William G. Kerr, Sr.

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William G. Kerr, Sr.

Pastor H. David McElroy

William G. Kerr, Sr., 94, of Carmichaels, Pa., passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at his home. He was born November 22, 1925 in Ronco, Fayette County, Pa., a son of the late Thomas Guy and Ethel (Fox) Kerr. Mr. Kerr attended German Township schools and served with the U. S. Army with the 89th Infantry Division in Germany where he was wounded in combat during World War II. He retired in 1987 as a heavy equipment operator for the Consolidated Coal Company Robena Mine. Mr. Kerr was a member of the Greene Valley Presbyterian Church, Carmichaels, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 47, Uniontown, Pa., United Mine Workers of America Local # 6321 and the Isaac Walton League, Uniontown. On September 7, 1974, he married Carmen M. (Quintana) Shanto , who died February 10, 2019.

Surviving are a son, William G. Kerr, Jr. (Tonnie) of Mount Union, Pa.; two daughters, Diana L. Kerr at home and Donna K. Waine (Fred) of Waynesburg, Pa.; the mother of his children, Anna Kerr of Carmichaels; a step son, John David Shanto (Joy) of Willoughby, Ohio; three grandchildren, Dawn M. Clark (Tony), Vaughn L. Mankey (Celina) and Freddie Waine (Bre); five step grandchildren, Melanie Snyder, Christopher Shanto, Jamie Shanto, Shennon Shanto and Jacob Shanto and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are a son, Frederick Kerr; two brothers, James Kerr and Lindsay Kerr; a sister, Irene Burke and a step son, Michael Curtis Shanto.

State guidelines permit a maximum of 25 people in the funeral home at a time. While wearing a mask and observing social distancing, family and friends are welcome from 10:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M., the hour of service on Monday, August 10, 2020 in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Carmichaels, Pa. Rev. H. David McElroy will officiate.

Interment with military honors by the Greene County Honor Guard will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Crucible, Pa.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Wounded Warriors or to CBM Ministries .