OBIT: David POPE, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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DAVID POPE

  David Pope, 91, retired farmer, died at his home near Guntertown on Saturday, 
January 5.  He was the son of the late Dorothy Fisher and Phillip Pope and was 
born February 22, 1854, at Wright's Crossing, near Frostburg.
  Mr. Pope moved to Garrett County at the age of eight years and resided on the 
same farm till his death.  He married Miss Elizabeth Bonig of Grantsville, who 
passed away several years ago.  Five children were born to this union: Harry 
Pope, Grantsville; Mrs. Jesse Merrill, Avilton; Mrs. Cecil Michael and Mrs. 
Orville Crowe, both of Frostburg; 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Pope was the last surviving member of his family, and was a member of the 
Grantsville Lutheran Church for 82 years.
  Funeral services were held in Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Monday afternoon.  
Rev. George Bowersox, assisted by Rev. Charles Sisk, officiated.  The pall 
bearers were grandsons of the deceased patriarch - Glenn Durst, Robert and 
William Merrill, Kenneth Crowe, Scott and Harry Pope.  Interment in the 
adjoining cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, January 10, 1946