OBIT: Richard Lee BAER, 1997, Fairhope RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ BAER Richard Lee Baer, 82, of Fairhope RD 1, died Feb. 26, 1997, at home. Born July 30, 1914, in Allegheny Township. Son of Wilson and Alice (Ringler) Baer. Preceded in death by parents; first wife, the former Cora Lowery; a daughter Jennet Hersh, and four sisters. Survived by his wife of 54 years, the former Mary Day, and these children: Mrs. Robert (Ida) Holler of Buffalo Mills; Roger, married to the former Darlene Linger, of Oak Hill, Tenn.; John of Fairhope RD 1; Larry, married to the former Erica Kott of Chicago, Ill.; Geraldine Shumaker of Rockwood; Mrs. Paul (Maryalice) Danko, Munroe Falls, Ohio; Shirley Rose, Berlin; Carol Zeller of Huntingdon, and Henry, married to the former Sarah Rose, of Kokomo, Ind.; 37 grandchildren; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren. Retired auto mechanic. Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, with Rev. Sherman Berkey officiating. Interment, Mount Zion Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to Somerset "In Touch" Hospice. Daily American, February 28, 1997 [B0082]