OBIT: Avalier R. COWHER, 1980, native of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Avalier R. Cowher Avalier R. Cowher, of Pittsburgh, died Sunday afternoon at his home. He was born Dec. 9, 1909, at Tyrone, a son of William and Minnie Parsons Cowher. On August 26, 1930, at Philipsburg, he was married to Louise DeAngelo. His wife is deceased. He is survived by three sisters and one brother, Kathleen Shawley, of Tyrone; Colorado Cowher, of Port Matilda; and Portie Cowher and Howard Cowher, both of Bellefonte. He had retired from the McFeely Brick Co., Port Matilda. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Pfeiffer Funeral Home, Millville, with interment in Pittsburg. Friends will be received at the funeral home Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., Monday, August 11, 1980, page 2