OBIT: Violet (LOHR) LOHR BITTNER, 2004, native of Garrett, Somerset County, PA
  
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  VIOLET L. LOHR BITTNER
  July 5, 1918-October 20, 2004
  
    Violet L. Lohr Bittner, age 86, of Mars, died Wednesday evening, October
  20, 2004, at LAS St. John Specialty Care Center in Mars.
    Born in Garrett, Somerset County, on July 5, 1918, she was the daughter of
  the late Hiram and Lillie Mae Boden Lohr.
    She was preceded in death by her first husband, Glenn E. Lohr, to whom she
  was married for 53 years before he died on March 12, 1990; and by three
  brothers and three sisters.
    Surviving are her husband, Joseph V. Bittner, whom she married on August
  22, 1997, three sons: Edward Lohr of Wichita, KS; John Lohr of Mars; and
  William Lohr of Cowansville; a brother, Jim Lohr of Ambridge; a sister,
  Florence Lohr Neihenke of Baden; also five grandchildren and seven
  great-grandchildren.
    She was a 1936 graduate of Meyersdale High School, and worked as a Licensed
  Practical Nurse at St. John's Lutheran Home in Mars, Regency Hall in Wexford
  and for the Mars School District.
    She was a member of Glade Run United Presbyterian Church in Cooperstown,
  and was a former member of St. John Lutheran Church in Mars.  She was a member
  of the Mars American Legion Auxiliary, and served in various church circles.
    Friends were received Saturday, at the McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, Inc.
  in Mars.  Funeral services followed at 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home, with
  Rev. Greg Wiest, her pastor, officiating.  Burial was in Middlesex Methodist
  Cemetery, Middlesex Twp.
    Memorial donations may be made to the Glade Run United Presbyterian
  Church, 1091 Pittsburgh Rd., Valencia, PA  16059.
  
  New Republic, October 28, 2004