OBIT: Ralph M. HILLEGAS, 2001, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGAS
  
    Ralph M. Hillegas, 75, Berlin, died April 14, 2001 at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Jan. 12, 1926 in Johnstown, son of Clarence and Emma
  (Imgrund) Hillegas.  Preceded in death by parents and first wife, Ruth
  Marie (Hillegas).  Survived by wife, Ruth N. (Jury) Hillegas; sons, Barry,
  married to the former Susan Gooden, Denver, Colo.; Tom, married to the
  former Nancy Thom, Bridgeport, W.Va.; stepsons, Michael, married to the
  former Bonnie Figge, Wilson, N.C.; David, married to the former Joanna
  Wagner, Hollsopple; step-daughter, Patricia, married to Mark Goodson,
  Callaway, Va.; 4 grandchildren; 7 stepgrandchildren; sisters, Dorothy
  Hillegas, Cumberland, Md.; Grace Badgley, Parkersburg, W.Va.; and Mariann
  Mikula, Spring Grove.  He was a self-employed bricklayer, farmer, and was a
  tunnel guard for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.  Graduate of Berlin
  Brothersvalley High School, class of 1944, and an Army veteran of World War
  II.  Member of Trinity United Church of Christ, the Last Man's club, and the
  VFW, all of Berlin, Meyersdale Lodge 554 F.&A.M. and the International Union
  of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsman.  Family will receive friends from 2 to
  4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service will
  be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Melvin A. Kirk Jr., Rev. Ralph G. Landis
  officiating.  Interment, Schellsburg Cemetery with graveside military Rite
  by Berlin American Legion and VFW.  Memorial contributions may be sent to
  Trinity United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 86, Berlin, Pa., 15530.
  
  Daily American, April 16, 2001
  
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