OBIT: Rev. Samuel A. MEYERS, 1982, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MEYERS
  
    The Rev. Samuel A. Meyers, 95, formerly of RD 2 Shippensburg, died
  Saturday evening at the Brethren Village, Neffsville, Lancaster
  County.  Born June 9, 1887, in Milford Township, Somerset County, son
  of the late Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Miller) Meyers.  He was a farmer
  in Penn Township, Cumberland County, for many years and was a lay
  minister in the Pennsylvania districts of the Church of the
  Brethren.  He was ordained into the ministry in 1911 and had received
  special recognition in 1980 for completing 69 years of continuous
  ministry.  At the time of his death, he was a member of the
  Harrisburg Church of the Brethren.  He is preceded in death by his
  first wife, Mary (Walker) Meyers, who died in 1953; his second wife,
  Edna (Madeira) Meyers, who died in 1959.  Survivors include: His
  third wife, Anna (Miller) Meyers, Brethren Village, Lancaster County;
  two sons: A. Roy Meyers, Gettysburg; and Ellis R. Meyers, Camp Hill;
  two daughters: Mrs. Alex (Eleanor) Doss, Gettysburg; and Mrs. Mary
  Lou Burkholder, Gettysburg; two stepsons, John Madeira, Hershey; the
  Rev. Ronald Madeira, Harleysville, Pa.; three stepdaughters: Mrs.
  Laura Reinhold, Hummelstown; Mrs. Ann Wright, Stanton, Va., and Mrs.
  Marian Miller, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa.; eight grandchildren; a number
  of step-grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.  Funeral service
  will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Shippensburg Church of the
  Brethren, with the Rev. Wayne J. Eberly and the Rev. William E.
  Walters officiating.  Interment, Spring Hill Cemetery,
  Shippensburg.  Relatives and friends will be received one hour prior
  to service at Fogelsanger Funeral Home, 223 West King St.,
  Shippensburg.
  
  Daily American, November 23, 1982
  
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