OBIT: Elwood Woodrow O'BRIEN, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  O'BRIEN
  
  Elwood Woodrow O'Brien, 81, of Pioneer Road, Somerset, died June 17, 1997, at 
  his residence. Born Aug. 11, 1915, in Milford Township.  Son of the late Edward 
  James and Hattie (Baughman) O'Brien.  Also preceded in death by wife, the former 
  Mary Ellen Pyle, who died Oct. 17, 1965; great-granddaughter, Vanessa Davis; 2 
  sisters: Mary O'Brien and Mae Nicholson, and a brother, Earl O'Brien.  Survived 
  by children: Mrs. Marlin W. (Nancy) Friedline, Fairfield, Calif.; Edward W. 
  O'Brien, married to the former Earlene Sechler, and Mrs. John L. (Mary Jane) 
  Maust, both of Somerset; 6 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.  Brother of 
  Mrs. Ada Briskey, Miss Gladys O'Brien, Ernest and Dalton J. O'Brien, all of 
  Rockwood.  Retired Milford Township dairy farmer.  Member of Messiah Lutheran 
  Church, Milford Grange, Pennsylvania Farmers Association.  Had been a Milford 
  Township supervisor for 18 years.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. 
  Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral 
  Home.  Services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Messiah Lutheran Church 
  with the Rev. John J. Palko officiating. Interment, New Centerville Union 
  Cemetery.  Contributions may be sent to Somerset "In Touch" Hospice, 651 S. 
  Center Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501 and Messiah Lutheran Church, 134 Bridge Street, 
  Rockwood, Pa. 15557-6623.
  
  Daily American, June 18, 1997
  
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