OBIT: William WILAND, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ WILLIAM WILAND William Wiland, aged 63 years, died suddenly while at work at the Potter sawmill, on Tuesday, December 30. He was born on March 21, 1878, in Lonaconing, Md., the son of William and Jane (Tomson) Wiland. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elenora Wiland, and four daughters, Mrs. Sam Herwig, Meyersdale; Mrs. Lloyd Koontz, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Chester Ellenberger, Akron, O.; Mrs. Albert Woner, Meyersdale; one son, William C., Jr., at home, six sons, Michael, John, Jerry, Eli and Cyrus, Akron, Ohio, and Henry, Lonaconing, Md.; three sisters, Mrs. Albert Richardson, Mrs. Harold Calloway, and Mrs. Robert Welton, Akron, Ohio, and fifteen grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on January 2, at one p.m., at the family home in Trans-Meyersdale, conducted by Rev. DeWitt L. Miller, pastor of the Church of the Brethren. Interment will be made in Union Cemetery under the direction of W. C. Price & Son, local morticians. Meyersdale Republican, January 1, 1942