OBIT: Albert Edward "Bud" RECKNER, 2003, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ RECKNER Albert Edward (Bud) Reckner, 75, of Somerset, died Dec. 21, 2003, of Siemon Lakeview Manor Estate. Born March 27, 1928 in Quecreek, a son of the late John Reckner and Mary Ann (Hetzer) Reckner-Bell. Also preceded in death by his stepfather, William Bell, daughter Connie Ann and grandparents, Daisy and Albert Hetzer. Survived by wife, Jean (Foust) Reckner; children, Sandra Reckner and special friend Richard Whittington of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Kathy, wife of Alex Weir of Somerset, Michael Reckner of Sipesville, Patrick Reckner, married to Debra Dancho of South Carolina, Jeffrey Reckner of Berlin and Becky, wife of Robert Kennedy of South Carolina; grandchildren, Shelley Barto, Adam Weir, Jami Weir, Melissa Reckner, Vince Reckner, Chevy Reckner, Kylie Kennedy and Madison Kennedy; great-granchildren, Brittany Barto, Hanna Barto, Madelynn Weir, Cassidy Weir and Blaze Reckner. Member of FOE Aerie 1801. Retired as a heavy equipment operator for Hard Hat Mining Co. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Robert H Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Rev. Brenda Shaffer and Rev. Dennis Fetter officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park Daily American, December 22, 2003 [R191]