OBIT: Robert D. BITTNER, 1976, Gray, Somerset County, PA
  
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  BITTNER
  
  Robert D. Bittner, 57, of Gray, died July 16, 1976, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Sept. 22, 1918, in Boswell, son of Lloyd J.
  and Susan (Gilmour) Bittner.  Preceded in death by mother and infant
  brother.  Survived by father, step-mother, Beatrice Dollard of
  Jennerstown; widow, the former Dorothy Pile; and the following
  children:  Mrs. Anthony (Susan) Von Dolteren, Jacksonville, Fla.;
  Mrs. Robert (Susanne) Zatko, Jennerstown; R. Craig, married to former
  Rebecca Lundquest, Somerset; Kim Lloyd and Cynthia, both at home; two
  grandchildren.  Brother of:  Richard, Sipesville; half-brother,
  James, Boswell RD 2; Mrs. James (Joan) Trayers, Springfield, Va.;
  Mrs. William (Nancy) Baer, Glen Ellyn, Ill.; step sister, Mrs. Robin
  (Dorothy) Kendall, Mobile, Ala.  Member of Friedens Lutheran Church,
  Boswell Lions Club, P.T.A., Somerset Aerie F.O.E., VFW and American
  Legion.  World War II veteran of Army Air Force and was a member of
  American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, having survived the
  Bataan Death March and was a prisoner for 41 months.  Former owner of
  Somerset Pine Grill.  Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Sunday
  and 2-7 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Charles R. Deaner Funeral Home,
  Stoystown.  Remains will be removed to Friedens Lutheran Church to
  lie in state from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. services Tuesday, the Rev.
  James R. Ling officiating, assisted by the Rev. Jesse E. Wolf. 
  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  If friends wish, they can
  make donations in Mr. Bittner's name to Heart Fund, Lupus or Kidney
  Foundations.
  
  Somerset American, July 17, 1976
  
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