OBIT: Simon W. BITTNER, 1946, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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SIMON W. BITTNER

  Simon William Bittner, 76, retired businessman and sterling citizen of 
Meyersdale for many years, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning by one of his 
daughters at his home on Main Street.
  For the last few years he had been an invalid, having suffered a stroke of 
paralysis from which he only partially recovered and which left him infirm.  His 
beloved wife died only three weeks ago, and her demise probably hastened his 
end.
  He was born Dec. 23, 1868, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Bittner*.  He was 
engaged in the retail meat business in Meyersdale for a good many years after 
which he was a traveling salesman for the A. H. Johnson Memorial Works for 28 
years until ill health compelled his retirement.  Through his business 
connections he made many friends in the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, Maryland 
and West Virginia, in which he sold the products of the Johnson Memorial Works.
  He served for some time as a member of the Meyersdale Borough Council and was 
a member of Zion Lutheran Church, and the local lodges of Oddfellows and Modern 
Woodmen.  He was a public-spirited citizen, and a kind and good husband and 
father.
  Surviving are six children: Mrs. P. P. Hauger, Rockwood; Mrs. B. J. Morgan, 
Canonsburg; Mrs. E. J. Cornell, Memphis, Tenn.; Mrs. Bessie Dwire, at home; Mrs. 
Samuel E. Boyer, Pittsburgh, and one son, Elmer, Meyersdale.  He also leaves 
four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Funeral services will be conducted at the home by his pastor, Rev. R. M. 
Dunkleberger.  Interment will be in Temple Cemetery, White Oak, under the 
direction of H. R. Konhaus.

Meyersdale Republican, March 25, 1946

[*This is a mistake, parents were Moses Bittner and Christine Ernest Bittner.]