OBIT: Philip C. KERSCHENSTEINER, 2005, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KERSCHENSTEINER, Philip C. 05/16/05 The New Republic
   April 19, 1928 - May 16, 2005 

    Philip C. Kerschensteiner, 77, Berlin, formerly of Somerset, died Monday, May
  16, 2005, at Meadow View Nursing Center, Berlin. 
    Born April 19, 1928, in Meyersdale, a son of Carl and Hilda (Shultz)
  Kerschensteiner. 
    He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife Hazel (Miller) and two
  sons: Wayne and Lester. 
    He is survived by his wife, Barbara Ann (Krouse); a son, Dale Kerschensteiner
  and his wife Deborah, Meyersdale; grandchildren: Jeanette Walentukonis and
  Daniel and Nicole Kerschensteiner and four great-grandchildren. Stepsons: David
  Hay, married to the former Jodie Haselbarth, Berlin; Dennis Hay, married to the
  former Sharon Suhrie, Berlin; Richard Hay and his wife Angie, Ranger, W.Va.;
  step grandchildren: Rebecca, Aaron, Amber, and Drew and a sister, Hilda
  Watkins, Berlin. 
    He was retired from the former Celanese Corp. of Cumberland, Md. He was a
  member of the Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, Berlin. 
    Family received friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Berlin, where service was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Timothy
  Resh and Rev. Ralph Landis officiating. Interment, Hostetler Cemetery. 
    Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society Somerset
  Unit, 168       W. Union St., Somerset, PA  15501.
  
  Kerschensteiner, Philip C.  05/24/05 Daily American
  
  Philip C. Kerschensteiner, 77, Berlin, formerly of Somerset, died May 16, 2005,
  at Meadow View Nursing Center, Berlin. Born April 19, 1928, in Meyersdale, son
  of Carl and Hilda (Shultz) Kerschensteiner. Preceded in death by his parents;
  first wife Hazel (Miller) and two sons, Wayne and Lester. Survived by his wife,
  Barbara Ann (Krouse) a son Dale Kerschensteiner and his wife Deborah,
  Meyersdale; grandchildren: Jeanette Walentukonis and Daniel and Nicole
  Kerschensteiner and four great-grandchildren. Stepsons David Hay married to the
  former Jodie Haselbarth, Berlin, Dennis Hay married to the former Sharon Suhrie,
  Berlin, Richard Hay and his wife Angie, Ranger W.Va.; step grandchildren:
  Rebecca, Aaron, Amber, and Drew and a sister, Hilda Watkins, Berlin. He was
  retired from the former Celanese Corp. of Cumberland. He was a member of the
  Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, Berlin. Family will receive friends from
  2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service
  will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Timothy Resh and Rev. Ralph Landis
  officiating. Interment Hostetler Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made
  to the American Cancer Society Somerset Unit, 168 W. Union St., Somerset, PA
  15501.