OBIT: Samuel R. PHILSON, 1983, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  PHILSON
  
  Samuel R. Philson, 72, of Meyersdale, died Feb. 2, 1983, in
  Meyersdale Community Hospital.  Born Nov. 5, 1910, in Meyersdale, a
  son of the late R.H. and Rebecca (Reger) Philson.  Surviyed by his
  widow, Althea Habel; one son and two daughters: Robert M., of
  Meyersdale; Nancy, wife of Donald J. Kopf, Sarasota, Fla.; and
  Rebecca, wife of Richard J. Diak, of Fort Mill, S.C.; three
  grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Margaret Shayer, Pittsburgh and
  Florida; and Mrs. Rebecca McClure, Salisbury and Florida.  He
  graduated from Meyersdale High School in 1928, Gettysburg College in
  1932, where he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and
  elected membership in the Phi Beta Kappa National Honorary
  Fraternity.  He did post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins Uniyersity for
  a year.  He was employed as a chemist for 12 years at the Texaco
  Research Laboratory, Beacon, N.Y.  In 1946, he and his wife, Althea,
  returned to Meyersdale when he was elected vice president of the
  Citizens National Bank.  After his father's death in 1959 he was
  elected president of the bank.  He was director of the Philson
  National Bank in Berlin.  He retired as president of the Citizens
  National Bank in 1980, but continued to serve on the board of
  directors of both banks.  He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church
  and served on the council for many years.  He was a charter member of
  the Meyersdale B.P.O.E. No. 1951, and a past exulted ruler of the
  lodge.  He was a member of all the Masonic bodies; past president of
  the Somerset County Bankers Association;  past president of the
  Meyersdale Rotary Club.  He served as a Boy Scoutmaster for many
  years.  He was the treasurer of Meyersdale Borough and active in the
  Meyersdale Development Association, and took part in many community
  projects.  Friends will be received in the Leckemby Funeral Home
  Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., where services will be Friday at 11
  a.m., with the Rev. Lloyd Wilson officiating.  Interment, Union
  Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations
  to the Zion Lutheran Church or the Meyersdale Public Library.
  
  Daily American, February 3, 1983
  
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