OBIT: Rachel (PLATTER) WILT, 1944, Larimer Twp., Sand Patch R.D., Somerset 
County, PA

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RACHEL WILT

  Mrs. Rachel (Platter) Wilt, wife of Jesse Wilt, of Larimer Township, Sand 
Patch R.D. 1, died at her home at 12:30 a.m. on Monday, December 18th, of 
carcinoma of the stomach and diabetes melitus.  She was born in Garrett County, 
Maryland, on November 30, 1878, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Bittinger) 
Platter, and was 66 years and 18 days old at her death.
  In addition to her husband, Mrs. Wilt is survived by five daughters: Bertha, 
wife of Lawrence Bittinger, Salisbury; Hulda, wife of Walter Shaffer, 
Meyersdale; Clara, wife of Truman Butler, Fairview, Md.; Velma, wife of Frank 
Bittinger, Grantsville, Md., and Cecilia, wife of Lloyd Bittinger, Jennings, 
Md.; six sons: Silas, West Salisbury; Dewey, Sand Patch; James, Swanton, Md., 
and Harry, Ray and Ivan, Jennings, Md.; 73 grandchildren and 34 great-
grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Wilt, Westernport, Md., and Lydia, 
wife of Joseph Bittinger, Leisenring, Pa., and three brothers: Henry, Jr., and 
Jacob Platter, Jennings, Md., and Thomas Platter, Meyersdale.
  Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, in the Bittinger Church 
of the Brethren, with the pastor officiating.  Interment in the Bittinger 
Cemetery, in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, December 21, 1944