OBIT: Howard E. WELLER, 1942, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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HOWARD E. WELLER

  The funeral of Howard E. Weller, 53, of Berlin, who died in the Windber 
Hospital Thursday night, Nov. 12, 1942, was held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at his home 
with the Rev. Robert Naugle of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating, assisted by 
the Rev. N. V. Leatherman, pastor of the Brethren Church of Berlin.  Burial was 
in the Odd Fellow's Cemetery with a military service by Harry Fisher Post 445, 
American Legion.  He was ill only two weeks.
  Mr. Weller was a master baker by trade, people coming from miles away for his 
products.  He learned the trade prior to his entry into the World War and 
studied artistic baking while in France with the American forces.
  Following the war he returned to America and established a business in Berlin, 
20 years ago.  Mr. Weller's ability as a baker was known throughout western 
Pennsylvania and many sections of Maryland.
  Mr. Weller also took a keen interest in church and civic affairs.  He was a 
frequent contributor to charitable institutions and much of his surplus baked 
goods found their way into homes of needy and institutions in the county.
  A son of William and Hanner (Hinemeyer) Weller, he was born in Somerset County 
March 25, 1889.  During World War I Mr. Weller enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah, 
May 7, 1917.  He saw service along the Mexican border and later in France, where 
he was attached to headquarters detachment.  He received his honorable discharge 
from the army at Camp Dix, N.J., in August, 1919.
  Surviving are his aged mother, Mrs. Minnie Weller, 91, who resides at the home 
of her son here; his wife, Mrs. Josephine (Brant) Weller; a daughter Josephine 
Weller, at home, and a brother, Harry Weller, Youngstown, O.  The deceased was a 
member of the Harry Fisher Post No. 445, American Legion of Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, November 19, 1942