OBIT: Rev. Innocent A. STRITTMATTER, 1989, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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    The Rev. Innocent A. Strittmatter, 90, Garvey Manor, Hollidaysburg,
  formerly of Chest Springs, died April 29, 1989, at the manor.  He was
  born April 20, 1899, in Hastings, son of late Aloysius and Rosalia
  (Helfrich) Strittmatter.
    He was preceded in death by brothers, Rudolph, Modestus, Leo and
  Hilary, and sister, Marie Dillon.
    He is survived by several nieces and nephews.  He had attended St.
  Francis Prep School, Loretto.  A 1925 graduate of St. Francis
  College.  Also attended St. Francis Seminary.  Was ordained in 1929
  in Altoona by the Rev. Bishop John J. McCort.  Former assistant
  pastor and administrator of St. Francis Zavier Catholic Church,
  Cresson.  Former pastor of St. Michael Catholic Church, West
  Salisbury, and St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Cresson.  Pastor
  emeritus of St. Monica Catholic Church, Chest Springs.
    Friends received at Donald J. Gibbons Funeral Home, Ashville. 
  Transferral of Father Strittmatter was helad at 3 p.m. Sunday to St.
  Monica Church.  Pontifical Concelebrated Mass at 11 a.m. Tuesday, the
  Rev. Bishop Joseph V. Adamec principal celebrant, the Rev. Msgr.
  Francis Ackerman, homilist and the Rev. Msgr. Roy F. Kline, master of
  ceremonies.  Interment, Priest Plot, St. Monica Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, May 11, 1989
  
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