OBIT: Robert Barkley WALKER, 1977, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  ROBERT WALKER
  
    Robert Barkley Walker, 58, of San Antoine, Texas, died June 5,
  1977, in the Audi Murphy Veterans Hospital in San Antoine, Texas. 
  Born Dec. 17, 1918, in Somerset County, he was a son of Arch Walker
  of Somerset and the late Bertha (Barkley) Walker.
    He is survived by a son, Jeffrey of Harrisburg and these sisters
  and brothers: Mrs. Ruth Hillegas of Berlin RD 1; Mrs. Mary Sweitzer
  of Berlin; Mrs. Helen Custer of Somerset; Dalton B. of Somerset RD 1.
    He is preceded in death by a brother, Clark, who was killed in
  World War II.
    He was a member of Samuels Lutheran Church, IOOF of Somerset.  He
  served as a pilot of the Army Air Force during World War II and was
  shot down over Germany and taken prisoner for two years.
    Funeral services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Richard E.
  Hauger Funeral Home with Rev. Gregory Pile officiating.  Interment,
  Somerset County Memorial Park.
  
  The Republic, June 9, 1977
  
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