OBIT: Gilbert LaVerne HEDLUND, 2007, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HEDLUND, Gilbert LaVerne  02/08/07  Daily American
  
   Gilbert LaVerne Hedlund, 67, Somerset, formerly of Bradford, died Feb. 6, 2007, at The
  Patriot. Born April 5, 1939, in Bradford, the son of Gilbert Carlton and Leona Lucille
  (Eschrich) Hedlund. Preceded in death by parents; sister, Josephine Dixon; and grandson,
  Devon Michael Loomis. Survived by wife, the former Virginia Ann Gee, to whom he was
  married 47 years; children, John Hedlund, married to the former Cathy Tobin, Wheatfield,
  N.Y.; Mrs. Kenneth (Jodi) Loomis, Sugar Grove; Jay Hedlund, married to the former Dawn
  Thompson, Danville; Jed Hedlund, Strongsville, Ohio; Mrs. Alfonso (Juleen) McDowell,
  Fayetteville, N.C.; and Mrs. Brian (Jenifer) Neuhoff, Jenners; 12 grandchildren and one
  great-granddaughter. Also survived by half brother, Gregory Hedlund, South Dakota; half
  sisters, Mrs. Tammy Black and Miss Mary Kay Hedlund, both of Lewis Run. A 1958 graduate
  of Bradford Area High School. A veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and worked as
  a supervisor until his retirement in 1998 at the Warren State Hospital and later
  SCI-Laurel Highlands with 21 years of service. He was also a licensed truck driver and
  had worked for Werner and Bowman Trucking. After his retirement, he drove school bus for
  STA. And became a licensed minister, studying at Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center in
  Elizabethtown. Also a member of Pike Run Church of the Brethren. Friends received from 2
  to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset, where a service
  will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Brian N. Simmons officiating. Interment
  Somerset County Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Pike Run Church of the
  Brethren, 2582 Glades Pike, Somerset, PA 15501