OBIT: Robert Owen HARE, 2004, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Robert Owen Hare
  
  Robert Owen Hare, 80, of Meyersdale died Jan. 15, 2004, at Sacred Heart
  Hospital, Cumberland.  He was born Feb. 3, 1923, in Garrett, a son of the
  late Clenan Cecil and Nannie (Murray) Hare.  He is preceded in death by
  brother, Kyle Hare and sister Alma Andrews.  He is survived by wife, Dorothy
  (Engle) Hare and daughter, Amy, wife of John Gilbreath, Fort Hill, and
  granddaughter, Amanda Harkcom of High Point, N.C.  He is also survived by
  sisters; Eva Gress of Davidsville and Joyce Bolden of Connellsville.  He was
  the retired postmaster of Berlin and was a member of the American Legion
  Charles E. Kelly Post 112.  He possessed a passion for music and played in
  many string bands and also had an avid interest in carpentry and
  woodworking.  He was a member of St. Paul's UCC where he was a deacon, elder
  and Sunday school teacher.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Friday at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home.  He will lie in state in
  St. Paul's UCC Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m., time of service.  The Rev. Bruce
  Ashlock officiating.  Interment will be held in the St. Paul Cemetery.
  Arrangements in charge of the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home.
  
   01/15/2004Ê Daily American
  
  
  
  ROBERT OWEN HARE
  February 3, 1923 
  January 15, 2004

  	Robert Owen Hare, 80, of Rock Station Rd., Meyersdale, died Thursday,
  January 15, 2004, after battling cancer, at Sacred Heart Hospital in
  Cumberland, Md., ending a marriage of 58 years.
  	Born February 3, 1923, in Garrett, he was a son of Clemon Cecil Hare and
  Nannie (Murray) Hare.
  	He was preceded in death by parents, sister Alma Andrews of Cumberland,
  Md. and brother Kyle Hare of Ashboro, N.C.
  	He is survived by wife Dorothy Elaine (Engle) Hare; daughter Amy
  Gilbreath, wife of John Gilbreath, Fort Hill; and granddaughter Amanda
  Harkcom of High Point, N.C.; also two sisters: Elva Gress, wife of Dr.
  William Gress, Davidsville; and Joyce Bolden, Connellsville.
  	At the age of 12 years old, Bob started delivering special deliveries by
  bicycle and receiving mail from the railroad, which began his career with
  the United States Postal Service in Meyersdale, where he was carrier, clerk
  and assistant postmaster.  He retired from Berlin after serving as postmaster.
  	He served his country in WWII as a Sergeant in the Army Air Corp in the
  Phillipines for three years, where he was radar crew chief.  He was a
  lifelong motorcycle enthusiast until the age of 79.  Bob was an accomplished
  and devoted musician of many different stringed instruments, a skilled
  craftsman in carpentry and woodworking, a faithful member of the St. Paul
  Wilhelm United Church of Christ where he served as Elder, Deacon, and
  Sunday School teacher.
  	Services were held at St. Paul UCC on Saturday, January 17, and interment
  was in the St. Paul Cemetery.
  	He will be sadly missed by family and his many close friends.
  
   1/22/2004  New Republic