OBIT: Charles A. PLATT, 1998, Berlin, 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/ _______________________________________________ PLATT Charles A. Platt, 71, of Berlin, died May 2, 1998 at Somerset Hospital. Born Sept. 29, 1926 in Berlin, son of Henry S. and Goldie May (Fritz) Platt. Preceded in death by parents, brother Donald and son Charles V. Survived by his former wife, Delma (Seifert) Platt, and these children: James, married to the former Joan Gary of Rockwood; Robert, and Ruthanne, Married to Clinton Clark both of Berlin; Diane Lape of Pittsburgh; David, married to the former Julia Hudson of Eldon, Mo., and Sfc. Clair, married to the former Mary Brown, Italy; 16 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Brother of: Henry S. Jr. of Texas; Kathryn Landis, Mary Bittner, Bernadine Glotfelty and Richard, all of Berlin, and James of Virginia. A World War II Marine veteran. Retired contractor. Member of Berlin Brethren Church and Berlin American Legion. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin, where service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Rev. Sherman H. Berkey. Interment, Downey Cemetery. Daily American, May 4, 1998 [P0627]