OBIT: Oscar STECKMAN, Sr., 1972, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  OSCAR STECKMAN SR.
  
    Oscar Steckman, Sr., 86, of Smithton, Pa., a former resident of
  Meyersdale RD 1, died Sept. 28 in Mt. View Rest Center.
    Mr. Steckman was born January 26, 1886, in Connellsville.  He was
  united in marriage with his first wife, Annie Goehringer, at St.
  Paul's Wilhelm Reformed Church, now the Amity-Wilhelm United Church
  of Christ.
    He was preceded in death by his first wife, two daughters and three
  sisters.
    He is survived by three children of his first marriage, Roy
  Steckman, Jerome; Mrs. Edna Rhodes, Adelphi, Md., and Oscar Jr., of
  Potomac, Md.
    He is survived by his second wife, Opal, and two children: Nancy,
  wife of Dr. Conrad Bures, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Paul,
  Baltimore, Md.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a
  sister, Mrs. Walter (Cora) Baer of Jerome, formerly of Meyersdale RD.
    Mr. Steckman was an employee of a Somerset County mining firm.  He
  was also superintendent of two mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Co. prior
  to his retirement.
    He was a member of Blyth Lodge, F and AM, West Newton, Pa.; Odd
  Fellows of Smithton; the Somerset County Historical Soc. and Hope
  Memorial Lutheran Church, Smithton.
    Funeral service was conducted Oct. 1 at Barthels Funeral Home in
  Smithton, with his pastor, the Rev. Albert Speck, officiating. 
  Interment was in Olive Branch Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, October 12, 1972
  
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