OBIT: Karl Kermit WILHELM, 1999, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  WILHELM
  
    Karl Kermit Wilhelm, 68, of 1254 East Lake Rd., Hammondsport, N.Y.,
  died Oct. 20, 1999 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.  He was
  born April 11, 1931 in Somerset, the son of Mason and Ada Miller
  Wilhelm.  He married Shirley Rittenhour on June 15, 1958 in
  Somerset.  Karl served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Charles J.
  Bader DD657 during the Korean Conflict.  He was a graduate of
  California State Teachers College in California, Pa., and received
  his master's degree from Bucknell University.  He taught as an
  industrial arts teacher and was head football coach and assistant
  basketball coach at Loyalsock Township High School, Williamsport,
  from 1958-1964.  Karl was an Industrial Arts teacher at Corning Free
  Academy from 1964-1967.  He was assistant principal of
  Corning-Painted Post West High School from 1967-1982 where he started
  the Key Club; and the Northside Blodgett Middle School from 1982-1990
  where he also started a hunter safety course.  He retired in 1990. 
  Karl was an active member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Penn Yan,
  N.Y.; past president of the Painted Post Kiwanis Club; a former
  member of the Corning Elks; a member of the NRA; the Barrington Rifle
  Club; the Crystal City VFW; and a third term councilman on the Wayne
  Town Board.  Karl is survived by:  his wife, Shirley; three
  daughters, Melanie (James) McGuire of Penn Yan; Karla (Steven)
  Markayze of Painted Post; and Kimberly (Donald) Glab of Gaithersburg,
  Md.; brother, Ray (Shirley) Wilhelm of Lady Lake, Fla.; sisters,
  Thelma Fontyn of Silver Spring, Md.; Lois (Frank) Pucci of Somerset;
  sister-in-law, Googie Wilhelm of Somerset; seven grandchildren: Emily
  and Kathryn McGuire; Corinne, Kendall, Kimberly and Christiana Glab;
  Matthew Karl Markayze; nephew, Frank Pucci of Somerset; several other
  nephews, nieces:  Susan Fontyn of Gaithersburg, Md.; Jeannette James
  of Augusta, Ga.; Amy Peritsky of Rochester, N.Y.; Cindy Hauger of
  Somerset and Maria Pucci, of Rochester, N.Y.  Karl is predeceased by his
  parents; a son, Maryevelyn; and a brother, Mason Wilhelm Jr.  Friends may
  call at Carpenter's Funeral Home, 14 E. Pulteney St., Corning, N.Y. from 2
  to 5 p.m. Sunday.  A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Monday from St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penn Yan, with the Rev.
  Aileen Robbins officiating.  Burial with full military honors will
  follow at Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan.  Memorial contributions may be
  made to West High School for a scholarship to be set up in Karl
  Wilhelm's name.
  
  Daily American, October 23, 1999
  
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