OBIT: Harry Stanley HILLEGASS, 2007, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HILLEGASS, Harry Stanley 12/09/07 Daily American
  
   Harry Stanley Hillegass, 80, Berlin, died Dec. 7, 2007, at Meadow View Nursing
  Center. Born Dec. 14, 1926, in Berlin, a son of George A. and Mary (Suder) Hillegass.
  Preceded in death by parents; sister, Evelyn Hartman, and a twin brother, Earl S.
  Hillegass. Survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Evelyn Miller; children, Gerald
  M., married to the former Gloria Keim, Danville, Ky.; Gloria M. Wright, married to
  Earl; Gary M. Hillegass; Garland M. Hillegass; and Gaye M. Leister, married to Ed, all
  of Berlin; grandchildren, Lindy Neal and husband, Jake, Cincinnati; Angela Hillegass,
  Cincinnati; Melanie Mayse and husband, Ryan, Johnstown; Wesley Wright; Derek, Rachael
  and Amanda Leister, all of Berlin. Harry was a lifelong self- employed dairy farmer, 
  growing alfalfa and corn crops. He graduated from Berlin Brothersvalley High School in
  1944. In 1947, he was one of the first from Somerset County to receive an American 
  Farmer Degree. He had been a member and delegate of many agricultural organizations,
  such as Pa. Farm Bureau, Milk Marketing, Agway, and was a 4-H leader. Member of Valley
  Senior Extension Club and the IOOF Lodge 461 for which he received a 50-year pin. He was
  also a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Berlin, where he was a former Sunday
  school superintendent and a deacon. Family will receive friends from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday
  at the Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where a service will be held 11 a.m. Monday. The
  Rev. Jay Shaffer officiating. Interment Berlin IOOF Cemetery. Memorial contributions may
  be given to Trinity United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 86, Berlin, PA 15530.