OBIT: George A. PALMER, Jr., 1983, Jerome, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ PALMER George A. Palmer Jr., 53, Jerome, died Nov. 14, 1983, in mining accident near Hooversville. Born Jan. 23, 1930, in Jerome, son of George A. and Mary (Patula) Palmer Sr. Preceded in death by parents and brother, William. Survived by widow, former Margaret Koval; and these children: Mary, wife of Floyd Yoder, Johnstown RD 7; Nancy Yoder, Jerome; Georgena, wife of George Blasko, Jerome; Dorothy, wife of Rick Snowden, Schellsburg; and George, at home; also 8 grandchildren. Brother of: James, married to former June Davies, Jerome; Dorothy, wife of Steve Szala, Jacksonville, Fla.; step-mother, Anna Palmer, Jerome. Step-brother or: Rose, Somerset; Dan Gordon, Lorain, Ohio; Robert Gordon, Wilpen, Pa.; Kathy, Maryland; and James Gordon, Jerome. Member of Jerome Post 802 American Legion and Jerome Nest 556 Polish Falcons of America. Served with U.S. Navy. Employed by Trent Coal Co. Private family viewing on Wednesday. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, at Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, the Rev. Walter L. Hafer Jr. Interment, Maple Spring Cemetery. Daily American, November 16, 1983 [P0034]