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- CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Alvey S. Baer, 90, of Menno-Haven, formerly of Maugansville, died Friday, July 13, 2001, at Chambersburg Hospital.
Born June 16, 1911, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Abram H. and Amanda C. Showalter Baer.
His wife, Elizabeth H. Kuhns Baer, whom he married Sept. 7, 1932, died July 23, 1995.
He was owner and operator of the former Cumberland Valley Hatchery in Maugansville from 1946 to 1956 and then worked in the office and in sales at the former Maugansville Elevator and Lumber Co., for 19 years.
He was a member of Mount Zion Mennonite Church near Boonsboro, where he taught Sunday School. He also was a member of Menno-Haven Fellowship.
He was a member of Maugansville Volunteer Fire Co. and had served on the board of Lancaster Mennonite High School in Lancaster, Pa.
He is survived by three daughters, Gladys M. Shank of Harrisonville, Va., Marie L. Davis of Fayetteville, Pa., and Esther J. Mast of East Petersburg, Pa.; two sons, Harold L. Baer of North Lima, Ohio, and David E. Baer of Maugansville; two sisters, Bertha E. Martin and Ida M. Schelle, both of Maugansville; a brother, Abram M. Baer, a resident of Penn Hall in Chambersburg; 17 grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Henry S. Baer, Irvin S. Baer, Melvin S. Baer and Leonard R. Baer, and a great-grandson.
Services will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Mount Zion Mennonite Church, 20544 Benevola Church Road in Boonsboro. The Revs. Roger I. Martin, Richard Oberholtzer, Darrell Baer and Sam Troyer will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, 45 S. Carlisle St., in Greencastle, Pa., and Monday at the church one hour prior to services.
There also will be a memorial service at Menno-Haven in Chambersburg Sunday at 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Benevolent Care Fund of Menno-Haven, 2075 Scotland Ave., Chambersburg, PA 17201; or to Maugansville Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 716, Maugansville, MD 21767.
(Herald-Mail obituary online: htt p://www.herald-mail.com/news/2001/07/13/lifestyle/wwwobits_for_7_14.html)
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