OBIT: Robert J. HUNTER, 1994, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  HUNTER
  
  Dr. Robert J. Hunter, 73, Johnstown, died Dec. 20, 1994 at home.  Born July
  3, 1921, in Johnstown, son of John Earl and Flora (Maurer) Hunter.  Preceded
  in death by parents; sisters, Evelyne Keafer, Miriam Golias, Janice Gilbert
  and Gertrude Raser, and brothers, Wilber and Richard.  Survived by wife,
  the former Freda Lee Harbert, to whom he was married 48 years, and these
  children: Carol S. Buterbaugh, Saltsburg; Robert G., married to the former
  Angela Favatella, Friedens, and Randall H., married to the former Beverly
  Williams, Berlin.  Brother of Sheldon, married to the former Nancy
  Baughman, and Patricia, wife of Donald Kipp, both of Johnstown.  Also
  survived by 6 grandchildren; brothers-in-law, William Keafer and Bruce
  Gilbert, and sister-in-law, Margaret Hunter.  Member of Westmont United
  Methodist Church since the age of three, where he served as chairman of the
  Board of Trustees; was a choir member and financial secretary and taught
  Sunday School.  Member of Johnstown Kiwanis.  Vice president of Cambria
  County Historical Society.  Member of Johnstown Area Heritage Association
  and Cambria County Redevelopment Authority.  Retired from University of
  Pittsburgh at Johnstown after 25 years service.  Dr. Hunter received a BS
  degree in secondary education and his MA and Ph.D. degrees in history from
  the University of Pittsburgh.  Served in U.S. Navy during World War II and
  Korean Conflict.  From 1952 to 1960 he taught at Ferndale High School.  Dr.
  Hunter was a special consultant to the Committee on Interior and Insular
  Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, specializing in U.S.-Puerto
  Rican relations from 1959 to 1960.  Between 1960 and 1962, he was social
  studies coordinator for Pa. Dept. of Education.  He joined the history
  faculty of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1962.  From 1971
  until his retirement in 1986, he was chairman of the Division of Social
  Sciences at UPJ.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and
  Thursday at John Henderson Co. Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. until time of
  service at 11 a.m. Friday at Westmont United Methodist Church, the Revs.
  Ronald Hipwell and Wilma Horner.  Interment, Grandview Cemetery.  In lieu
  of flowers, those who wish may make memorial contributions to Westmont
  United Methodist Church or Lee Hospital Hospice.
  
  Daily American, December 21, 1994
  
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