OBIT: James B. "Bert" CLOSTERMAN, 1984, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JAMES B. CLOSTERMAN James B. (Bert) Closterman, 88, of Red Hill, RD 5, Cumberland, Maryland, died March 14, 1984 at Frostburg Community Hospital. Born at Red Hill, he was a retired coal miner. His wife, Mrs. Mary (Lavin) Closterman, preceded him in death. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fred Theis, Ashtabula, Ohio, and Mrs. Jon Shultz, Meyersdale. Friends were received at the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, Maryland. Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Friday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church by Msgr. John L. Reinsfelder. Interment, the parish cemetery. The Republic, March 22, 1984 [C0583]