OBIT: Gary Ray FRIEND, 2000, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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  FRIEND
  
  Gary Ray Friend, 80, of 242 Maple St., Friendsville, Md. died Oct 8, 2000
  at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md.  Born Aug. 11, 1920, in
  Friendsville, son of the late Richard H. and Sophia M. (Sisler) Friend. 
  Also preceded in death by grandson, Gary Edwin Friend Jr., great-grandson,
  Jesse Ray Kreger, 3 sisters, Flossie Hook, Evelyn Ruth Fike and Mildred
  Strawser, brother Huston H. Friend, and 2 infants.  Survived by his wife,
  Doris Alice (Humberson) Friend, two sons, Gary Edwin Friend, Sr. and Donald
  L. Friend, both of Friendsville; two daughters, Nancy R. Gribble, Rockwood,
  and Connie J. Burow, Friendsville; 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren
  and two step great-grandchildren.  A retired self employed truck driver and
  also drove for Sisler Lumber and Gribble Trucking.  He also worked for
  Gribble Transport doing trade shows for Mack Trucks.  Member of Blooming
  Rose United Methodist Church.  Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Tuesday at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A., Friendsville, Md.  Services
  will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blooming Rose United Methodist
  Church with the Rev. Robert Milliren officiating.  Interment, Blooming Rose
  Cemetery.  Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the services. 
  Expressions of sympathy may be directed to Blooming Rose United Methodist
  Church.
  
  Daily American, October 9, 2000
  
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