OBIT: Homer M. PHILLIPPI, 1973, born in Milford Twp, Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOMER M. PHILLIPPI 
  
  Homer M. Phlllippi, 92, of Donwed, Saskatchewan, Canada, died Sunday,
  Feb. 2, 1975, in Canora Union Hospital, where he had been a patient
  since October.  Born April 18, 1882, in Milford Township, he was a son
  of the late Jacob S. and Susan (Boose) Phillippi.  He was preceded in
  death by his wife, the former Mlnnie Lephart, in 1971: also three
  brothers and two sisters.  Surviving are a son, Ralph, of Donwell,
  Canada; three daughters, Mrs. Otto Barschel, of Winnipeg, Manitoba;
  Mrs. Marvin Sine, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: and Mrs. Harry Street,
  Sllver Spring, Md.; also six grandchildren and six
  great-grandchildren.  Mr. Phillippi spent his early life in the
  Rockwood community.  In 1907 he went to Canada to homestead in the
  Donwell district, and returned to Rockwood in 1914, when he married
  Minnie Lephart.  Following their marriage, they went to his homestead.
  Funeral service was held last Saturday in Wilbur D. Miller Funeral
  Home is Somerset, with Bev. C. L. Rummel officiating.  Interment in
  Somerset County Memorial Park.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, February 13, 1973
  
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