OBIT: Charles W. "Jim" STERN, 1988, Gray, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Maureen Carothers Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ STERN Charles W. (Jim) Stern, 70, of Gray, died Nov. 1, 1988, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born July 27, 1918, in Lincoln Township, son of Robert I. and Catherine (Howard) Stern. Preceded in death by parents, two brothers and two sisters. Survived by his wife of 48 years, the former Mary Speicher; and these children: Larry, married to former Barbara Greer, of Albany, Ga.; Charles D. and Carol Ann Layton, both of Somerset; grandchildren, Janet and Lisa Stern. Brother of Harry and Laura Shaw, both of Canastota, N.Y. Retired in 1980 after 33 years at Somerset Foundry and Machine Co. World War II Army veteran, with service in the South Pacific. Family will receive friends 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with Rev. Max DeArmey. Interment, Beulah Cemetery. Daily American, November 2, 1988 [S2937]