OBIT: Robert E. "Hank" SEMBOWER, Sr., 2001, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SEMBOWER
  
    Robert E. "Hank" Sembower Sr., 77, of Somerset died Jan. 23, 2001,
  at Somerset Hospital.  Born April 25, 1923 in Markleton, he is the
  son of the late William Francis and Grace (Boyer) Sembower.  Also
  preceded in death by his wife Anna Louise (McFarland) Sembower,
  brothers: Harry Earl "Nook," Maurice, Adam, Harold, Leonard, William
  Jr., Ray and John, sister: Helen Clay.  Survived by: sons, Robert E.
  Sembower Jr., married to the former Lois A. Whipkey of Somerset and
  James E. Sembower, married to the former Rosemarie Easton of
  Rockwood; four beautiful grandchildren, Carrie Grace Baumgardner,
  Jordan Jon Robert Sembower, Adam James Sembower, and Kelli Rose
  Sembower; brother Maynard Sembower of Rockwood, and sister Sara
  Mullaney of Cumberland, Md.  Member of the Somerset Church of the
  Brethren, Great Valley F&AM Lodge #178 of Great Valley, N.Y.,
  Harrisburg Consistory, Rockwood American Legion Post 279, FOE 1801,
  and Kings Mountain Senior Golf League.  Life member of the Rockwood
  Volunteer Fire Department and was inducted into the Somerset County
  Old Timers Baseball Hall of Fame in October of last year.  U.S. Army
  Veteran of World War II, serving in the European and Pacific
  Theaters.  Retired Road Foreman of Engines for the Chessie Railroad
  System.  Friends received 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Robert H.
  Halverson Funeral home, Somerset, where services will be held at
  10:30 a.m. Friday with Rev. Mark Bendes officiating.  Interment in
  the Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.  Family suggests contributions be made to
  the Somerset Church of the Brethren, 303 S. Center Ave., Somerset, Pa.
  15501.
  
  Daily American, January 25, 2001
  
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