OBIT: Philip Woodrow HOLSINGER, 1994, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOLSINGER
  
  Philip Woodrow Holsinger, 68, of 506 W. Garrett St., Somerset, died
  Jan. 4, 1993 [sic]*, at Somerset Hospital.  Born July 25, 1925, in
  Roaring Spring, Pa.  Son of the late James Henry and Fredda Alice
  (Schiffler) Holsinger.  Survived by his wife, the former R. Elaine
  Hay; daughter, Mrs. William A. (Gaye) Barron, Somerset; son, Grant W.
  Holsinger, married to the former Debi Miller, Berwyn, Ill.; three
  grandchildren, Andrew and Lance Barron and Hollyn Holsinger; brother,
  J. Garwood Holsinger, Lewistown, Pa.  Retired in 1984 with 36 years
  service in the Somerset Area Schools as music teacher and retired as
  Somerset Junior High School principal.  Graduate of the Pennsylvania
  Military Academy.  Received his bachelor's degree in 1948 from
  Juniata College and master's degree from the University of
  Pittsburgh.  Member of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, where he was
  organist for 42 years; Paul Harris Fellow of the Somerset Rotary
  Club; Somerset Lodge 358, F&AM; Jaffa Shrine; and Altoona
  Consistory.  Active in Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees. 
  Active in various community music services and programs.  Board
  member of the Mary S. Biesecker Library.  Friends will be received
  from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral
  Home.  Service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's
  Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Keith M. Fink and the Rev. Roger L.
  Forry officiating, and the Rev. Dr. William T. Doncaster Jr. and the
  Rev. Jay L. Christner, assisting.  Interment, Pike Cemetery,
  Brotherton.  Family suggests contributions to the Mary S. Biesecker
  Library, 230 S. Rosina Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501, or St. Paul's
  Presbyterian Church, 132 E. Union St., Somerset, Pa.
  
  Daily American, January 6, 1994
  
  [H1421]
  
  [Note: *according to SSI Index, Philip W. HOLSINGER died Jan. 4, 1994]