OBIT: Charles E. GONTIS, 1978, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  GONTIS
  
    Charles E. Gontis, 65, 601 Stonycreek St., Boswell, died unexpectedly
  Nov. 27, 1978, while hunting in Lincoln Township, Somerset County.  Born
  Jan. 28, 1913, in Somerset County, son of John and Mary (Moskal) Gontis.
  Preceded in death by parents and a brother, John.  Survived by widow, the
  former Justine Szymansky; daughters: Connie L., wife of Raymond Patterson,
  Manassas, Va.; Charlene A., wife of John Popernack III, Boswell; and
  Justine J., wife of Robert Neri, St. Petersburg, Fla.  Also survived by four
  grandchildren.  Brother of Sophie, wife of Peter Stets; Joseph, married to
  the former Anna Stetz; Genevieve, wife of George Kavar; and Victor, married
  to the former Mary Ann Tims, all of Boswell RD 2.  Member of St. Stanislaus
  Catholic Church, Boswell, Jenners Local 1742, U.M.W.A. and Boswell Post
  461, American Legion.  Retired miner and former employee of Buchanan
  Building Supply, Somerset.  Veteran of World War II, served in Engineering
  Corps. U.S. Army.  Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and until 9
  p.m. Friday at the Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell,
  where Wake Service will be held at 8:15 p.m. Friday.  Mass of Christian
  Burial at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, the Rev.
  Lawrence Wolkonowski, O.F.M. Con.  Interment, Church Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, November 29, 1978
  
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