OBIT: James David "Dave" HERREN, 2001, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HERREN
   
    James David "Dave" Herren, 93 of Somerset, died May 15, 2001 at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born Nov. 30, 1907 in East River Township, Iowa,
  he is the son of the late Kemp Goodlow and Retta May (Hiatt)
  Herren.  Also preceded in death by his first wife, Lydia Lee
  Reidlinger, grandson, Dana Herren and sisters, Zetta Noble, Holly
  Clark and Ruby McNutt.  Survived by children Joyce Swan of Lakeside,
  Calif., John Herren of Council Bluffs, Iowa, James E. Herren of
  Glassport and Marvin L. Herren of Dravosburg.  Twelve grandchildren,
  30 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.  Member of
  International Union of Operating Engineers, Local #66, which he
  joined Aug. 20, 1937.  He was an avid hunter and outdoorsman.  After
  his first wife, Lydia died, he maintained his home in New Market,
  Iowa and the following year moved to Pennsylvania to find work.  In
  1938 he met and married Marie Johnson and to this union a son James
  Edward was born.  Mr. Herren moved to Somerset in the early 1980s
  where he resided at Bishop's Trailer Court and for the last several
  months was a resident of Patriot Manor.  Friends received from noon
  until the time of service at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Robert H.
  Halverson Funeral Home, Somerset.  Rev. Russell B. Kessler will
  officiate.  Interment in McKeesport/Versailles Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, May 17, 2001
  
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