SPAHR, JAMES C., JR., 48, of Cresson. Missing on Lake Erie since September 21, 1990. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Church, Cresson, the Rev. David Roesch. Friday, October 19, 1990 page C9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- >From Altoona Mirror 6 April 1991 Page B1 .....Harber and two fishing companions, brothers Patrick and James Spahr Jr., were lost on a fishing trip on Lake Erie in September 1990. Patrick Spahr's body was found a week later. Harber and James Spahr were declared dead by a Cambria County judge in January. Ms. DiBello said friends of her father at the Cresson Sportsmens Club plan to resume a search of Lake Erie in the near future. >From Altoona Mirror 8 March 1994 Page B3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Altoona Mirror Tuesday, September 24, 1991 By Gwen Shrift, Staff Writer Exactly A Year Later Body found in Lake Erie might be Cambria man Erie - The Erie County Coroner's office has requested the dental records of the late James Spahr, Jr., of Sankertown in an attempt to identify the body of a man found in Lake Erie Saturday. The body was found exactly one year after Spahr and two other Cambria County men disappeared while fishing on the lake. Erie County Deputy Coroner Richard Skonieczka said Tuesday he ruled out identifying the body as Clifford Harber of Cresson. Harber had no teeth at the time he was lost with brothers James and Patrick Spahr. The latter's body was found 35 miles east of Erie about a week after the September 21, 1990, accident. Skonieczka said he connected the body found Saturday with the local case because it appeared to have been in the water for a long time. The Coast Guard retrieved the body about a mile northwest of Presque Isle State Park. It has been seen there and reported by a group of fisherman, Skonieczka said. The official said he is waiting for the dental records, which will be studied and compared with the body by a forensic dentist from Erie. The process may be difficult because the body found Saturday had lost some of its teeth in the lake, Skonieczka said. Harber, 36, and James Spahr, 46, were declared legally dead in January by Cambria County Court Judge Thomas Swope. The three men in the party disappeared during stormy weather on the lake. Later, gas cans and life jackets from their boat were found with Patrick Spahr's body. A certificate listing drowning as the cause of death was issued for Patrick Spahr, and a funeral was held for the 48 year old resident of Hastings. Those formalities have not been possible for the other two men because their bodies were never found. Friends of the fishermen at the Cresson Sportsmen's Club launched a massive private search last fall. That search continues on a smaller basis, according to club officials. Coast Guard and private vessels, airplanes, and a dog trained for water searches have been used unsuccessfully in the year since the accident.