OBIT: Rev. Marvin E. HEATH, 1962, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Rev. Heath, Meyersdale, Expires at 52 [photo]
  
    Meyersdale - The Rev. Marvin E. Heath, 52, pastor of Amity United Church
  of Christ, died Tuesday morning at his home.  The Rev. Heath had served the
  local church since December 1959.
    Born July 11, 1909, in Rochester Mills, the Rev. Heath was a son of Mrs.
  Myrtle (Young) Heath, who resided with him, and the late Albert Heath.  He
  spent his early life in Indiana County.
    In 1939 he was graduated from Western Theological Seminary of the
  Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, and was the last pastor ordained by the
  former Westmoreland Classis of the Evangelical & Reformed Church.
    During his student days and until June 1942, the Rev. Heath served the
  Vandergrift-Pine Run Charge of the Evangelical & Reformed Church.  He
  served as pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Charge from 1942 until 1956 when he
  accepted a call to Old First Church, Philadelphia, where he served until he
  accepted the pastorate here.
    He was married in 1940 to the former Arlene Vinton.  She is a former
  teacher at Elders Ridge High School.
    At the time of his death, the pastor was president of Meyersdale
  Ministerium, vice president of United Church of Christ's Regional
  Ministerium, a member of the board of directors of the church's Greenville
  (Pa.) Orphans Home, and a member of the bylaws committee of the church in
  the region.
  
  Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, April 25, 1962
  
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  HEATH
  
    The Rev. Marvin E., 52, Meyersdale, died April 24, 1962, at home.  Son of
  Mrs. Myrtle (Young) Heath, who resided with the deceased, and the late
  Albert Heath.  In addition to mother, survived by widow, former Arlene
  Vinton, and daughter, Elizabeth Ann, at home; also a brother, Albert,
  Longview, Wash., and sister, Mrs. Leroy Marks, Harwick, Pa.  Friends
  received at Price Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.  Service at 2
  p.m. Thursday at Amity United Church of Christ, the Rev. Dr. Harvey Black
  of Greensburg, president of the Pittsburgh Synod.  Interment, Reformed
  Cemetery, Meyersdale.  In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to make
  contributions to Amity Church steeple fund.
  
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