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Harold J. Berdine

Harold J. “Huck” Berdine, 76, of Scenery Hill, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, in Washington Hospital.

He was born September 11, 1936, in Herrods Run, a son of the late Patrick and Goldie May DeBolt Berdine.

Mr. Berdine was a 1955 graduate of Washington High School.

For more than 25 years, he was employed as an X-ray technician for Centerville Clinic and Brownsville General Hospital. For more than 10 years, he was employed by Bethlehem Mines Corp. at its Ellsworth and Eighty Four mines.

He was a member of Abundant Life Baptist Church of Washington and United Mine Workers of America.

Mr. Berdine enjoyed his grandchildren and was very interested in their schooling and watching their sporting events.

He enjoyed genealogy and was an avid reader and history buff and volunteered at Washington Christian Outreach.

On March 9, 1956, he married Nancy Jean Cancelmi, who died June 22, 2006.

Surviving are a daughter, Diana Lynn Bushmire (Tom) of West Alexander; two sons, Michael A. Berdine (Jennifer) of Steamboat Springs, Colo., and Patrick J. Berdine (Jamie) of Moon Township; four grandchildren, Jacquiline Derisio, Leah, Nicholas and Alexis Berdine; three sisters, Betty Thomas of Wilbraham, Mass., Pauline Glover of Mt. Pleasant and Irene Ladis of Shelton, Conn.; a brother, Kenneth Berdine of Burgettstown; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to his parents and wife, are a sister, Vera Stephenson, and a brother, Loyal Berdine.

Friends will be received from 10 to 11 a.m., the hour of a memorial service, Thursday, March 21, in John B. Greenlee Funeral Home, 2830 Main Street, Beallsville, with Pastor George A. Garancosky Jr. officiating. Interment will be private. A guest book and personal condolences may be accessed at www.GreenleeFuneralHome.com.

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