OBIT: John Thompson EBBECKA, 1982, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOHN EBBECKA John Thompson Ebbecka, 42, of Meyersdale, died Oct. 23, 1982, at home. He was born June 23, 1940, in Meyersdale, son of the late Thompson G. Ebbecka and Grace (Weimer) Ebbecka. He is survived by his mother. He was a member of Amity United Church of Christ. He was a teacher for the Butler Area Schools since 1962; he graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He was nominated for art teacher of the year in 1980 and he received a special award from the state of Pennsylvania in 1980 for the Outstanding Teacher in Art. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Art Educational Teachers Association and of the Butler Musical Theater Guild. Friends were received in the Leckemby Funeral Home, where services were held. Interment, Union Cemetery. The Republic, October 28, 1982 [E0036]