OBIT: Miriam Agnes (WILT) BITTNER, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BITTNER
  
    Miriam Agnes (Wilt) Bittner died Jan. 23, 2001 at the Community
  Hospital in McCook, Neb.  She was born Sept. 31, 1910 in Friedens,
  Pa.  Daughter of the late Irvin and Olive (Lear) Wilt.  Miriam grew
  up in Friedens and graduated from Somerset Township High School in
  1928.  After graduation Miriam moved to Somerset where she worked as
  a telephone operator for GTE.  On April 15, 1942 Miriam married Clark
  Eldon Bittner.  She was a long time active member of Trinity
  Evangelical Lutheran Church in Somerset.  After 41 years of service
  with GTE, she retired in 1975 and became an active member of ITPA,
  Allegheny Mountain Pioneer Club until she moved to Trenton, Neb. in
  Aug. 1995.  After moving to Trenton, she became involved with the
  local senior citizens group and attended the First Church of God in
  North Platte, Neb.  Miriam was preceded in death by her husband
  Clark, her parents, infant sister Katherine Wilt, sister Grace
  Combecker, and brother Irvin (Bud) Wilt.  She is survived by
  daughter:  Jacqueline (Jackie) and husband Pastor Ken Hazel of
  Trenton, Neb.; three grandson, Scott Cober of Marion, Ind.; Mark
  Cober and his wife Heather of Golden, Colo.; Erik Cober and his wife
  Rebecca of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Great-grandchildren, Dani, Scott,
  Justin, Cody, Kaylee, Ryan and Jeffrey; seven sisters, Lucy Ramsell
  of Somerset, Mildred Fluck, Davidsville, Jeanetta Baer and husband
  John of Geiger, Helen Twigg of Massillon, Ohio, Eileen Jay of
  Somerset, Nadine Airesman and husband Ray of Edie; sisters-in-law,
  June Wilt of St. Cloud, Fla.; Daryle Bittner of Somerset, and many
  nieces, nephews and friends.  A memorial service will be held at 11
  a.m. today at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tayman Avenue,
  Somerset.  The family has requested that memorials may be given to
  Childrens Aid Society of the Blind Society in Somerset, or the First
  Church of God, 3001 West 1st St., North Platte, Nebraska 69101.
  
  Daily American, January 27, 2001
  
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