OBIT: William "Wild Bill" Jacob GASTLEY, 2003, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WILLIAM J. GASTLEY
  
  William "Wild Bill" Jacob Gastley, 76, of Somerset, passed away April 13,
  2003 at his home.  Born Sept. 13, 1926 in Gray, the son of William Jacob
  and Thelma Leanore (Harwood) Gastley Sr.  Preceded in death by his wife
  Lillian Mae (Dunmeyer), Jan. 18, 2001; parents; daughters Kathryn J.
  Gastley and Patricia A. Miller; an infant son; sisters Vivian McCauliff,
  Martha Cramer and Betty Leverknight; brothers, Charles Gastley and
  Frederick Gastley.  Survived by these children: Norma, married to Carl
  Watson Sr., Alpharetta Shaffer, Carol Stevanus, Caroline Gastley, Fred,
  married to Rita Gastley, Tim, married to Beth Gastley, all of Somerset;
  Bill, married to Diana Gastley of Meyersdale; Deborah, married to Robert
  Miller of Kingwood, and Darlene Kerr of Bakersville; also 20 grandchildren;
  24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.  Brother of
  Alpharetta Calderone, Benjamin Gastley and Harry Gastley of Kentucky. 
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday
  at Miller Funeral Home, Somerset, where service will be held at 11 a.m.
  Thursday. The Rev. James Kesler officiating.  Interment, Beams Cemetery,
  Gray.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the
  National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N. W. 9th Ave., Bob Hope Road, Miami,
  Fla. 33136-1494.
  
  Daily American, April 14, 2003
  
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