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Death

Fulton County News __________Frank Earnest Bard, 73, of Route 2, Warfordsburg, PA., died Tuesday, June 27, 1995, at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA.Born April 8, 1922, in Pleasant Ridge, Fulton County, PA., he was the son of the late Oliver and Nellie Mellott Bard.He was a retired farmer.He was a member of the Jerusalem Christian Church, Warfordsburg, and was a church deacon, a Sunday school teacher for more than 40 years, and Sunday school superintendent.He was president of Bedford-Fulton County Christian Conference for 30 years.He was an officer of A.S.G.S. in Fulton County for 25 years.He is survived by hi wife , Ina M. Garland Bard, whom he married December 31, 1941; two daughters: Vesta Steeb of Fort Collins, Colo., and Reba Geist of Warfordsburg; six sons: Delmas Bard, Lauren Bard, Denvin Bard and Lynn Bard all of Warfordsburg, Forrest Bard of Westford, Mass., and Carter Bard of Herdon, VA.; a sister: Georgia Decker of Harrisonville, PA.; four brothers: Michael Bard of Orbisonia, PA.; Raymond Bard of Philadelphia; Wayne Bard and Gerald Bard, both of Warfordsburg; 25 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.He was preceded in death by two sisters, three brothers, and a stepmother, Elizabeth Strait Bard.Services were held at 11: AM Monday, July 3, at Jerusalem Christian Church in Warfordsburg, with the Rev. Delmas Bard assisted by the Rev. Karl Shuck and pastors of the Bedford-Fulton County Christian onference. Burial was made in the church cemetery.Arrangements were by Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home Inc., Harrisonville, PA.Memorial donations may be made to Gideon's International, Box 642, McConnellsburg, PA. 17233.This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/