OBIT: John O. DEETER, 2002, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  DEETER 
  
    John O. Deeter, 84, of Edinburg, died Oct. 31, 2002 at Jameson Memorial 
  Hospital.  Born June 30, 1918 in Somerset County son of Milton and Martha 
  (Saylor) Deeter.  Preceded in death by parents, his wife the former Edna 
  Emerick whom he married April 10, 1940 and died June 6, 1989, a son Larry 
  Clarence Deeter, brothers: Earl, Curtis, Milton Jr., and James Deeter, and 
  sisters Elnora Snyder, Ethel Mae Kopacha and Lois Mackey.  Survived by a 
  daughter Sharon married to Jack McConahy, and a son John O. Jr. both of 
  Edinburg, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  He was a brother of 
  Martha Brown of Greencastle, Helen St. Clair, Ruth Martin, George and Charles 
  Deeter all of Somerset and Robert Deeter of Greensboro, N.C.  He was a threader 
  operator for LTV Steel for 19 years retiring in 1974.  Member of the former St. 
  Matthew Lutheran Church, Mountain Field and Stream Club and S.O.A.R.  He was an 
  avid hunter and fisherman who truly loved the outdoors.  Family will receive 
  friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin where 
  service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Rev Ralph G. Landis officiating.  
  Interment Mt. Zion Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, November 2, 2002
  
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