Charles Baumgardner;73;of Grindstone;formerly of Denbo;died Thursday;Feb.18;1988;in the Wightman Health Center;Pittsburgh. Mr.Baumgardner was born Nov.9;1916;in Cambria County;Pa.;a son of the late Oliver and Mary Benson Baumgardner. He retired as a coal miner with the Vesta Number 5 Mine. Mr.Baumgardner was a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of West Brownsville;which he served as a Sunday School teacher and elder. In addition to his parents;he was also preceded in death by his first wife;Anna Mae Lint Baumgardner;who died in 1985;by one daughter;Mary Margaret Baumgardner;by two grandchildren;by one great-grandchild;and by three brothers;Leo;James and Norman Baumgardner. Surviving are his second wife;Hazel Stuchslager Baumgardner;four sons;Eugene Baumgardner of Akron;Ohio;Jerome Baumgarder of Willoughby;Ohio;and Roy and David Baumgardner;both of Denbo;three daughters;Mrs.Edward (Patricia) Woods of Denbo;Mrs.Charles (Karen) Laucher of Canonsburg;and Mrs.Wilbur (Sharon) McIntosh of Brownsville;24 grandchildren;three great-grandchildren;two stepsons;Roger Stuchslager in South Carolina and Larry Stuchslager of Grindstone;two stepdaughters;Mrs.John (Cindy) Ritter of Fayette City and Mrs.Douglas (Bonnie) Brown of Monessen;eight stepgrandchildren;two brothers;Arthur Baumgardner in Colorado and Lawrence Baumgardner of Johnstown;Pa.;and two sisters;Carmella Lahti of Fayette City and Catherine Smith of Herminie;Pa. Friends will be received Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the Normamn J.Wimer Funeral Home;126 Front St.;Brownsville. Services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home;with the Rev.Robert W.Ellenberger;pastor;Christian and Missionary Alliance Church;West Brownsville;and the Rev.Carl Hughes;pastor;Christian and Missionary Alliance Church;Braznell;co-officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Norman J.Wimer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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