OBIT: Walter C. "Spike" SINGER, 1999, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SINGER
  
    Walter C. "Spike" Singer, 80, Stuart Street, Berlin, died Jan. 5,
  1999, at Windber Medical Center.  Born Aug. 6, 1918, in Pittsburgh,
  son of William and Marion (Steen) Singer.  Preceded in death by
  parents; sisters Helen M. Gillman and Betty Burns-Miller; brothers
  Clarence, David, Charles, William, Arnold and Harry.  Survived by wife
  of 43 years, Madeline (Hillegas) Costello-Singer, Berlin; son, Robert
  Vitalie, married to Margie, Cherry Hill, N.J.; stepsons, Marlin
  Costello, married to Laura Hordubay, Fairhope, and Miles Ken
  Costello, married to Delores Rowe, Norwood; 3 grandchildren, 8
  step-grandchildren, 3 step-great grandchildren and sister, Marion
  "Snook" Lovekin, Oviedo, Fla.  Walter retired after 27 years of
  service from Goodyear Atomic in Waverly, Ohio, where he worked as an
  electrician.  World War II Army veteran who served in the Pacific
  Theater.  Lifetime member and past post commander of American Legion
  Post 142 in Waverly, Ohio, and a member of Berlin American Legion
  Post 445.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday
  at Charles O. Dimond Funeral Home Inc., South Fork, where funeral
  service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Rev. Carl Schwarm of United
  Trinity Church of Christ.  Interment, Forest Lawn Cemetery. Military
  graveside service by St. Michael American Legion Post 551. 
  
  Daily American, January 7, 1999
  
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