
  Ellenberger officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.
  
  Daily American, March 13, 1985
  
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