OBIT: Edward PLATTER, 1982, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  EDWARD PLATTER 
  
  Edward Platter, 85, Grantsville RD 2, Md., died June 1, 1982 in
  Goodwill Mennonite Nursing Home.  He was born in Grantsville, he was
  the son of the late Silas and Anna (Metz) Platter.  He was a member of
  the Maranatha Assembly of God Church, a retired grocery storekeeper
  and was preceded in death by his wife, Velma P. Groves.  He is
  survived by two sons, Neil Platter, Baltimore, Md. and Roger Platter,
  Grafton, W. Va.; five daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Johnson, Frederick,
  Md.; Miss Ethel Platter, Baltimore, Mrs. Phyllis Bittinger, Mrs.
  Carol Frickey and Mrs. Peggy Leasher, all of Grantsville, Md.; four
  half-sisters, Mrs. Ethel Durst, Jennings, Mrs. Beulah Barnes,
  Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Pearl Beaver, Piedmont, W. Va., and Mrs. Edna
  Wolf, Oakland, Md.; 25 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
  Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home.  Services were
  conducted at the Maranatha Assembly of God Church by the Rev. William
  Ferguson and the Rev. J.R. Meadows.  Interment was in the Bittinger
  Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, June 17, 1982
  
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