OBIT: George B. KANTNER, 1995, native of Somerset County, PA

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  KANTNER
  
  George B. Kantner, 77, (Colonel U.S.M.C. Retired) died Nov. 15, 1995, in
  Durham, N.C.  Born Sept. 6, 1918, in Somerset, son of the late J. Ralph
  Kantner and Mabel (Jones) Kantner.  Survived by his wife, Beth (McClees)
  Kantner, and daughter, Katherine Kantner, Durham; brother, Robert S.
  Kantner, and sister, Louise K. Longridge, both of Somerset; also survived
  by two nieces and two stepchildren.  He was a graduate of Somerset High
  School (1936) and Penn State University (1940) with a B.S. degree in
  forestry.  Two months later he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the
  Marine Corps.  During WW II he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific
  theaters.  Postwar assignments included a tour of duty with the NATO staff
  in Europe, at the Pentagon and Marine headquarters in Washington, D.C., and
  three years as instructor in naval science at Duke University.  Funeral
  services and burial (with military honors) were held in Durham Nov. 17,
  1995.
  
  Daily American, November 24, 1995
  
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