OBIT: Rev. Walter D. MEHRLING, 1989, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MEHRLING
  
    The Rev. Walter D. Mehrling, 93, rear 150 Plank Road, Somerset,
  died Dec. 7, 1989, at Somerset Hospital.  Born Jan. 24, 1896, in
  Frederick, Md., son of Daniel and Annie (Railing) Mehrling.  Preceded
  in death by parents; first wife, the former Doris Gonder, who died
  Feb. 26, 1966; and second wife, the former Edna (Gonder) Boyts, who
  died Aug. 7, 1988.  Survived by daughter, Jeanne, wife of Dr. Ronald
  Uhl, Annapolis, Md.; son, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin P., married the
  former Mary Lou Robinson, Cambridge, Mass.; nine grandchildren and
  one great grandson.  Member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ,
  Somerset, since retirement in 1971.  Also member of Columbia Lodge
  No. 58 A.F.&  A.M., Frederick, Md., for almost 70 years.  Attended
  Mercersburg Academy and Franklin and Marshall College.  Graduate of
  Lancaster Theological Seminary.  Ordained minister since June 13,
  1920.  Pastored 51 years at the following churches: Sabillasville,
  Boswell-Jenner, Pottstown-Stowe, Incarnation-Newport, Zion's
  (Frostburg, Md.), Adamstown-Grace (Maryland) and Woodcock Valley. 
  Army veteran of World War I and an Army chaplain during World War
  II.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at Hoffman Funeral
  Home, Main Street, Boswell.  Service at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's
  Church, Somerset, where viewing will be from 9 a.m. until time of
  service, the Revs. Glenn E. Sadler and Dr. Benjamin P. Mehrling
  officiating.  Interment, Jenner Crossroads Cemetery.  Memorial
  contributions may be made to St. Paul's United Church of Christ's
  Good Samaritan Fund.
  
  Daily American, December 8, 1989
  
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