OBIT: Robert J. SPEAR, 1982, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROBERT J. SPEAR
  
    Robert J. Spear, 57, of Friendsville, Md., died August 13, 1982, in
  the Veterans Hospital at Martinsburg, W.Va.
    He was born Oct. 5, 1924 in Confluence, and was the son of Izetta
  (Savage) Spear, Friendsville and the late John Spear.
    He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Confluence VFW
  Post.
    Also surviving besides his mother are a son, Scott Spear,
  Listonburg; two daughters, Mrs. Robin Sines and Mrs. Dianne DeWitt,
  both of Friendsville; four brothers, Vernon Spear, Addison; James
  Spear and Paul Spear, both of Friendsville; Richard Spear,
  Owensville, Ind.; one half brother, Charles Spear, Salisbury; four
  sisters, Mrs. Lydia Friend, Mrs. Doris Friend, Mrs. Betty Turney and
  Mrs. Rita Augustine, all of Friendsville; and one grandchild.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home where services
  were conducted at the funeral home with the Rev. Edward Myers
  officiating.  Interment will be in Steele Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, August 19, 1982
  
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