OBIT: Donald A. "Dat" THOMAS, 1986, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  DONALD A. THOMAS 
  
  Donald A. (Dat) Thomas, 75, of Second Avenue, Hyndman, died Monday, May 5,
  1986 at the hospice unit of Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.  Born
  June 7, 1910 in Hyndman, he was a son of the late James N. Thomas and Ethel
  (Rice) Thomas.  He retired in 1976 after 24 years as a custodian in the
  Hyndman school system.  Before that he worked at the Amcelle plant of the
  Celanese Corporation near Cumberland, Md., for 17 years.  He was a member of
  the governing board of the Hyndman Cemetery Association and was an avid
  hunter.  Surviving are his widow, the former Elizabeth M. Shaffer; one son,
  Neil D. Thomas, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; two daughters, Mrs. E. Ann Evans and Mrs.
  Kay A. Diehl, both of Hyndman; 12 grandchildren and three
  great-grandchildren; two brothers, Kenneth Thomas, Hyndman; Allan Thomas,
  Fort Wayne, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Mildred Evans, Hyndman RD; Mrs. Marian
  Kerns, Hyndman.  Friends will be received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral
  Home, Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  Services will be conducted at the
  funeral home Thursday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. James H. Simpson.  Interment
  will be in the Hyndman Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, May 8, 1986
  
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