OBIT: Rev. David R. MORELAND, 1975, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MORELAND
  
  The Rev. David R. Moreland died at the Somerset Community Hospital
  Nov. 13, 1975, at 5:30 p.m., after an illness of nearly a year.  He
  was born in Wayne, N.Y., on Aug. 31, 1881.  Married Mary Agnes Twigg
  of Cumberland, Md., on Jan. 5, 1905, at Findlay, Ohio.  The Rev. Mr.
  Moreland was an ordained minister in the Church of God, and was the
  oldest in that organization.  He served as pastor in Maryland, West
  Virginia and Pennsylvania, and was an outstanding evangelist for over
  50 years.  He was also serving in the capacity of State Overseer of
  New York and Missouri.  His permanent home has been on the Church of
  God Campgrounds in Somerset for the past 25 years.  He is survived by
  two daughters, Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs. David Lykens, both of
  Somerset; one granddaughter, Mrs. Retta Gelormino, and two
  great-granddaughters, Holly Kay and Heidi May Roush of Poughkeepsie,
  N.Y.  His wife preceded him in death on June 22, 1967.  Viewing will
  be at the Masood Funeral Home at Saxton.  Services will be held in
  the Everett Church of God on Sunday at 2 p.m., with burial in
  Hillcrest Cemetery, Cumberland, Md., the Rev. Earl P. King and the
  Rev. C. B. Shau officiating. 
  
  Somerset American, November 15, 1975
  
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