OBIT: Rev. Elbert Elijah ONEY, 1974, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  REV. ELBERT ONEY
  
  Rev. Elbert Elijah Oney, 94, a retired Lutheran minister, died recently in the 
  Old People's Home in Zelienople, after a brief illness.
  A native of Washington County, Virginia, he was born July 27, 1880, to Rev. 
  William and Catherine (Graseclose) Oney.  He had been a resident of the Old 
  People's home since Sept. 30, 1965.
  Rev. Oney served in the Salisbury, Greenville and Grantsville Lutheran 
  Churches from 1915 to 1917 and went to St. Paul's Kittanning Parish.  He retired 
  from the ministry in 1956.
  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Boyer Oney, who resides at the Old 
  People's Home, and a half-sister, Mrs. William Rinkes of Mt Jackson, Va.
  The funeral service was held in the Chapel at the Old People's Home, with the 
  president of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran Church 
  officiating.  Burial in Zelienople Cemetery.
  
  Somerset American, October 3, 1974
  
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