OBIT: James R. WHITFORD Jr., 1989, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES R. WHITFORD
  
    James R. Whitford Jr., 69, died Monday, Dec. 11, 1989, at Memorial
  Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born in Meyersdale on Feb. 4, 1920, he was the son of the late
  James R. Whitford Sr. and Elizabeth M. (Shumaker) Whitford.
    He served as an Army staff sergeant in World War II.  He was a
  retired self employed automobile mechanic, and had attended the Comps
  Church and was a social member of Oscar Jordan Post 7375, Veterans of
  Foreign Wars, Hyndman; a life member of the Kennells Mills
  Sportsmen's Club; and a past member of the Hyndman Volunteer Fire
  Company.
    Survivors include three sons, James R., Whitford III, Mark A.
  Headley, and Shane R. Whitford, all of Hyndman; three daughters,
  Betty Ann Whitford, Hagerstown, Md.; Susan E. Bridges, Winchester,
  Va.; and Connie L. Whitford, Manns Choice RD 1; one brother, Donald
  Whitford, Buffalo Mills RD 1; one sister, Marian Via, Albuquerque, N.
  Mex.; 10 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
  Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home.
    Services will follow in the Hyndman Cemetery.  Military honors and
  pallbearers will be provided by Oscar Jordan VFW Post and the Fort
  Bedford Honor Guard.
  
  The Republic, December  14, 1989
  
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