OBIT: Edward Simpson STITELER, 1993, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  STITELER
  
    Edward Simpson Stiteler, 70, of Greensburg, died Thursday Sept. 9,
  1993, at his home.  Born Nov. 1, 1922, in Rockwood, son of the late
  W. John and Marian (Simpson) Stiteler.  A highly decorated U.S. Army
  Air Corps veteran having served with the 8th Air Force in W.W. II,
  also decorated in Korea having served in the U.S. Air Force, and was
  retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 911th Military Air Lift
  Group, Pittsburgh in 1972.  As a lieutenant colonel, Mr. Stiteler was
  a former attorney with Smith, Best, and Horn and a former workman
  compensation referee for the Commonwealth of Pa.  Prior to retirement
  he had been employed as an attorney with West Penn Power Company of
  Greensburg.  Former chairman and active member of the Westmoreland
  County Republican Party and a candidate for the county commissioner
  in 1963, and candidate for the Pa. state legislature in 1964.  A
  graduate of Valley Forge Military Academy, Yale University, and
  Dickenson Law School.  Survived by his wife, Angeles Lopez Portillo
  Stiteler, a son, W. John of Somerset, and Norman A. of Waterford,
  four daughters: Tey Stiteler of Pittsburgh, Maria Stiteler of
  Portland, Maine; Guadalupe Stiteler-Brown of Greensburg, and Maria
  Simon of Ancaster, Ontario, 13 grandchildren and one
  great-granddaughter.  Survived by a sister, Jaqueline des Cognets of
  Williamstown, Mass.  Friends will be received at the Coshey-Nicholson
  Funeral Home Inc., 319 West Pittsburgh St., Greensburg, from 3 to 5
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.  Graveside service will be held 1 p.m.
  Sunday at the Barronvale Lutheran Church Cemetery, Barronvale.
  
  Daily American, September 11, 1993
  
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