OBIT: Alva J. NICHOLSON, 1984, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  NICHOLSON
  
  Alva J. Nicholson, 68, of Maple Mountain Manor, died Feb. 26, 1984, at
  Meyersdale Community Hospital.  Born May 3, 1915, at Elk Lick Township, son
  of the late Richard and Fanny (Lepley) Nicholson.  Besides his parents, also
  preceded in death by a brother, Ralph; and sisters: Matilda Miller and Mrs.
  Fannie Grew.  Survived by one son, Alva J. Nicholson Jr., Cuyahoga Falls,
  Ohio; three daughters: Mrs. Julia Bodes, Greencastle, Pa.; Mrs. Esther
  Duppstadt and Mrs. Joyce Snelson, both of Meyersdale; also four sisters:
  Mrs. Nancy Uphold, Mrs. Esther Hetrick, Mrs. Viola Swearman and Mrs.
  Lillian Johnson, all of Meyersdale; five grandchildren and three
  great-grandchildren.  Member of St. Paul (Wilhelm) United Church of
  Christ.  Friends will be received Monday 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. at the Thomas Funeral Home, Salisbury, where funeral services will be
  held Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Carl P. Mitchell Jr. officiating. 
  Interment, St. Paul Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 27, 1984
  
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