OBIT: G. Ernest "Bud" ILLMER, 2006, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ILLMER, G. Ernest (Bud) Daily American
  
  G. Ernest "Bud" Illmer, 88, Ligonier, died Jan. 2, 2006, at St. Anne Home, Greensburg. He
  was born Feb. 10, 1917, in Staten Island, N.Y., a son of the late Victor and Elsie Barron
  Illmer. Bud was raised in Somerset County by his aunt and uncle, Edgar and Lottie Pyle.
  Preceded in death by his parents; sister, Emily Illmer Gelperin; and daughter, Kirstan J.
  Burke in 2002. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Margaret J. "Toddy" Illmer; two
  daughters, Gretchen J. Jacobs and Kim I. Shaffer and her husband, John, all of Ligonier;
  grand-children, Jeffrey Jacobs, Atlanta, Ga.; Jennifer Bevelacqua and husband, Robert,
  Woodbridge, Va.; Joanna Jacobs, New York; and Lindsay Shaffer with the U.S. Army,
  Germany; and two great-grandchildren, Jessica and Giuliana Bevelacqua, Woodbridge, Va. He
  was the founder of Ligonier Auto Parts Co. in 1947. He is a veteran of World War II having
  served in the U.S. Army. Bud was past president of the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce
  and a member and past chairman of the Ligonier Municipal Authority. A memorial service
  will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Snyder Funeral Home Inc. & Crematory, Bell
  and E. Church St., Ligonier. The Rev. William M. Oesterlin officiating. Interment will be
  in the Husband Cemetery, Somerset. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ligonier
  Volunteer Hose Co. 1, P.O. Box 573, Ligonier, PA 15658. Elizabeth Snyder Bloom, Funeral
  Director.