OBIT: Gilbert F. HOSTETLER, 1973, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  GILBERT F. HOSTETLER
  
    Gilbert F. Hostetler, 49, of 68 Water St., Frostburg, died July 23,
  1973, at Baker VA Hospital, Martinsburg, W.Va., where he had been a
  patient three weeks.
    A native of Greenville Township, he was a son of Robert and Mary
  (Bare) Hostetler of Pocahontas.
    Mr. Hostetler was owner and operator of the Frostburg Bakery and
  was a member of the Pocahontas Lutheran Church and the Owls, also of
  Farrady Post 24, American Legion, Frostburg FOE and Meyersdale BPO
  Elks.
    Besides his parents, he is survived by his widow, Martha (Lewis)
  Hostetler; a son, Terry Hostetler, Cumberland; three stepdaughters,
  Mrs. Linda Kay Carter, Norfolk, Va.; Bobbie Jean and Mary Martha
  Brown, at home; and a brother, Blaine Hostetler, Finzel Road.
    Funeral service will be held in Hafer-Sowers Funeral Home this
  (Thursday) afternoon at one o'clock with Rev. Donald F. Sause
  officiating.  Interment in Eckhart cemetery with military rites by
  Farrady Post 24.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, July 26, 1973
  
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