OBIT: Walter Joseph SPANGLER, 1998, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SPANGLER
  
    Major Walter Joseph Spangler, Ret., 68 of Martinsburg, W.Va., died
  April 8, 1998 at Heartland of Martinsburg.  Born May 2, 1929 in
  Hyndman, he was the son of the late Walter Michael Spangler and Elsie
  Viola Bittner Spangler.  He was a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army,
  having served in Korea and Vietnam.  After retiring from the
  military, he was employed by the Computer Science Corporation and the
  U.S. Government at Fort Ritchie.  He was a member of the Greensburg
  United Methodist church and Bible study group.  He leaves one son and
  daughter-in-law: John Stephen and Nancy Spangler, Hedgeville, W.Va.;
  four step-children: Melvin J. White II, Germantown, Md., Elaine
  Wilkinson, Aspen Hill, Md., Janice Smith, Martinsburg, W.Va., Sharon
  Schmedicke, Frederick, Md.; two grandchildren, three
  step-grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.  He was
  preceded in death by his first wife: Alma Deba Spangler, his second
  wife, Ethel Virginia Spangler, and one brother: John W. Spangler. 
  Burial with full military honors will be held at 3 p.m. April 21 in
  Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., with Rev. John R. Yost,
  officiating.  The family will receive friends at the Brown Funeral
  Home in Martinsburg, W.Va. from 7 to 9 p.m., April 11.  Memorial
  contributions should be sent to the Greensburg United Methodist
  Church, Att: Treasurer, Rt. 3, 139H, Martinsburg, W.Va. 25401.
  
  Daily American, April 10, 1998
  
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