OBIT: Dr. Doris L. BROWN, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Brown, Dr. Doris L.  3/30/2005  Daily American
  
  Dr. Doris L. Brown, 74, Upper Yoder Township, died March 29, 2005, at Select
  Specialty Hospital. Born Sept. 24, 1930, in Johnstown, daughter of the late
  Harry Brown and Margaret (Heilman), and stepdaughter of the late William
  Lepper. Survived by brothers, Robert Brown and wife, Rachael, Newton Falls,
  Ohio; cousin, Colleen Gore, Phoenix, Ariz.; and several other cousins, nieces
  and nephews. Graduated from Shanksville-Stonycreek High School and the
  University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Brown, Professor Emeritus, was a retired biology
  and botany teacher at Slippery Rock State College, Wayne State University and
  the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and upon her retirement, she was a
  volunteer at Windber Hospice. She was a council member of Trinity Evangelical
  Lutheran Church, president of the Cambria-Somerset County Multiple Sclerosis
  Society, past president of the former Johnstown Soroptimists, Johnstown Art
  League and the UPJ Women's Association, member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Allegheny
  Plateau Audubon Society, Sage Herbalists of the Laurel Highlands and the
  Embroiderer's Guild of America. Friends will be received from 2 to 7 p.m.
  Thursday at Picking-Treece-Bennett Mortuary Inc., West Hills, 921 Menoher
  Boulevard, where a service will be held 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Susan Yatta
  officiating. Interment Grandview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions
  may be made to Windber Hospice in memory of Dr. Doris Brown.