OBIT: Geneva C. (LONG) HILLEGAS, 2002, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGAS
    
    Geneva C. Hillegas, 95, of Lancaster, died Sept. 13, 2002 at
  Community Hospital of Lancaster, after a long illness.  Born in
  Berlin, she is the daughter of the late William R. and Julia Lease
  Long.  She was preceded in death by a son, Leon; two sisters, Lillian
  L. and Aldine Long and three brothers, Grafton, Roy and Kenneth Long.
  She is survived by her husband of 75 years, Jacob L. Hillegas; a son,
  Dr. Gordon L., married to Sally A. Hillegas of Conestoga; six
  grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two
  great-great-grandchildren.  She was a 1925 graduate of Berlin High
  School and also attended Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.  She was a
  salesperson for Hager's and Watt & Shand department stores for 25
  years, retiring in 1978.  She was active with Girl Scouts of America,
  a former member of Jay H. Clark Chapter of the Order of the Eastern
  Star and a member of Westgate Baptist Church.  She taught Sunday
  school and was past president of the Women's Guild at St. Peter's
  United Church of Christ, where she was a former member.  A memorial
  service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, at Westgate Baptist
  Church, 2235 Old Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, with the Rev. Leonard K.
  Lewis Officiating. Private interment will be in Conestoga Memorial
  Park.  The family will receive friends immediately following the
  memorial service.  Memorials in her name may be given to Westgate
  Baptist Church. Arrangements by Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home,
  Lancaster. 
  
  Daily American, September 17, 2002
  
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