OBIT: Columbus BITTINGER, 1979, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  COLUMBUS BITTINGER
  
    Columbus Bittinger, 74, of National, Md., died February 14, in
  Frostburg, Md.,  Community Hospital.
    Born in Garrett County, Md., he was a son of the late Jacob
  Bittinger and Elizabeth (Hoover) Bittinger.
    A retired Frostburg State College employee, he was a member of
  First Assembly of God Church in Lonaconing, Md.
    Surviving are his widow, Rose (Bittinger) Bittinger; four
  daughters:  Mrs. Mildred Cutter, LaVale, Md.; the Rev. Hilda Kavey,
  Keyser, W. Va.; Mrs. Shirley Loar, Shaft, Md.; Mrs. Wilda Meyers,
  Carlos, Md.; two sons, Bernard Bittinger, National; Delmas Bittinger,
  Woodland, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Weimer, Meyersdale; Mrs. Lola
  Brown, Grantsville, Md.; brother Raymond Bittinger, Lonaconing, 19
  grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Eichhorn Funeral Home.
    Services were conducted in Assembly of God Church, with the Rev.
  Curtis Grant officiating.  Interment, Sunset Memorial Park,
  Cumberland.
  
  The Republic, February 22, 1979
  
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