OBIT: Grover C. "Pet" MYERS, Jr., 1997, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MYERS
  
    Grover C. "Pet" Myers, Jr., 74, formerly of Somerset and formerly
  of Mercersburg RD 2, died Friday afternoon, Sept. 26, 1997, in
  Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born April 6, 1923, near
  Mercersburg, he was a son of the late Grover C. and Hazel (Hawbaker)
  Myers Sr.  He was a truck driver for 45 years, retiring in 1988. 
  During his driving career, he drove for the former Fry Coal & Stone
  Co. of Mercersburg; GM&W Trucking of Greencastle; independently; and
  prior to his retirement for various independent firms.  He was an
  Army veteran of World War II.  He served in the European African and
  Middle-Eastern campaigns and received a Cmbat[sic] Medic Badge and
  earned three Bronze Stars.  He was a member of the VFW of Somerset,
  and the American Legions of Breezewood and Clear Spring, Md.  He
  enjoyed hunting, fishing and baseball.  He was of Protestant faith. 
  He is survived by a son, Theodore E. Myers of Mercersburg, a sister,
  Dorothy (Mrs. Fred) Hose of Greencastle; a brother, Enos Wayne Myers
  of Hagerstown, Md.  Three grandchildren and two
  great-grandchildren.  Me [sic] was preceded in death by two sisters,
  Marie L. Hock and Julia I. Steele.  Funeral services will be held at
  11 a.m. Tuesday in Lininger-Fries Funeral Home, 47 N. Park Ave.,
  Mercersburg, with the Rev. Billy Clark officiating.  Burial, Fairview
  Cemetery, Mercersburg, with a military graveside service conducted by
  Charles Nitterhouse VFW Post No. 1599 of Chambersburg.  Visitation 7
  to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.  Memorial contributions may be
  made to the American Heart Association, Franklin/Fulton Division, 225
  E. King St., Chambersburg, Pa. 17201.
  
  Daily American, September 29, 1997
  
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