OBIT: Eldon V. LONG, 1996, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LONG
  
    Eldon V. Long, 80, of Mechanicsburg died Dec. 19, 1996, in Holy
  Spirit Hospital, East Pennsboro Township.  He was a retired
  Superintendent of Mails for the U.S. Postal Service in Somerset.  He
  also worked as a carpenter in Reidsville, N.C., and was a U.S. Army
  veteran of World War II.  Born April 28, 1916, in Milford, to Merle
  and Florence Pyle Long.  Member of the Christian and Missionary
  Alliance Church, Reidsville, N.C., and the First United Methodist
  Church, Somerset, where he served as a trustee.  Also a member of the
  IOOF of Somerset.  Survived by his wife, Maude Kate Kelly Long; a son,
  Rev. N. Lynn Long, Lombard, Ill; two daughters: Elaine L. Judson, Camp
  Hill and Hope N. Tauch, McMurray; a sister, Esther Mugridge, Mesa,
  Ariz.; 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.  A viewing will be
  held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in His Church, Mechanicsburg, where a
  funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday.  A graveside service will
  be held 3 p.m. Saturday in St. John's Cemetery, Somerset.  Memorial
  contributions may be made to the Senior Citizen Fund of His Church,
  800 S. Market St., Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17112. Funeral arrangements are
  entrusted to the Neill Funeral Home, Camp Hill.
  
  Daily American, December 20, 1996
  
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