OBIT: Jack Ray BITTNER, Sr., 1989, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JACK RAY BITTNER, SR.
  
    Jack Ray Bittner, 52, of Valley Road, Cumberland, Md., died Friday,
  Dec. 22, 1989 in an auto accident on U.S. Route 48 near the Lower New
  Germany road exit.
    Born March 26, 1937 in Sand Patch, he was the son of Kenneth R.
  Bittner, Meyersdale and the late Irene (Crossland) Bittner.
    He was a warehouseman and truck driver for the Gauge Company.
    He attended Central Assembly of God Church and was a member of the
  International Brotherhood of Teamsters.  He was an avid hunter and
  member of the National Rifle Association.
    In addition to his father, he is survived by his widow, Shirley Ann
  (Steele) Bittner; two sons, Jack R. Bittner Jr., Cresaptown, MD; and
  Gary D. Bittner, Cumberland, MD; a daughter, Mrs. Sabrina R. Gross,
  Cumberland, MD; four brothers, Carl Bittner, LaVale, MD; Jerry
  Bittner, Bath; Larry Bittner, Robesonia; and Ronald Bittner, Colonial
  Heights, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Esther Kennell, Mount Savage, MD; and
  Mrs. Janie Gregory, Mount Savage, MD and six grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home.
    Services were conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Central
  Assembly of God Church by Rev. Mark R. Smith.  Interment, White Oak
  Cemetery.
    Pallbearers included Gary Kline, Gary Clise, James Bittner, Richard
  Wrachford, David Ackerman and Richard Wilson.
  
  The Republic, December 28, 1989
  
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