OBIT: Wallis Russell SHANER, 1985, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WALLIS R. SHANER Wallis Russell Shaner, 83, of Mount Pleasant Road, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 1985, at the Cumberland Nursing Home. Born March 13, 1902, in Rogersford, he was the son of the late Wallis Shaner and Stella (Bush) Shaner. He was preceded in death by two wives, Ruth Viola (Hoover) Shaner and Bernice (Screen) Shaner. He was a retired linotype operator with the Times and Alleganian Company, and a member of Typographical Union local 244. He attended Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow, Mildred Grace (White) Shaner, Cumberland, Md.; one daughter, Mrs. Barbara McKenzie, Meyersdale RD; one son, Harold R. Shaner, Cumberland; two stepsons, Martin White and David White, both of Cumberland; and six grandchildren. Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where services were conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. by the Rev. Elenore Diggs. Interment, Rose Hill Cemetery. The Republic, December 5, 1985 [S1046]