Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Huhn, Homer, Jr. October 19, 2001
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Latrobe Bulletin Sat, Oct 20, 2001 ·Page 2
Homer Huhn Jr., 83, of Latrobe died Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, in Latrobe Area
Hospital. He was born June 3, 1918, in Uniontown, a son of the late Homer and
Nellie (Hostetler) Huhn. Homer was a 1938 graduate of the former Hurst High
School in Mount Pleasant Township and attended the Pennsylvania State
University. He owned and operated a textile service firm in Mount Pleasant until
1955 when he became tax clerk of Westmoreland County, where he established the
county's first mechanized tax writing system. He became chief clerk and
secretary of the Board of County Commissioners in 1964 and the board's
administrative assistant in 1968. He also served as vice chairman of the
Westmoreland County Municipal Water Authority, organized and served as president
of the State Association of County Clerks and County Commissioners, and was a
member of the State Association of Secretaries. Homer was very active with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks beginning with his initiation into the
Mount Pleasant BPOE Lodge 868 in 1941, being elected exalted ruler of the lodge
in 1952, serving as trustee until 1955 and then lodge secretary for 11 years. He
then became active in the Pennsylvania State Elks Association, serving as
district treasurer, district president, and chairman of the District Advisory
Committee. He was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Elks Association
in 1964 and became state association secretary in 1966. In 1971 Homer was named
to the position of grand secretary of the National Benevolent and Protective
Order of the Elks, at that time serving over 1.6 million members. He continued
in that function until 1977, when he was elected leader of the order, grand
exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the United
States of America. Locally, Homer was a member of Charter Oak United Methodist
Church, Unity Township, the Marion Lodge 562 F & AM in Scottdale and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 386. In addition to his parents, he was
preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Mertz. He is survived by his loving wife of
over 59 years, Josephine Hydock Huhn; his brother, Herman Huhn (and his wife,
Louise) of Latrobe; three sisters, Ella Mae Tepper (and her husband, Tom) of
Latrobe, Mable Watson (and her husband, Charles) of Toms River, NJ, and Roberta
Elleard of Richmond, Va., and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be
received 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in Hartman-
Graziano Funeral Home Inc., 1500 Ligonier St., Latrobe. Funeral service will be
held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with his pastor, the Rev. Dr.
David A. Eversdyke, officiating. Interment will follow in Unity Cemetery, Unity
Township. 

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