OBIT: Robert M. "Mac" WASSON, 2002, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  WASSON
  
  Robert M. "Mac" Wasson, 86, of Champion, died Jan. 7, 2002 at his
  home.  Born Nov. 29, 1915 in Monessen, a son of the late William A.
  and Elsie (Switzer) Wasson.  Survived by his wife, Irma B. (Pritts)
  Wasson, with whom he celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June
  4, 2001; four children, Charlene Surber and her husband, Larry, of
  Champion, Dorothy Sprague of Champion, Robert Lee Wasson and wife,
  Jane of Friedens, and Amy Carlson and husband, Brent of Gold Beach,
  Ore.; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother,
  Glenn Wasson of Pittsburgh.  "Mac" began teaching in a one-room
  school (Longwood) in 1937.  He was married on June 4, 1941, and
  drafted into the Army Engineers on June 27, 1941.  He shipped
  overseas in September 1941 and received medals for the Pacific
  Theatre, the Okinawa campaign and the Congressional Survivor of Pearl
  Harbor Award.  He became an assistant to the superintendent for
  Connellsville Area School District, where he remained until
  retirement in 1977.  Friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday
  in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft, where
  funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday.  Rev. Dennis Arndt
  officiating.  Interment in Mt. Nebo Cemetery, with military rites
  conducted at the graveside.  Memorial contributions may be made to
  the C.N. Pritts or Springfield Township Elementary School libraries
  in memory of Mr. Wasson.
  
  Daily American, January 10, 2002
  
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