OBIT: Robert E. MORGART, 1997, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  MORGART
  
    Robert E. Morgart, 80, of Geistown, Cambria County, died July 8,
  1997, at his home.  Born April 20, 1917, in Scalp Level.  Son of John
  and Lenora (Ickes) Morgart.  Preceded in death by parents; brother W.
  Harold; and sisters Vera Blackburn and Hazel Carver.  Survived by
  wife, the former Lois Weaver, to whom he was married Dec. 28, 1940;
  daughter, Roberta (Bobbie), wife of Garen Black, Berlin;
  grandchildren: Garick Robert, Derrike Sumner and Patrick Carl Black;
  and twin sister, Rhoda P. Doran, Newport Beach, Calif.  He was a
  member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Johnstown.  Retired switchman for
  GTE with 40 years of service.  Member of the VFW Post 155 of
  Richland, the Pioneer Club of GTE, Richland Area Senior Citizens and
  Windber High School Class of 1935.  Army veteran of World War II,
  serving with the 131st Artillery Gun Battalion during Battle of the
  Bulge.  Avid bowler and fan.  At the request of the deceased, there
  will be no public viewing.  Funeral service at 1 p.m. Thursday at the
  Henderson-Ketterer Funeral Home, Geistown, with the Rev. Earl Janssen
  officiating.  Interment, Richland Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers,
  family suggests donations to Windber Hospice in Robert's memory.
  
  Daily American, July 10, 1997
  
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