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Harold Mason Boram, age 88 of Wheeling passed to his eternal home on Friday, March 15, 2019. He was born on August 7, 1930 in Clarksburg, WV; the son of the late Grant Boram and Leora Belle Dunlap Boram. Harold was a graduate of Washington Irving High School in Clarksburg and received an undergraduate degree in Business from Salem University and a graduate degree in Education from West Virginia University. He was a veteran of the Korean War serving near Seoul, Korea. After the war, he was employed by the corporate headquarters of Hazel-Atlas Glass in Wheeling. He became a teacher for Ohio County Schools and taught in several schools including Clay, Wheeling High School, and finishing his career at Wheeling Park High School as chairman of the Social Studies Department. He was an active member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church; where he served in various servant leadership positions including Lay Leader and President of United Methodist Men. Harold was a member of the Wheeling Area Gideon’s, distributing the word of the Lord and serving God through his membership in the organization.. He volunteered for the Seeing Hand Association, Wheeling for over twenty years; contributing his time as an assistant for bowling and a camp counselor. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 62 ½ years, Naoma Boram, who went to her external home on February 24, 2019; sisters, Ruth Norris and Dorothy Stanley; brothers–in-law, Cline Norris, Everett Stanley, and Noel and Nelson Hardman; sister-in-law, Nina Pasternak. Surviving are his daughter, Laura (Greg) Rafa of Wheeling; his son, Brent Boram of Reader, WV; five grandchildren, Ryan and Megan Rafa, Abbey, Jenna and Garrett Boram all of Wheeling; brother-in-law, Norman (Sandy) Hardman of Lumberport, WV; sisters-in-law, Nancy and Carolyn Hardman of Clarksburg, WV; and various nieces and nephews. There will be no visitation, private interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery at the convenience of the family. A Memorial Service in Harold’s honor will be held on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 2:00pm at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, 500 Fairmont Pike Road, Wheeling with Reverends Keith and April Forkey officiating. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial contributions to Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church Building Fund, or Gideon’s International, P.O. Box 48, Wheeling, WV 26003. Arrangements entrusted to Grisell Funeral Home & Crematory, Bethlehem.

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Harold Mason Boram

August 7, 1930 - March 15, 2019