OBIT: Robert James SMITH, 2001, Confluence, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Patty Millich and proofread by Alice James. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SMITH Robert James Smith, 81, of Kattie's Assisted Living in Confluence, formerly of Hyosota, died Nov. 23, 2001 at Meyersdale Medical Center. Born Oct. 26, 1920, in Pittsburgh, son of Edward and Clara Smith. Preceded in death by parents; sons, James and Larry and brothers and sisters. Survived by wife of 59 years, the former Mollie Berkebile of Confluence; sons, Robert C. of Monrovia, Md.; and Randolph S. Sr., married to the former Luann Hood of Damascus, Md.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He retired from the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plate mill. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at George E. Mason Funeral Home Inc., Davidsville, where services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Donald Speigle officiating. Interment, Blough Mennonite Cemetery. Daily American, November 24, 2001 [S2181]