OBIT: William MAPES Jr., 2003, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MAPES
  
  William Mapes Jr., 80, of Somerset, died July 13, 2003 at Select
  Specialty Hospital, Johnstown.  Born March 31, 1923 in Somerset
  Township, a son of William and Elizabeth (Rodgers) Mapes Sr. Preceded
  in death by parents; brothers: Charles, Robert and Lewis Mapes and
  sister M. Jane Mapes.  Survived by wife, the former Beulah Mae Sarver
  to whom he was married 56 years; children:  Mrs. Larry (Donna Jean)
  Rhoads of Somerset, William Mapes III of Somerset and Ms. Debra Ann
  Weyand of Somerset; two granddaughters, Jacquelyne Ann Rhoads and
  Jennifer Autumn Weyand; sister, Mrs. Catherine Bertoldi of Cuyahoga
  Falls, Ohio; aunt, Mrs. Naomi Neff of Johnstown.  A 1942 graduate of
  Somerset High School.  Member of Somerset Church of the Brethren,
  U.S. Army veteran of World War II where he served in the Military
  Police.  Retried in 1983 as a Car Inspector for the B&O Railroad with
  42 years of service.  Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday
  at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home; Somerset where service will be
  conducted 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Mark S. Bendes officiating. 
  Interment Somerset County Memorial Park.  Graveside Military Rites
  accorded by Somerset Honor Guard.
  
  Daily American, July 14, 2003
  
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