BLAIRSVILLE — A tiny Western Pennsylvania church is stunned by the largess of a frugal farmer who left the congregation more than $2 million when he died.

Hopewell United Methodist Church in Indiana County inherited the estate of John Ferguson, a farmer from Burrell Township.

Ferguson wore faded overalls and lived in a mobile home surrounded by rusty farm equipment. But he built a small fortune through stock and energy investments before dying in January 2007 at the age of 71.

He left it all to the church, which has just 80 members. The gift has been in probate during the past two years.

Hopewell pastor Jason McQueen says a panel of congregation members will choose projects annually to be funded from income generated by Ferguson's estate.