OBIT: KOONTSMAN, Lawrence; Chest Springs, Cambria Cnty., PA; 1911 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cambria Freeman Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, 6 Jan 1911 Volume 45, Number 1 Aged Cambria Man Dead Chest Springs, Dec. 31 -- Lawrence Koontsman, aged seventy-two years, died at 9 o'clock this morning at the home of his son, John, near here. The aged man had been ill only about three weeks but had been unable to lie down for fear of suffocation.