OBIT: Charles W. BITTINGER, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES W. BITTINGER

  Charles W. Bittinger, retired coal miner, died at the home of his son, Frank 
Bittinger, on Route 1, Salisbury, on January 21st at about 1:00 a.m., of 
bronchial infuenza.  He had been in poor health for about two years prior to his 
death.
  Mr. Bittinger was born in Garrett County, Maryland, on October 12, 1870, a son 
of Jacob and Ellen (Facenbaker) Bittinger and was 76 years, 3 months and 9 days 
old.  His wife, the former Mary Hoover, preceded him in death.  He was a member 
of the Maple Grove Church of the Brethren.
  He is survived by 7 sons: Lawrence, Daniel and Frank, all of Salisbury; Jesse 
of Grantsville, Floyd and Irvin of Jennings, Md., and George of Somerset; three 
daughters, Mrs. Minerva Beakley [sic?] and Mrs. Lanna Beeman of Somerset, and 
Mrs. Lena Beeman; four brothers: Ernest of Uniontown, Pa., Harrison and Jacob of 
Loanconing [sic], Md., and Archie of Grantsville; one sister, Mrs. Lavina Witt 
of Barton, Md., and 55 grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Maple Grove Church of the Brethren on 
Thursday, January 24h at 10:00 a.m.  Interment in the Newton Bittinger Cemetery 
near Jennings in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas of Salisbury.

Meyersdale Republican, January 30, 1947