OBIT: Ruth E. (HARCLERODE) HILLEGAS, 1994, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGAS
  
    Ruth E. Hillegas, 88, of 122 Beachy Ave., Salisbury, died Jan. 8, 1994,
  at Sacred Heart Hospital Hospice, Cumberland, Md.  Born Aug. 22, 1905, in
  Hyndman, a daughter of the late Otis and Nettis (Blackburn) Harclerode. 
  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Marcus T. Hillegas, Aug. 21,
  1978; a son, James Michael; a daughter, Elizabeth Ann; a grandson, John
  Scott Lentz; a brother, Cyrus Bowers, and 2 sisters, Grace Harclerode and
  Evelyn Miller.  She was a retired schoolteacher with 26 years of service in
  the Hyndman and Salisbury-Elk Lick school districts.  Mrs. Hillegas was a
  member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Salisbury; former school
  director in Salisbury-Elk Lick School District, member of Somerset County
  Retired Teachers Association; Queen Esther Bible Class, Boynton, Pa., and
  Methodist Women in Meyersdale.  Survivors include a son, Jack Hillegas, and
  wife, Shelva, Salisbury; 2 daughters, Marla Reichenbecher and husband, Gary,
  McHenry, Md., and Carolyn Miller and husband, Arthur, Phoenix, Ariz.; also 4
  grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.  Friends were received Sunday
  evening at Newman Funeral Home, Salisbury, where services will be conducted
  at 11 a.m. Monday, with the Rev. Raymond Brown and the Rev. David Fetter
  officiating.  Interment, Salisbury Cemetery.  Family requests contributions
  to either St. John's United Church of Christ or American Cancer Society.
  
  Daily American, January 10, 1994 
  
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