OBIT: Homer O. WILAND, 1973, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOMER O. WILAND
  
    Homer O. Wiland, 75, of Republic (Fayette County) died Oct. 8,
  1973, at Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born Oct. 20, 1897, in
  Meyersdale, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wiland.  He was
  preceded in death by his parents; brothers, William and Frank; and
  sister, Margaret.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Alice Duggan, and five children,
  Robert and Homer, of Warren, Ohio; Mrs. Tony (Mae) Tadj of Cleveland,
  Ohio; James of Republic; and Mrs. Thomas Arlene) Duda, of Hacienda
  Heights, Calif.; 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; a sister,
  Mrs. Hugh (Catherine) Houston, Gettysburg; and a foster sister, Mrs.
  Theodore (Mildred) Baer, Meyersdale.
    He was a veteran of World War I, a member of Charles E. Kelly Post
  112, Meyersdale, for 48 years, and was a member of the first Kelly
  Drum and Bugle Corps in 1928.  He was a member of the Church of
  Christ in Republic.
    Funeral service was held Oct. 11 in the Carlo J. Marucci Funearal
  [sic] Home in Republic, with Rev. Roger V. Mize officiating.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, October 18, 1973
  
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