OBIT: Edgar William "Slim" SWEARMAN, 1988, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDGAR W. SWEARMAN
  
    Edgar William "Slim" Swearman, 76, of 220 East Berlin Road, York
  Springs, died Sept. 22, 1988, at Carlisle Hospital, after being in
  failing health the last several months.
    He was born in Summit Mills, August 13, 1912, the son of the late
  Frederick Joseph and Alice (Bender) Swearman.  He was preceded in
  death by his wife, the former Anna Katherine Shultz, who died July
  23, 1965.
    He is survived by five children: Mrs. George T. (Joyce Marie)
  Topper, Jr., Abbottstown RD 1; Edgar J., York Springs; Russell E.,
  Biglerville; Robert D., East Berlin, and Elwood R., York Springs;
  eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and two sisters: Anna
  Sellers-Judy and Hilda Swearman, both of Meyersdale.
    He was employed by Duffy-Mott, Inc. for 19 years before retiring in
  1977.  Former resident of Somerset County.  He and his family
  re-located to Adams County in the late 1950's.
    Services were held Sept. 26 at the Dugan Funeral Home, Inc.,
  Bendersville, the Rev. Theodore E. Bowers, pastor of the Zwingli
  United Church of Christ of East Berlin, officiating.  Interment,
  Bendnersville [sic?] Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, October 6, 1988
  
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