OBIT: Fred L. HOVATTER, 1982, Fort Hill RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  FRED L. HOVATTER
  
    Fred L. Hovatter, 77, Fort Hill RD 1, died May 26, 1982, at Laurel
  View Nursing Home, Acme. He was born Dec. 26, 1904, in Grafton,
  W.Va., and was a son of the late Adolphus and Minnie (Moats) Hovatter.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Violet M. Tressler, and one
  son, Fred P. Hovatter, a sister, Mrs. Jessie Fleming, Oxnard, Ca.,
  brother, Harry Hovatter, Fla., two grandchildren, also survived by
  four step-grandchildren, Blaine R. and Dale M. Hetrick, both of Fort
  Hill RD 1, Eugene R. Hetrick, Warren and Mrs. Holly M. Hutzell,
  Salisbury, also 17 step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    He was preceded in death by a stepson, Lonnie Hetrick. He was a
  retired superintendent of the Clairton Works of US Steel; a member of
  the Wilson Lodge No. 714 F and AM, Clairton, Tall Cedars of Lebanon
  Al-O-Mon Forest, McKeesport, Pittsburgh Consistory, McKeesport
  Caravan No. 114 and the Syria Temple. 
    Friends were received at Thomas Funeral Home, Salisbury. Services
  were held at St. Johns United Church of Christ, Salisbury, with the
  Rev. Maurice R. Smith Jr. officiating. Interment, Maple Glen Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, June 3, 1982
  
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