OBIT: Chester A. SMITH, 2003, Acosta, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SMITH
  
  Chester A. Smith, 77, Acosta, died Feb. 6, 2003 at home.  Born Sept.
  9, 1925 in Boswell, son of the late Dewey and Alma (DeLozier)
  Smith.  Survived by wife of 53 years, the former Rose Marie Kozel and
  sisters, Marietta, widow of Milton Griffin, Boswell, Helen, widow of
  Ray Weigle, Friedens, Roberta Ling-Kaulp, Mansfield, Ohio, and Emma
  Jean, married to Ray Charlton, Hollidaysburg.  Also survived by
  sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Josephine and Rudy Zanoni, Acosta,
  and numerous nieces and nephews.  Member of the former Boswell High
  School class of 1944.  Navy veteran of World War II having served in
  the Pacific Theater of Operation.  Retired cloth cutter of the former
  Dorfman and Hoffman Garment Factory, with over 39 years service.  A
  member of All Saints Catholic Parish and the Shanksville American
  Legion.  Former member of the Knights of Columbus.  Friends received
  from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street,
  Boswell, where vigil for the deceased will be held at 2 p.m.
  Friday.  Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Chapel,
  Acosta.  The Rev. Father Justin A. Ratajcza OFM Conv. celebrant. 
  Committal Somerset County Memorial Park with graveside military rite
  in charge of the Somerset County Honor Guard.
  
  Daily American, February 7, 2003
  
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