OBIT: Van G. CHAPMAN, 1984, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ CHAPMAN Van G. Chapman, 79, New Castle, died Aug. 21, 1984, in Grove City Hospital. Born May 3, 1905, in Pittsburgh, son of William and Mary (Van Gorder) Chapman. Would have been married to Vida May Houk 51 years on Sept. 25. Retired from U.S. Steel in 1969. An elder and deacon in Castlewood Christian Missionary Alliance Church. Survived by wife; daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Marlene) J. Gotjen, Confluence; two sons, Melford R. and William C., both of New Castle; and 10 grandchildren. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday, at the Tanner-Reynolds Mortuary, 1102 Highland Ave., New Castle. Friends received from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the Castlewood C.M.A. Church. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday, the Rev. Hiram Westover officiating. Interment, Harmony Baptist Cemetery, New Castle. Daily American, August 23, 1984 [C0294]