OBIT: John William GREEN, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ JOHN WILLIAM GREEN John William Green, 77, retired farmer, died at his home near Swanton, Md., Sunday night, after a lingering illness. Son of Jefferson and Lydia (Broadwater) Green, he was born May 24, 1871, at New Germany, Md. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Florence Bowers Green; six children, Mrs. Hazel Warnick, Cresaptown, Md.; Lester and Everett Green and Mrs. Truman Otto, all of Swanton; Lindy and Forrest Green of LaVale; twelve grandchildren; three brothers, Amos Green of Gilmore, Md.; Sanford Green, Ridgeley, W.Va., and his twin brother, James Wilson Green, of Swanton, and one sister, Mrs. Alice Swauger, Grantsville, Md. He was a member of the Mennonite Church of Meadow Mountain where funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. The Revs. Ray Kinsinger and Roy Otto officiated. Interment was made in the Methodist Cemetery at New Germany, Md. Meyersdale Republican, December 16, 1948