OBIT: Willard L. "Barney" WENRICH, 1990, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WILLARD L. WENRICH Willard L. "Barney" Wenrich, 83, of 102 Weigand Drive, LaVale, MD; formerly of Ellerslie, MD, died Tuesday, July 31, 1990, at his residence. Born June 30, 1907, in Ellerslie, MD, he was the son of the late Orville and Emma Jane (Kennell) Wenrich. His first wife, Mary L. (Zimmerman) Wenrich, died Feb. 13, 1965. He was also preceded in death by one brother, three sisters, and a stepson. A lifetime member and an organist for the Ellerslie United Methodist Church, he was a retired insurance agent for the Home Beneficial Life Insurance Company, Cumberland, MD. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He is survived by his widow, Mary L. (Bittner) Wenrich; two daughters, Mrs. Ellen J. Scritchfield, Hyndman RD 1; and Mrs. Jean L. Cornell, Concord, Calif.; one stepson, Bill A. Vannetta, Cresaptown, MD; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Audrey Snyder, LaVale, MD; and Mrs. Barbara A. Smith, Cresaptown, MD; one sister, Mrs. Eleanor McDaniel, Winchester, Va.; and 17 grandchildren. Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where services were conducted Friday at 1 p.m. by the Rev. David J. Paul and the Rev. Roger E. Burtner. Interment, Porter Cemetery, near Ellerslie, MD. Grandsons served as pallbearers. The Republic, August 9, 1990 [W0889]