OBIT: Robert Thomas SCHARDT, 1993, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SCHARDT
  
    Robert Thomas Schardt, 78, York, Pa., formerly of Meyersdale, died
  Nov. 20, 1993 in York Memorial Hospital.  Born Sept. 23, 1917 in
  Meyersdale, son of the late John A. and Mary Frances (Bowers)
  Schardt.  Widower of Mary E. Breig.  Survived by these children,
  Robert Jr., married to the former Marjorie Mazer, with whom he lived,
  York, and Mary E. (Betzie), wife of James Elliott, Harrisburg, two
  grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  Also survived by sister,
  Jean (Schardt) LaRue, Meyersdale.  Member of St. Joseph Catholic
  Church, York.  Retired employee of the Caterpillar Corp.  Veteran of
  World War II and a member of the Pleasureville V.F.W. 799.  Friends
  received from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Philip and James Catholic
  Church, where funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. with Father James S.
  Bunn.  Interment, St. Philip and James Cemetery under the direction
  of Leckemby Funeral Home.  The family suggests contributions to be
  made to the American Heart Association or American Lung Association.
  
  Daily American, November 22, 1993
  
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  ROBERT SCHARDT
  
    Robert Thomas Schardt, 76, of York, Pa., formerly of Meyersdale,
  died Nov. 20, 1993 at York Memorial Hospital.
    Born Sept. 23, 1917 in Meyersdale, he was a son of the late John
  and Mary Frances (Bowers) Schardt.  He was a widower of Mary E. Breig.
    He is survived by these children: Robert Jr., married to the former
  Marjorie Mazer, with whom he lived, York; and Mary E. Betzie, wife of
  James Elliot, Harrisburg; two grandchildren and one
  great-grandchild.  He is survived by a sister, Jean (Schardt) LaRue,
  Meyersdale.
    He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, York; a retired
  employee of the Caterpillar Corp.; a veteran of World War II and a
  member of the Pleasurville American Legion Post 799.
    Friends were received at Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church,
  Meyersdale, where funeral mass was held.  Interment, Sts. Philip and
  James Cemetery, under the direction of Leckemby Funeral Home.
  
  New Republic, December 9, 1993
  
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