OBIT: Harry Elwood STERN, 2000, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  STERN
  
    Harry Elwood Stern, 88, of Somerset, died Sept. 26, 2000, at
  Somerset Hospital.  Born May 10, 1912, in Somerset Township, son of
  Joseph Franklin and Stella Grace (Friedline) Stern.  Preceded in
  death by parents; son Edgar Paul Stern; sisters Nancy Briar, Melda
  Phillippi, Bessie and Ruth Stern and Evelyn Berkey; and brothers
  Edmund, Jacob, Ross and Paul Stern.  Survived by wife, the former
  Nelma Jean Leaphart, to whom he was married for 58 years; children
  Mrs. Ronald L. (Donna) Deaner of Somerset and Mrs. George E. (Esther)
  Dively of Friedens; and three grandchildren Dawn M. Woolston, Chad E.
  Dively and Joshua E. Dively.  1930 graduate of Somerset High
  School.  54-year member of Bethany United Methodist Church, where he
  taught Sunday School, served as lay leader, choir member, president,
  vice president, secretary and treasurer of United Methodist Men's
  Group, and president of Sunday School Association and numerous other
  church committees.  World War II veteran, U.S. Army.  Member of
  NARFE, American Legion Post 554.  Previously employed by the former
  White Tail Feed, Beritts Feed Stores and school bus driver for
  McNelly Bus Co., all of Somerset.  Former tax collector for Somerset
  Township.  Retired in 1977 from Somerset Post Office with 30 years
  service.  Honored in 1999 as a member of the Pa. Voters Hall of Fame
  for Somerset County.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and
  2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home,
  Somerset, where services will be conducted 10 a.m. Saturday, with the
  Revs. Barry K. Ritenour, Don Krestar and Sherman Berkey officiating. 
  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  Contributions may be made
  to the Bethany United Methodist Church, 204 W. Bakersville-Edie Rd.,
  Somerset, Pa. 15501.
  
  Daily American, September 28, 2000
  
  [S2943 & S2944]