OBIT: Byron P. "Paul" STAIRS, 2005, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  Stairs, Byron P. "Paul"  06/29/05  Daily American
  
  Byron P. "Paul" Stairs, 87, Somerset, passed on June 28, 2005, at home. Born
  Aug. 16, 1917, in Westmoreland County, he is the son of the late Byron L. and
  Bertha (Brown) Stairs. He is preceded in death by his parents; grandson,
  Franklin Stairs and sister, Cora "Ethel" Flick. He is survived by his wife of
  54 years, Madeline (Buratty) Stairs; children, Donald P. Stairs, Somerset,
  Kenneth, married to Nanasue (Peck) Stairs, Rockwood, and Nancy, married to
  Patrick Pickard, Somerset; grandchildren: Adam, Stacy and Heather Stairs and
  Erin and Christopher Pickard; sister, Edith Domanyi, Berlin, Helen Barnett,
  Somerset, and Olive Barber, Texas, and brothers, Carl Stairs, Meyersdale, and
  Clark Stairs, Dayton. He worked in the timber industry as a sawyer for his
  entire adult life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II serving in
  the Philippines and loved motorcycles, horses and woodworking. He was a member
  of the Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Bakersville. Friends may call from 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Miller Funeral Home, Somerset. A service will be
  held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Mount Zion Church. The Rev. George Mason
  officiating. Interment with full military honors by the Somerset County Honor
  Guard at Bakersville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be sent to Mount Zion
  Lutheran Church, 3093 Glades Pike, Somerset, 15501 or In Touch Hospice, 1590 N.
  Center Ave., Somerset, 15501