OBIT: Harry R. WILT, 1986, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  HARRY R. WILT
  
    Harry R. Wilt, 77, Grantsville RD 2, Md., died Wednesday, January
  15, 1986, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    Born June 6, 1908, in Bond, he was the son of the late Jesse Wilt
  and Rachael (Platter) Wilt.
    A member of the Church of the Brethren, he was a retired
  construction worker and was a member of Laborers International Union
  of North America Local 616.  He also worked as a farmer and coal
  miner at various times.
    He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah A. (Wilt) Wilt; one son,
  Russell Wilt, of Grantsville; eight daughters:  Mrs. Slyvia Platter,
  Mrs. Golda Wilburn, Mrs. Bertha Handwerk and Mrs. Dolly Fazenbaker,
  all of Grantsville; Mrs. Pearl Robertson, Novelty, Ohio; Mrs. Leora
  Bittinger, Accident, Md.; Mrs. Elemeda Kitzmiller, Fairfax, Va.; Mrs.
  Peggy Wilburn, Salisbury; two brothers:  Dewey Wilt, Meyersdale; James
  Wilt, Swanton, Md.; two sisters:  Mrs. Velma Bittinger, of
  Grantsville; Mrs. Hulda Shaffer, Meyersdale; 29 grandchildren and 16
  great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home where services
  were conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Connell Chaney.
    Interment, Grantsville Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, January 23, 1986
  
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