OBIT: Claude Edison BITTNER, 1946, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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CLAUDE EDISON BITTNER

Meyersdale Man Drowned in Yough While Swimming

  Claude Edison Bittner, aged 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bittner, Keystone 
St., Meyersdale, was drowned while swimming in the Youghiogheny River, near 
Connellsville, about 2:30 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, June 26.
  He swam to a rock a short distance away from the group of friends with whom he 
was swimming, and apparently was drowned before his absence was observed.  The 
Connellsville Fire Department was summoned and while dredging the river, soon 
found his body a short distance down stream.
  He was born Sept. 9, 1921, in Larimer Township, a son of Edgar and Clara 
(Wright) Bittner.  Several years ago his family moved to 217 Keystone Street, 
Meyersdale, where they now reside.  Claude was employed as a B & O telegrapher 
in Connellsville.
  In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers and two sisters: 
Glenn, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Theodore Rembold, Meyersdale R.D. 3, Ross of 
Cumberland, and Fern, at home.
  Brief services will be held at the Bittner home at 2 p.m. on Saturday, after 
which the funeral will be held in the White Oak Reformed Church, in charge of 
Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger.  Interment will be made in the church cemetery, under 
the direction of H. R. Konhaus.

Meyersdale Republican, June 27, 1946