OBIT: Earl J. WALTER, 1979, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ WALTER Earl J. Walter, 92, Stoystown RD 1, (Ferrelton) died Aug. 18, 1979, at Seimon Nursing Home, Somerset. Born July 10, 1887, in Milford Township, Somerset County, son of Irvin W. and Elizabeth (Hecker) Walter. Preceded in death by parents, two brothers and three sisters. Survived by widow, the former Bessie E. Hoffman, and these sisters: Mrs. Ivy Ross, Johnstown RD 4; Mrs. Nell Zimmerman, Berlin; and Mrs. Hazel Grubber, Pittsburgh; half-sister, Mrs. Dora Hostetler, Cairnbrook; and half-brother, Ray, Johnstown. Member of St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Boswell. Retired employee of former Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Co., Jenners. Resident of the Jenner area for the past 70 years. Celebrated 70th wedding anniversary Oct., 1978. Friends received from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell, where service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. George A. Clark. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. Daily American, August 20, 1979 [W0367]