OBIT: Merle R. COUGHENOUR, 1988, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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  COUGHENOUR 
  
  Merle R. Coughenour, 79, Salisbury RD 1, died Feb. 2, 1988, in VA Medical
  Center, Martinsburg, W.Va.  Born Aug. 5, 1908, in Fairhope Township, a son
  of the late James and Eliza (Kendall) Coughenour.  Preceded in death by his
  wife, Hilda Knieriem, in 1982.  Survived by these children: Merle Jr.,
  Dover, Del.; James D., Somerset; William E., and Richard D., both Salisbury
  RD l; Joseph D., Meyersdale; Marjorie Shuck, Friederick, Md.; Shirley Davis,
  Laurel, Md.; Patricia Rickley, Gary, N.C.; and Deborah Spangler,
  Jennerstown; 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.  Member of
  Amity United Church of Christ.  Veteran of World War II.  Member of the
  Meyersdale V.F.W., Pa. Farmer's Association, former 4-H leader, former
  consistory member of New Hope United Church of Christ, former milk
  inspector for Dairy Dale Milk Company.  Friends will be received in the
  Leckemby Funeral Home Thursday 7-9 p.m., and Friday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. 
  Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Amity United Church of Christ,
  with the Rev. Carl Mitchell and the Rev. Joseph Beer officiating. 
  Interment, Union Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, February 4, 1988
  
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