OBIT: William Letcher SHANK, Sr., 1972, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHANK
  
  William Letcher Shank Sr., 40, of Tyrone RD 2, died unexpectedly
  August 26 at Altoona Hospital.  He was born April 6, 1932, in
  Boswell, a son of Karl F. and Villa Marie Letcher Shank.  He was
  preceded in death by his father in 1948 and first wife Beverly Ann
  Chase in 1955.  He is survived by his mother Villa, wife of Eugene
  Horner of Jennerstown; second wife, the former Betty Konitsky; a son,
  William Letcher Shank Jr. of Jennerstown; and a daughter, Rose Marie,
  at home.  He was a brother of LuAnn, wife of George Gore of Boswell
  RD 1.  He was an enforcement officer for the Pennsylvania Liquor
  Control Board.  He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church,
  Hollidaysburg; Bellwood Eagles' Lodge; and Fraternal Order of
  Police.  He was a graduate of Boswell High School and a veteran of
  the Korean War, having served in the U.S. Navy.  Friends received from
  7-9 p.m. today and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the Joseph H. Hoffman
  Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny Street, Boswell where rosary will be
  recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday.  Mass of Resurrection at 10 a.m. Wednesday
  in St. JohnAos Catholic Church, Acosta, the Rev. J. Joseph
  Strittmatter officiating.

  Daily American, 28 August 1972
  
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  WILLIAM SHANK  06 Apr 1932 Aug 1972 207-24-0453 Pennsylvania