OBIT: Harry W. GIBSON, 1980, Stoystown RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  GIBSON
  
  Harry W. Gibson, 67, of Stoystown RD 3, died Oct. 23, 1980, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Nov. 22, 1912, in Listie, son of Robert H. and
  Mary J. (Durst) Gibson.  Preceded in death by his parents; step-father,
  Morton H. Beam; and infant brother.  Survived by his widow, the former
  Evelyn Spangler, whom he married April 8, 1934; and these children: Mrs.
  Glenn (Shirley) Walker, Mechanicsburg; Mrs. Samuel (Jean) Fox, Stoystown RD
  3; Robert H., married to the former Shirley Brown, Somerset RD 1; and
  Richard B., married to the former Barbara Pfeffer, Hagerstown, Md.; 12
  grandchildren; 2 great-granddaughters; stepsister, Mrs. Guy (Bessie) Reed,
  of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla.; and uncle, Arthur J. Durst, Somerset.  Retired
  supervisor with the U.S. Steel Corporation with 33 years service. 
  Presently employed as consultant with Solar Fuel Company, Friedens RD 1. 
  Member of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Shanksville, where he served on the
  church council and was a Sunday school teacher for 45 years.  Member and
  past president of the Stoystown Lions Club; member of the Shanksville
  Silver and Gold Senior Citizens; former member of Shanksville-Stonycreek
  School Board and of the Supervisors Club of the U.S. Steel Corporation. 
  Family received friends Friday evening and will received [sic] friends from
  2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown. 
  Remains will be removed to St. Mark Lutheran Church, Shanksville, to lie in
  state from 1 p.m. until services at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. Dale F.
  Biesecker officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  If
  friends desire, contributions may be made to either American Cancer Society
  or St. Mark Lutheran Church, Shanksville.
  
  Daily American, October 25, 1980
  
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