OBIT: Robert T. HILLEGASS, 1942, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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ROBERT T. HILLEGASS

  Robert T. Hillegass, 62, well-known Berlin businessman and active church 
worker, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, at his home in Berlin following an 
illness of 11 weeks.  Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Friday 
afternoon at the Hillegass home by Rev. John H. Bethune, pastor of Trinity 
Reformed Church.  Interment in Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery, in charge of Johnson 
and Son, Berlin morticians.
  Mr. Hillegass was born near Berlin, a son of Luther J. and Mary (Glessner) 
Hillegass.  He was a partner in the Berlin Feed Company for many years.  He also 
served for a number of years as secretary of the Berlin-Brothersvalley Township 
School Board.  He was a deacon of Trinity Reformed Church, and a member of the 
Berlin Lions Club, Berlin I.O.O.F. Lodge and the Knights of Malta.
  Surviving are his aged father, his wife, Mrs. Hattie (Stutzman) Hillegass, and 
a son, Jacob L. Hillegass of Lancaster.  He was a brother of George Hillegass, 
Berlin R.D.; Harry Hillegass, Shanksville; Nevin Hillegass, Berlin R.D.; Alvin 
Hillegass, Ashland, O.; Lester Hillegass, Johnstown; Mrs. John Landis and Mrs. 
Norman Lambert, both of Shanksville; Mrs. Harry Fritz, Garrett; and Miss Pearl 
Hillegass, Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, December 3, 1942