OBIT: Lewis Rodgers MAPES, 1982, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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   MAPES

    Lewis Rodgers Mapes, 57, of West Catherine Street, Somerset, died
  April 24, 1982, at Somerset Community Hospital.
    He was born May 9, 1924, in Somerset, son of the late William and
  Elizabeth (Rodgers) Mapes.
    He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert,.
    He is survived by his wife, the former Susan Billetdeoux and 11
  children:  David, Rebecca, Margaret, Christopher and Patrick, all of
  Somerset; Mrs. Donald (Mary Beth) Durst of Salisbury; James of Lake
  Placid, N.Y.; Mrs. John (Linda) Wilson III, Ft. Worth, Texas; Stephen
  of Pittsburgh; Timothy of Berlin; Mrs. Richard (Patricia) Madey of
  Harrisburg; four grandchildren.
    Brother of Jane and William, Jr., both of Somerset; Catherine of
  Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; and Charles of Clinton, Ohio.
    He was the owner and operator of Mapes Arco Service Station,
  Somerset.
    He was a World War II veteran serving with U.S. Marine Corps.;
  member of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church; VFW Post 554, Somerset;
  life-time member and past commander of American Legion Post 181,
  Somerset; charter member of Somerset Jaycees; original member of
  Samuel S. Crouse Post 181 American Legion Crouse Cadets Drum and
  Bugle Corps; honorary member of Somerset Volunteer Fire Department.
    Friends were received at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home.  Mass
  of Resurrection was held at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, with
  the Rev. Father Harold Biller officiating.  Interment, Somerset
  County Memorial Park.
  
  The Republic, April 29, 1982
  
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