OBIT: Gary A. WILAND, 1985, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  GARY A. WILAND
  
    Gary A. Wiland, 39, of Lonaconing RD 1, Maryland, died suddenly
  Saturday, March 2, 1985, at his home.
    Born in Frostburg, Maryland, he was a son of Mrs. Ora (Garlitz)
  Wiland, with whom he resided, and the late Wilfred E. Wiland.
    He was formerly employed as a carpenter with the Davis Construction
  Company of Rockville.  He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and
  was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church; Carpenters Local 132,
  Washington, D.C.; Salisbury, Post 8826, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
  Earl H. Opel Post, American Legion, Salisbury.
    Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, Marlin Wiland
  and Walter Wiland, both of Lonaconing; Sylvan Wiland, Grantsville,
  Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Judy Broadwater, Frostburg, Maryland;
  Mrs. Mary Stark, Lonaconing.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville.
    Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at the old St. Ann's
  Catholic Church, by Father Gerald LaPorta.  Interment, parish
  cemetery.  Military honors were accorded by Salisbury VFW Post 8826.
    Pallbearers were Eddie Weimer, Gary Lawson, Tim Mazer, Ronald Hetz,
  Gerald Miller and Ralph McKenzie.
  
  The Republic, March 7, 1985
  
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