OBIT: Walter J. "Tuck" MILLER, 1997, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MILLER
  
    Walter J. "Tuck" Miller, 88, of Fourth Street, Jerome, died Dec.
  23, 1997 at Memorial Medical Center Johnstown.  Born May 28, 1909, in
  Fairhope, son of Henry E. and Cecelia (Poorbaugh) Miller.  Preceded in
  death by parents, sisters Viola Coughenour and Bertha Ream, and a
  brother, Ralph.  Survived by wife, the former E. Leona Custer;
  children: Janice, wife of Robert R. Yoder, Hollsopple RD, W. James,
  married to Jeanette Marino, Ligonier; Darla J., wife of Dr. Calvin
  Thomas, Salisbury, Md., and Vernon L., married to Eileen Marcinko,
  Jerome; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.  Brother of
  Harvey U., Fairhope, and E. Lee and Edna Woida, both of Berlin. 
  Longtime faithful member of the Jerome Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
  Also a member of the North Branch Hunting Club, UMWA, and the Jerome
  Sportsmen's Association.  Retired miner with approximately 32 years
  service.  Observed 61st wedding anniversary Jan. 16, 1997.  Avid
  Pittsburgh Pirates baseball fan, hunter and gardner.  Lifelong
  Democrat.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at the
  Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny St., Boswell.  (No visitation
  Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.)  Viewing also from 10 a.m. until
  the time of service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Jerome Lutheran
  Church, the Rev. John K. Timm officiating.  Interment, Maple Spring
  Cemetery, near Jerome.  Memorials to the Jerome Ambulance
  Association, Box 425, Jerome, Pa. 15937, would be appreciated.
  
  Daily American, December 24, 1997
  
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