OBIT:  Rev. Paul Wesley DOUGLASS, 1996, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  DOUGLASS
  
    Rev. Paul Wesley Douglass, D.D., 69, of Somerset, died April 24, 1996, at
  his residence.  Born March 5, 1927 in Elizabeth, Pa.  Son of Rev. Nelson
  McCune and Isabelle (Stinogle) Douglass.  Preceded in death by parents;
  brothers, Vernon H. Douglass and Elijah P. Douglass.  Survived by wife, the
  former Violet Lorraine Sweeney, to whom he was married for 45 years, and
  these children: Mrs. Terry L. (Faith Pauline) Elkins, Rochester, MI; Paul
  W. Douglass H [sic], married to the former Patricia Campbell, Lusby, Md.;
  grandchildren: Garrett and Shayne  Douglass; mother-in-law, Tressa Sweeney,
  New Eagle.  Brother of Nelson H. Douglass, Newport News, Va.; Robert S.
  Douglass, Port Richey, Fla.; Samuel W. Douglass, Pittsburgh; Charles
  Douglas, Spring Grove; Leonard M. Douglass, Clairton; Mrs. Charles (Grace)
  Pierce, Monongahela;  Mrs. James (Isabelle) Musser, Beaver; Mrs. George
  (Margaret) Robbie and Mrs. Ralph (Sylvia) Motter, both of Monaca.  Member
  of Confluence Church of the Nazarene.  U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. 
  Graduate of Elizabeth-Taylor Alderdice High School.  Received bachelor of
  arts degree from Pacific Western University, master of arts degree from
  International Baptist Seminary, and doctor of theology and doctor of
  divinity degrees from International Bible Institute and Seminary.  Past
  president of Mercer, Philipsburg and Somerset ministeriums.  Trustee of
  Pennsylvania Council for Alcohol Problems, and Pennsylvania Council for
  Education of Drugs and Alcohol.  Trustee of Somerset Food Pantry.  Member 
  of Somerset Kiwanis, Somerset Amateur Radio Club.  Former pastor of
  Congregational United Church of Christ of Charleroi and had pastored at 
  the Churches of the Nazarene of Arona, Mercer, Waltersburg, Philipsburg,
  Somerset, and Ebensburg.  Had been interim pastor at the Christian &
  Missionary Alliance Church of Gray prior to retirement.  Friends will be
  received from 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home,
  Somerset.  Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at the Somerset
  Church of the Nazarene, with the Rev. Dr. J. Roy Fuller, Rev. John Buchko
  and Rev Thomas Charles officiating.  Interment, Monongahela Cemetery. 
  Contributions may be made to Gideons International, PO Box 31, Friedens.
  
  Daily American, April 25, 1996
  
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