OBIT: Harold D. "Kosh" CHRISTNER, 2006, Garrett, Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHRISTNER, Harold D. "Kosh" 04/27/2006 The New Republic
   January 23, 1921 April 22, 2006  
  
  Harold D. "Kosh" Christner, 85 of Garrett, went to be with his Lord and Savior
  on April 22, 2006 at the Windber Hospice.  Born January 23, 1921 in Garrett,
  PA. A son of the late Jacob H. and Edna L. (Haer) Christner. Also preceded in
  death by his wife the former Helen M. Haer; sister, Hazel Hoover; and brother,
  Sprawls Christner. Survived by daughters: Carolyn A. Walker, Ebensburg; and
  Sara J., wife of Rodney Putman, Rockwood. Four grandchildren: Michael Lane,
  Craig Lane, Rhonda (Putman) Seese, and Todd Putman; and six
  great-grandchildren: Olivia, Samantha, Abigail, and Ellie Lane, and Carson and
  Connor Seese. A brother of: Miriam Stephens, Somerset; Barbara Meyers,
  Meyersdale; Thomas Christner, Garrett; Arlene Houston, Chardon, OH: Mach
  Christner, Meyersdale; Nancy Stoner, Naples, FL; and Mary Hanks, Winchester,
  VA.  "Kosh" was a retired employee of the Western Maryland Railroad with 41
  Years of service. He was an avid golfer and bicyclist. A member of Mt. Tabor
  Lutheran Church, and a veteran of the U.S. Army WWII.  Friends will be
  received 2-4 and 7-9 PM Tuesday at Price Funeral Home Meyersdale. Service will
  be conducted 11:00 AM Wednesday at Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church Garrett, with the
  Rev. Shimer Darr officiating. Interment Highland Cemetery, Garrett. Memorials
  may be made to the Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church in Garrett, or the Windber
  Hospice. Arrangements by the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., 
  
  
  
  CHRISTNER, Harold D. (Kosh) 04/24/06 Daily American 
  
  Harold D. "Kosh" Christner, 85, Garrett, went to be with his Lord and Savior on
  April 22, 2006 at the Windber Hospice. Born Jan. 23, 1921, in Garrett, a son of
  the late Jacob H. and Edna L. (Haer) Christner. Also preceded in death by his
  wife, the former Helen M. Haer, sister, Hazel Hoover and brother, Sprawls
  Christner. Survived by daughters, Carolyn A. Walker, Ebensburg, and Sara J.,
  wife of Rodney Putman, Rockwood; four grandchildren, Michael Lane, Craig Lane,
  Rhonda (Putman) Seese and Todd Putman; and six great- grandchildren, Olivia,
  Samantha, Abigail and Ellie Lane, and Carson and Connor Seese. A brother of:
  Miriam Stephens, Somerset; Barbara Meyers, Meyersdale; Thomas Christner,
  Garrett; Arlene Houston, Chardon, Ohio; Mack Christner, Meyersdale; Nancy
  Stoner, Naples, Fla.; and Mary Hanks, Winchester, Va. "Kosh" was a retired
  employee of the Western Maryland Railroad with 41 years of service. He was an
  avid golfer and bicyclist. A member of Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, and a
  veteran of the U.S. Army World War II. Friends will be received 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. Service will be conducted
  11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, Garrett. The Rev. Shimer Darr
  officiating. Interment, Highland Cemetery, Garrett. Memorials may be made to the
  Mount Tabor Lutheran Church in Garrett, or the Windber Hospice. Arrangements by
  the William Rowe Price Funeral Home, Inc., Meyersdale.