OBIT: Reon D. WILLS, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WILLS
  
    Reon D. Wills, 86, of Stepping Stones Road, Somerset, died Jan. 5,
  1997, in Windber Hospital.  He was a resident of Meadow View Nursing
  Home, Berlin.  Born Feb. 11, 1910, in Brothersvalley Township.  Son
  of the late Weldon and Estella (Ringler) Will [sic?].  Preceded in
  death by wife, Goldie Hoffman Wills; mother-in-law and father-in-law,
  Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hoffman; sister, Marion Brant; brothers, Cloyd and
  Arthur Wills, sister-in-law, Maude Wills; niece, Shirley Wills
  Zimmerman, and brother-in-law, Paul Brant.  Survived by daughter,
  Ruby, and her husband, Niel R. Miller, Somerset; sister-in-law,
  Gladys Wills (Mrs. Cloyd), Somerset; nieces, nephews, great-nieces,
  great-nephews and great-great-nieces and nephews.  Owned and operated
  his own farms in Somerset area for many years.  Manager of Carbon Hall
  Farms, Samos, Va., 1940s; Maple Ridge Farms, Somerset, 1950s and
  1960s; Peter Pan Farms, Hickory, Pa., Farmers Delight Dairy Farms,
  Leechburg, Pa., Carlsburg Brewery Horse Farms, Schaumburg, Canada,
  and retired from DeVilbiss Healthcare, Somerset.  A charter member of
  Somerset County Horse and Mule Association.  Somerset County Saddle
  Horse Assn., Tri County Horse and Mule Assoc., Meyersdale Fair Board,
  Appalachian Wagon Train.  Belgian Draft Horse Assoc.  Member of
  Somerset Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1801.  His life was devoted
  to the love of horses and all horse events.  Member of Mt. Calvary
  Lutheran Church, Lavansville.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday (today) in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral
  Home, where service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Pastor
  James Meyers officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial
  Park.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Somerset
  Humane Society, Somerset RD 3, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, January 7, 1997
  
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