OBIT: John WILAND, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ JOHN WILAND John Wiland, 69, a Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., machinist and an Akron resident 20 years, died Wednesday, Nov. 10, at the City Hospital, Akron, after an illness of two weeks. He was born in Meyersdale and lived here until he went to Akron. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Husted; a son, Lester J., and a granddaughter, of Akron; also four brothers: Michael, Cyrus and Elias of Akron, and Henry of Maryland, and two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Brewer of Akron and Mrs. Bertha Weltner of California. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Billow chapel with the Rev. Leroy C. Henne officiating. Burial was made in Rose Hill Park. Meyersdale Republican, November 18, 1948