OBIT: Walter E. PYLE, 1983, formerly of Rockwood, Somerset County, PA
  
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  WALTER E. PYLE
  
    Walter E. Pyle, 87, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Rockwood, died Dec.
  19, 1983, in the St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh.
    He was born March 1, 1896, in Black Township, a son of William W.
  and Margaret (Pyle) Pyle.
    He is survived by one son, Homer, Pittsburgh; one daughter, Mrs.
  Vivian Zorn, Collbran, Col.; two brothers: Theodore, Pittsburgh; and
  Virgil, Somerset; two sisters: Mrs. Nell Critchfield and Mrs. Nora
  Ream, both of Somerset; five grandchildren; and three
  great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys E.
  Pyle, in 1974; also by a son, Richard W., in 1942.  He was a member of
  the Rockwood American Legion Post 279 for 50 years, a veteran of World
  War I, a member of the Junior Order United Auto Mechanics, a member of
  the Rockwood United Methodist Church.  He was a retired trackman from
  the B&O Railroad and a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
  Way Employees Lodge 1556.
    Friends were received in the William J. Wood Funeral Home, Rockwood
  from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday.  Services will be conducted at
  the funeral home Thursday at 1:30 p.m., with his pastor, the Rev.
  Donald Krestar officiating.  Interment, Rockwood I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, December 22, 1983
  
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