OBIT: Charles Kenneth "Tiz" VanMETER, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  CHARLES K. VanMETER 
  
    Charles Kenneth "Tiz" VanMeter, 58, Oldtown, Md., died Saturday, Sept.
  30, 1989, at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born April 27, 1931, in Oldtown, Md., he was the son of the late Emory C.
  and Thelma M. (Gordon) VanMeter.
    He was a carpenter for Wire Enterprises in Washington, D.C.; an Army
  veteran of the Korean Conflict; was a member of the VFW Post in
  Springfield, Va.; and the Loyal Order of Moose, College Park.
    Surviving are two sons: David P. VanMeter and Michael J. VanMeter, both
  of Bedford; two daughters: Mrs. Joy D. Gill, Williamsport; and Mrs. Linda
  D. Whitcomb, Bedford; three brothers: Melvin V. VanMeter, Gardner; and
  Richard E. VanMeter and John R. VanMeter, both of Cumberland, Md.; three
  sisters: Mrs. Shirley M. McCann, Oldtown, Md.; Mrs. Mary E. Benson, Mount
  Holly Springs; and Mrs. Barbara E. Winebrenner, Lonaconing, Md.; and six
  grandchildren.  Friends were received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, where
  services were conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. by the Rev. Victor E. Hamer.
    Interment, Union Cemetery, Centerville.
  
  The Republic, October 5, 1989
  
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