OBIT: Robert P. FEATHER, 2008, Windber, Somerset County, PA
  
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    FEATHER, Robert P.  08/07/08   Daily American
  
    Robert P. Feather, 80, Windber, went home to be  with the Lord, Aug. 5, 2008, at
  Windber Hospice . He was born July 5, 1928, in  King, son of the late Charles D. and
  Pearl K.(Manges) Feather.  He was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Lee and
  William Neal. He married  Emmalene Johnston Aug. 20, 1947, in  Winchester, Va. Surviving
  are his wife, of Windber; a daughter, Barbette Jones, Lee's  Summit, Mo.; four sons,
  Robert C. and wife, Terri, and Brett M. and wife, Sally, all of  Windber; William D. and
  wife, Kathy, Granite Quarry, N.C.; and John B. and wife, Lori,  Concord, N.C.; and 13
  grandchildren, Scott,  Lindsay and Kerry Jones and their father,  Robert; Alyssa,
  Caitlin, Joseph, Thomas,  Billie Marie, Kaliam, Jenelle, Adam,  Trisha and Austin
  Feather. Also surviving are four sisters, Mary Cameron and  Dorothy Miller, both of King;
  Betty Horner, Roaring Spring; Eleanor Rice-Shallop,  Duncansville; and a brother, Carl
  Feather,  Bedford. Bob was an active member of the Scalp Level Trinity United Methodist 
  Church. He founded Bob Feather Homes in  1957 and also owned Feather Nest Communities. He
  previously was employed  as a dispatcher at Interstate Motor Freight.  He was a 1947
  graduate of Claysburg High School. He was a member and past  president of the Windber
  Lion's Club and received the Melvin Jones Fellow in 2006,  a member and past president of
  the Pennsylvania Home Builders Association of the Alleghenies,  a member of the
  Pennsylvania Manufactured Housing Association, and served on the Boards  of the
  Pennsylvania Housing Research Center, Penn State and the Hiram G. Andrews    Center. Bob
  enjoyed traveling, working and spending time with his family. Friends will  be received
  from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Scalp  Level Trinity United Methodist Church. A Praise
  service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday  at the church with the Rev. Ernie Perry 
  officiating. Interment at Bedford County Memorial  Park. In lieu of flowers memorials may
  be given to the Scalp Level Trinity United Methodist  Church, 751 Horn Road, Windber, PA
  15963. A  bonfire celebration of Bob's life will be held  Saturday evening at the Feather
  Farm on Paint  Street. Arrangements by Leslie-Miller Funeral Home, Claysburg.