OBIT: Donald Jay POORBAUGH, 2001, Berlin RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  POORBAUGH
  
    Donald Jay Poorbaugh, 64, quietly passed away from us at his home
  outside of Berlin on Jan. 31, 2001, at 2:10 a.m.  He was born on
  April 8, 1936, to the late Freeman and Mary (Miller) Poorbaugh of
  Dividing Ridge.  He was predeceased by an infant brother Robert.  He
  was the loving husband for 39 years of Barbara Jane (Glessner). 
  Beloved father of Scott, married to Jeannette, Allison Park; Gail
  Lyn, Butler; and Eric, married to Tammy, Monroeville.  Grandfather of
  Tanner Russell Clark (9), Jane Louise Poorbaugh (6), Thomas Michael
  Poorbaugh (2), and Alexandra Dawn Poorbaugh (3 months).  Brother of
  Betty Smith and Peggy Bowser, both of Berlin; William, married to
  Virginia, Cleveland, Ohio; Richard, married to Catherine, Somerset;
  and Beverly, married to Max Ashby, Garland, Texas.  He was a graduate
  of Berlin-Brothersvalley Joint High School, class of 1954, and was
  president of his junior and senior class.  He graduated from the
  former Indiana State College, Indiana, Pa., with a bachelor's degree
  in Mathematics Education in August of 1961.  He served in the U.S.
  Army from Jan. 5, 1962, through Aug. 20, 1963, and then served in the
  Army Reserve until Aug. 19, 1967.  He was a retired high school
  mathematics and computer science teacher with 30 years of service at
  Berlin-Brothersvalley High School.  Over the years he coached girls
  volleyball and girls basketball.  He was a member and former deacon
  of Trinity United Church of Christ, Berlin; a member of the Mountain
  Field & Stream Club, Roxbury; the NRA; and member and past commander
  of American Legion Post 445, Berlin.  He was an avid outdoorsman and
  hunter.  He has left behind many good friends, students and a loving
  family.  He will be greatly missed.  Family will receive friends from
  2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin.  Memorial
  service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity United Church of
  Christ, Berlin, with Rev. Charles Dunn officiating.  Memorial
  contributions may be made in his name to In-Touch Hospice, 1590 N.
  Center Ave., Suite 111, Somerset, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, February 1, 2001
  
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