OBIT: Kenneth J. YUTZY, 1948, Meyersdale RD, Somerset County, PA 

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KENNETH J. YUTZY

  Last rites for S/Sgt Kenneth J. Yutzy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Yutzy of 
Meyersdale R.D. 3, were held Sunday, August 8, at 4:30 p.m. in the Somerset 
Memorial Park.
  The Norman W. Yutzy Post No. 861, American Legion of Garrett conducted the 
military rites.  Pallbearers were veterans - brothers Theodore, George and Ray 
Yutzy, brothers-in-law William Bell and James Davis, and nephew James R. Bell, 
Pfc. in the Air Force.  Rev. L. J. Kaufman of Rockwood and Rev. J. F. Messinger 
of Somerset officiated.
  S/Sgt Yutzy was killed in action February 2, 1944, at Anzio Beachhead in 
Italy.  His brother, S/Sgt Norman Yutzy was killed in action May 20, 1943.
  Kenneth is survived by his parents, four sisters and four brothers, three 
above mentioned and Hurbert, stationed with the Army in Germany for the last 26 
months, and now enroute home, according to a telegram received by the Red Cross 
at Somerset.

Meyersdale Republican, August 12, 1948