OBIT: Raymond "Ray" BITTINGER, 2008, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BITTINGER, Raymond "Ray"  02/23/08  Daily American
  
    Raymond "Ray" Bittinger, 64, Iowa, died Feb. 21, 2008, at home. Ray was born
  on Jan. 8, 1944, in Meyersdale, the son of Edward and Thelma Bittinger. He
  married Joan C. Bittinger on Sept. 27, 1969. He was preceded in death by his
  parents; wife; sisters, Freida and Joyce; and a brother, Larry. Surviving are
  three daughters, Kathleen (Kevin Esser) Bittinger, Silver Spring, Md.; Krista
  (Brian) Husemann, Dubuque, Iowa.; and Ann (Matthew) Scherr, Dubuque; eight
  grandchildren; sister, Margaret Baker, Boyton; and two brothers, Paul (Linda)
  Bittinger and Elwood (Darlene) Bittinger, both of Salisbury. Ray served in the
  U.S. Army Medical Corp. and worked as a registered nurse in Dubuque at Mercy
  Medical Center. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Leonard Funeral
  Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Road, Dubuque. A service will be at 10:30 a.m.
  on Tuesday at Nativity Church. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery with
  military rites accorded by American Legion Post 6.