OBIT: Harvey O. WAHL, 1998, native of Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
    
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    HARVEY WAHL
    
      Harvey O. Wahl, 69, of Michigan City, Ind., died Wednesday, July
  8, 1998, at his home.
      Born Jan. 20, 1929, in Meyersdale, he was a son of the late
  Walter and Olive (Geiger) Wahl.  He was also preceded in death by a
  grandson, James Wahl, in 1996.
      Mr. Wahl is survived by his wife, the former Mary M. Lepley, whom
  he married Jan. 9, 1950, in Cumberland, Md.
      He is also survived by these sons: John and wife, Luann, LaPorte,
  Ind.; Rodney, Bridgman, Mich.; and Grant and wife, Mary Ann, Michigan
  City, Ind; daughters: Rhonda (Mrs. Terry) Henderson, Michigan City,
  Ind.; Valerie (Mrs. David) Mokrycki, St. Charles, Ill.; and Doreen
  Hammill, Raleigh, N.C.
      Additionally, Mr. Wahl is survived by these brothers: Walter and
  wife, Mary, Frederick, Md.; Myrel and wife Rita, Meyersdale; and
  Calvin and wife, Barbara, Texas.  He is survived by, sisters: Donna
  Kean Kichner, Thomas, Pa.; Clara Bittner and husband, Ike,
  Meyersdale; and Marie Klink, also of Meyersdale.  He is also survived
  by 11 grandchildren.
      Mr. Wahl retired as a maintenance foreman from Bethlehem Steel. 
  He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict as a chief
  petty officer on the U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts.  He was a member of
  the Shriner's through the Orak Shrine; was a lay minister at
  Hillcrest United Methodist Church; was a member of the Masonic Lodge;
  and enjoyed motorcycles and his family.
      Memorial services were held July 10 by the Masonic Lodge at the
    Hillcrest United Methodist Church.  Rev. Larry Trueblood
  officiated.  Interment, Swan Lake Memorial Gardens.
    
    The New Republic, July 6, 1998
    
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