OBIT: Leon S. FORD, 1974, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  FORD
  
  Leon S. Ford, 75, of Meyersdale, died July 2 in Meyersdale Community
  Hospital.  Born Jan. 6, 1899 in Fairmont, Md. a son of the late
  Carlton and Margaret Holland Ford.  Survived by his widow, the former
  Bessie Bradfield and these children: David of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti;
  Paul of Baltimore, Md.;  Mrs. Kenneth Lundgren of Baltimore, Md.;
  Mrs. Wayne Dunlop of Quincy, Mass. and three grandchildren.  A
  brother of Carlton and Mrs. Grace Wells, both of Baltimore, Md.  A
  member of the United Methodist Church, Meyersdale where he served as
  layreader [sic] and choir director for 20 years.  He was a charter
  member of the Christian Businessmen's Association, Meyersdale and a
  member of the Board of Directors of the Mountain Lake Park Holliness
  [sic] Camp Meeting Association.  He was often asked to be guest
  evangelistic singer at many local churches.  Employed by the National
  Biscuit Co. for 34 years.  Friends will be received after 7 p.m.
  Wednesday at the William R. Price Funeral Home Inc., Meyersdale. 
  Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church,
  Meyersdale with the Rev. Paul Snyder officiating.  Interment, Union
  Cemetery.  The body will lie in state from 10 a.m. until time of
  service.
  
  Somerset Bulletin, July 3, 1974
  
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  LEON S. FORD
  
  Leon S. Ford, 75, Meyersdale, died July 2, 1974, in Meyersdale
  Community Hospital.  Born Jan. 6, 1899, in Thurmont, Md., he was a
  son of the late Carlton and Margaret (Holland) Ford.  He had been an
  employee of the National Biscuit Company in Washington for 34
  years.  He was a member and lay leader of First United Methodist
  Church of Meyersdale and served as its choir director for 20 years. 
  He was a charter member of Meyersdale Christian Business Men's
  Committee and also was a member of the board of directors of Mt. Lake
  Park Holiness Camp Meeting Association.  Surviving are his wife, the
  former Bessie Bradford; two sons, David Ford of Port-au-Prince,
  Haiti, and Paul Ford, Baltimore, Md.; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
  Lundgren, Baltimore, and Mrs. Wayne Dunlop, Quincy, Mass.; also three
  grandchildren; a brother, Carlton Ford, and a sister, Mrs. Grace
  Wells, Baltimore.  Funeral service was held Friday morning in the
  United Methodist Church, Meyersdale, with Rev. Paul Snyder
  officiating.  Interment in Union Cemetery under the direction of
  Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, July 11, 1974
  
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