OBIT: Robert P. KERR, 1980, Frostburg, MD
  
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  ROBERT P. KERR
  
    Robert P. Kerr, 60, prominent Frostburg, Md. radio personality and
  volunteer, died Dec. 17, 1980 in Memorial Hospital, following an
  extended illness.  He resided at 163 East Main Street, Frostburg.
    Mr. Kerr, who was program director at Radio Station WFRB-AM & FM,
  was an organizer and charter member of several emergency medical
  organizations in the area.  Current president of the LaVale (Md.)
  Rescue Squad, he was a charter member of the Frostburg Area Ambulance
  Service and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.
    He was also past president of the Mountain City CB Radio Club and
  the Cumberland Valley CB Radio Club, was a charter member of the
  Frostburg Jaycees and a founding member of the Frostburg Public
  Library.
    In addition, Mr. Kerr was a member of Emergency Medical Services,
  Appalachian Region 1, and was a Maryland EMT and Cardiac - Rescue
  Technician.
    He was born in Frostburg, and was the son of the late Earl and Anna
  (Powell) Kerr, and was preceded in death in 1954 by his wife, Judith
  (Steinla) Kerr.
    He is survived by one son, Keith Kerr, Greenbelt, Md.; one sister,
  Mrs. Marion Grove, with whom he resided, and three nephews whom he
  reared, Gregory Grove and Shawn Grove, both at home, and Kevin Grove,
  Frostburg. 
    Friends were received at the Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, where
  services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. R. Olin Herndon.  Interment
  will be in Frostburg Memorial Park.
    Pallbearers were Joseph Sevinsky, Harry Cook, Joseph Struntz,
  Kenneth May, Wayne Babb and George Uhl.
    The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of
  contributions to the LaVale Rescue Squad.
  
  The Republic, December 25, 1980
  
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