OBIT: David Henry BAIR, 1937, Littlestown, Adams County, PA

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Nonagenarian Dies Near Littlestown
Handwritten Date of 1937

David Henry Bair, Retired Farmer, Taken By Death - Funeral Services Wednesday

David Henry Bair, nonagenarian, died Sunday afternoon at 4.50 o'clock, at the 
home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown, Littlestown RD 
2.  Mr. Bair who was a retired farmer, was aged 90 years.  He was a son of the 
late George D. and Polly Hahn Bair, and was born October 6, 1846.  His wife, who 
before marriage was Anna Mary Myers, preceded him in death about forty years 
ago.  Surviving him are eight children, Mrs. John Clouser, Littlestown RD; 
William H. Bair, Hanover; Mrs. Joseph Brown, with whom he resided, H. Clinton 
Bair and Theodore f. Bair, Keymar, Md.; Mrs. Thomas Koontz, Kingsdale.  Mrs. 
John Thomas and Mrs. Lewis Hoffheins, Hanover; eighteen grandchildren and 
twenty-three great-grandchildren.  He was a life-long member of St. 
Bartholomew's Lutheran church.  The funeral will be held Wednesday morning, 
meeting at the J. W. Little & Son funeral home, Littlestown, at 9.30 o'clock.  
Further services will be conducted in St. Bartholomew's Union church.  His 
minister, the Rev. A. M. Hollinger, pastor of the West Manheim Lutheran charge, 
will officiate.  Burial will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.  
Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.