OBIT: Robert SKAPTAUCKAS-CARVER, 1987, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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  CARVER
  
  Robert (Skaptauckas) Carver died of cancer April 17, 1987, at Madigan
  Hospital, Fort Lewis, Wash.  He was born in Husband on May 5, 1926, the son
  of Charles and Louise Skaptauckas.  The youngest of 12 children, he
  graduated from Somerset High School in 1947 and was the first married
  veteran to return to that school and complete his entire senior year.
  Survivors include his former wife, Anna Mae (Brubaker) Carver, Bigfork,
  Mont.; a son, Val Carver, Collinsville, Ill.; and two daughters: Lou Ann
  Carver, Spokane, Wash.; and Robanna Brosten, Bismarck, N.D.  One son preceded 
  him in death.  In 1987 he married Shizuko Malone of Tacoma, Wash. and is survived 
  by her there and the family at home.  Mr. Carver was a career soldier and served in
  the U.S. Army for 23 years.  He saw combat in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.  After
  retiring from the military, he was employed by Continental Plastics of
  Tacoma, Wash.  Bob was an avid fisherman and hunter who loved the outdoors.
  His ashes were interred at the Fort Lewis Cemetery with full military
  honors.
  
  Daily American, April 25, 1987
  
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