OBIT: Paul T. HIMES, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  PAUL HIMES
  January 23, 1917-January 14, 2001
  
    Paul T. Himes, 83, a resident of Manor Care Nursing Home, Camp Hill, and
  formerly of Mercersburg, died Jan. 14 in the nursing home.  He had resided
  in the home since 1998.
    Born Jan. 23, 1917, in Rockwood, he was a son of the late George W. and
  Sadie Eiford Himes.  He was also preceded in death by a sister.
    Paul was a graduate of Meyersdale High School.  He was also a graduate of
  the former York Business School of York.  Upon moving to Mercersburg, he was
  employed at the Mercersburg Academy and later at the former Farmer's Bank. 
  For 27 years he was employed at the Mercersburg Post Office as a rural
  letter carrier, retiring in 1980.
    He was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ of Mercersburg, where
  he was a former trustee.  He was also a member of Harry Lackhove American
  Legion Post #517 of Mercersburg.  He was a member of the Rural Letter
  Carriers Association, was a former Tuscarora School Board member, and
  participated in the local Boy Scout troop.  Paul was a United States Marine
  Corps veteran of World War II and served in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre.
    He is survived by his wife, Marian Hoch Himes, a daughter, Ann Crawford
  of Mechanicsburg; a son David M. Himes of Stowe, Pa.; three grandchildren,
  one great-granddaughter; and a brother, Roy Himes of Pittsfield, Mass.
    Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 (today), at the
  Lininger-Fries Funeral Home Inc., Mercersburg, with the Rev. Wayne A. Warren
  officiating.  Interment, Fairview Cemetery, Mercersburg.
    Memorial contributions may be made to Trinity United Church of Christ,
  P.O. Box 3, Mercersburg, PA 17236.
  
  The New Republic, January 18, 2001 
  
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