OBIT: Barbara Joan (FREELAND) VANDERVORT, 2003, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ VANDERVORT Barbara Joan Vandervort, 67, of Somerset died Nov. 4, 2003 at her residence. Born Nov. 14, 1935 in Barrackville, W.Va., the daughter of Rev. Earl Walter and Freda Pauline (Johnston) Freeland of Portsmouth, Va. Preceded in death by brother Earl Freeland. Survived by husband Rev. James Edward Vandervort to whom she celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 28, 2003; children Ms. Karen Sue Zimmerman of Somerset, Gary Edward Vandervort married to the former Mary Jean England of Carrick; four grandchildren Erica Rae and Tobi James Zimmerman, Melissa Marie and Anthony James Vandervort. Brothers James Freeland and wife Judy of Clearfield, Robert Freeland and wife Kathy of Portsmouth, Va.; sister-in-law Joyce Freeland of Hampton, Va. A member of Somerset Alliance church and a 1953 graduate of Bradford, High School. Funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday at Somerset Alliance Church with the Rev. William P. Wood, Rev. Scott Ream, Rev. Ben DeStefano and Rev. Sherman Berkey officiating. Friends will be received following the service in the fellowship hall. Private interment Somerset County Memorial Park. Contributions may be given to Somerset "In Touch" Hospice, 1590 N. Center Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501 or Somerset Alliance Church, 708 Stoystown Road, Somerset, Pa. 15501. Arrangements by the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home. Somerset. Daily American, November 6, 2003 [V0026]