OBIT: Cletus E. PILE, 2004, native of Friedens, Somerset County, PA
  
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  CLETUS E. PILE
  
  Cletus E. Pile, 80, Greencastle, died Sept. 19, 2004, at home.  Born Dec.
  13, 1923, in Friedens, son of Russell M. and Ruth E. (Carver) Pile. 
  Preceded in death by parents; wife, the former Verna Zimmerman; son, Alan
  L. Pile and a brother Dalton Pile.  Survived by a daughter, Diane K. Pile,
  Gaithersburg, Md.; daughter-in-law, Jean A. Pile, Mill Creek; grandsons,
  Ryan and wife Cathy, and Shane. Brother of Dorothy Bittner, Katherine
  Carter and Thelma Miller, all of Somerset, Jean Hittie, New Freedom,
  Patricia Gebhart, Cascade, Md., William Pile, Littleton, Colo. and Karl
  Pile, Hagerstown, Md.  Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.  A
  1941 graduate of Shanksville-Stonycreek High School.  World War II Army
  veteran having served in the European Theater.  Former owner of Pile
  Hardware in New Paris, and former co-owner of R.M. Pile and Sons Septic
  Service, Cearfoss, Md.  Member of State Line United Methodist Church,
  American Legion Post 373, Greencastle, N.R.A. and the National Wild Turkey
  Federation.  He was an avid hunter in Potter County for more than 50
  years.  Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at
  Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, Greencastle, and from 2 to 4 and
  7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown.  Viewing from 10
  a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m. Thursday at Friedens Lutheran
  Church.  The Rev. Dwaine Krebs and Rev. Edward DeVore officiating. 
  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  Memorial contributions may be
  given to the American Lung Association, 3001 Old Gettysburg Rd., Camp Hill,
  Pa. 17011 or State Line U.M. Church, P.O. Box 277, State Line, Pa. 17263.
  
  09/20/2004  Daily American