OBIT: Vincent H. WEGMAN, 1983, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  VINCENT H. WEGMAN
  
    Vincent H. Wegman, 68, 1516-A Old Towne Manor Apartments,
  Cumberland, Md., retired assistant fire chief for the Cumberland Fire
  Department, died July 10 at Memorial Hospital.
    Born June 22, 1915 in Cumberland, he was a son of the late Edward
  Wegman and Lena C. (Post) Wegman.
    He was retired from the Cumberland Fire Department and was a member
  of the National Fire Prevention Marshals of North America.  He started
  with the Fire Department April 23, 1910.  Mr. Wegman was promoted to
  assistant fire chief and served in that capacity for 22 years until
  his retirement six years ago.  He was in charge, of the Fire
  Protection Bureau.  His father also served with the Fire Department
  and was fire chief in 1912.
    Mr. Wegman was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and a
  graduate of LaSalle Institute.  He was a member of Cumberland Council
  586, Knights of Columbus, the Cumberland Outdoor Club, and was an
  Army veteran of World War II.  He was a member of the Catholic War
  Veterans and Henry Hart Post 1411, VFW.
    He is survived by his widow, Edith (Digman) Wegman; one son, Thomas
  V. Wegman, Grantsville, Md.; four daughters, Mrs. Carol Ann Horn,
  Cumberland, Md.; Miss Jean Wegman, at home; Mrs. Janet Lepley,
  Cresaptown, Md., and Mrs. Mary K. Broome, Grantsville, Md.; nine
  grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home.  A mass of
  Christian burial was held July 13 at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic
  Church, with interment in St. Mary's Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, July 14, 1983
  
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