OBIT: Sylvester BAER, 1941, native of Somerset County, PA

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SYLVESTER BAER

  Sylvester Baer, aged 60 years, 2 months and two days, died at his home at 505 
Main Street, on Sunday, August 10, 1941, at 4:10 a.m., following a brief 
illness.  Mr. Baer, who retired some years ago, was formerly employed as a truck 
driver for the Atlantic Refining Company.  He was born in Somerset County on 
June 10, 1881, a son of Peter D. Baer and the late Harriet (Judy) Baer.  
  Mr. Baer is survived by his wife, Carrie Walker Baer, two children, Glenn 
Baer, of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Irene Giacomo of Canton, Ohio; his father, Peter 
D. Baer, Meyersdale; one brother, Peter L. Baer, of Meyersdale R.D.; five 
sisters, Mrs. Lillian Saler of Meyersdale; Mrs. Maggie Rhoads, of Somerset; Mrs. 
Eliza McGuire, of Turkeyfoot; Mrs. Ada Handwerk of Brothersvalley, and Mrs. 
Bertha Walker of Meyersdale R.D.; and one granddaughter, Sandra Giacomo, of 
Canton, Ohio.
  A brief funeral service was held at the Baer home at 2 o'clock, Tuesday 
afternoon, August 12, followed by a service at the Hay's Reformed Church, with 
the pastor of the local Lutheran church in charge of the service.  Interment was 
made in the Hay's Church Cemetery under the direction of H. R. Konhaus, local 
mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, August 15, 1941