OBIT: Lawrence M. BURKHART, 1978, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  BURKHART
  
    Lawrence M. Burkhart, 80, of Scottdale RD 1, died Wednesday, Aug.
  30 in the Oakland V.A. Hospital, Pittsburgh after a lingering
  illness.  Born July 31, 1898 in Scottdale RD 1, son of the late Frank
  J. and Anna Detwiler Burkhart.  Veteran of WWI and retired owner of
  Burkharts Body Shop in Scottdale.  Member of the Jacobs Creek U.M.
  Church and former past Fayette County Commander of the VFW and member
  of Scottdale Barracks No. 419 WWI Veterans; Scottdale American Legion
  and Scottdale VFW Posts and the Eureka Grange.  Surviving, his widow,
  Doris Schultz Burkhart; four sons, James F. of Barberton, Ohio; Karl
  E. of Dawson RD; William M. and Ronald L. both of Scottdale RD 1;
  four daughters:  Mrs. William (Audrey) Herrington and Mrs. Marjorie
  Jones, both of Connellsville, RD 2; Mrs. Herman (Dorothy) Younkin of
  Somerset and Mrs. Ronald (Patricia) Bair of Mineral Ridge, Ohio; 32
  grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren.  He was the last survivor of
  his family.  Friends will be received after 4 p.m. Friday and until
  noon Sunday at the Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, Scottdale. 
  Services in the Jacobs Creek U.M. Church, Scottdale RD 1 on Sunday at
  2 p.m.  Interment, Mt. Olive Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers,
  contributions to the American Cancer Society or Jacobs Creek U.M.
  Church Building fund.
  
  Daily American, September 1, 1978
  
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