OBIT: Leora A. COUNTRYMAN, 1974, native of Somerset County, PA

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  COUNTRYMAN
  
    Miss Leora A. Countryman of Iowa City, Iowa, formerly of Lavansville,
  died Sept. 19, 1974, in St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Born in
  Somerset a daughter of the late John and Margaretta (Coleman) Countryman.
    Survived by one sister, Miss Elizabeth Countryman of Iowa City, Iowa, and
  several cousins.  She graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa
  State University at Ames, Iowa, and received her masters degree in home
  economics from Columbia University, New York City.
    She taught in Chadron Teachers College, Chadron, Neb., Springfield
  Teachers College, Springfield, S.D., and in the Chicago public schools. 
  Member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Somerset.  Friends will be
  received after 7 p.m. Monday (today) in the Robert H. Halverson Funeral
  Home where services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev.
  Richard H. Shellenberger officiating.  Interment, Beams Cemetery.
  
  Somerset American, September 23, 1974
  
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