OBIT: James E. RECKNER, 1997, Jerome, 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 James E. Reckner, 76, of Jerome died Dec. 22, 1997, at Lee Hospital. Born July 29, 1921, in Boynton. Son of Harry and Ada (Shroyer) Reckner. Preceded in death by parents. Survived by wife, the former Ethel Kurtz; daughter Jacqueline, wife of Patrick Roberts, Lancaster; and grandchildren Kurt and Erin Roberts. Brother of Albert, Euldean Shields and Naomi Oaks, all of Jerome; Donna Shaffer, Hooversville; Janice Lint, Boswell, and Dorcas Garlesky, Hollsopple. Member of Jerome Church of the Nazarene and the UMWA. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell. Funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday at Jerome Church of the Nazarene. No visitation Christmas Day and no viewing at the church. The Rev. Clifford Ott officiating. Interment, Grandview Cemetery. Daily American, December 24, 1997 [R202]