OBIT: Leonard Lee FORREST, 1993, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  FORREST
  
    Leonard Lee Forrest, 72, of Somerset died Dec. 23, 1993, at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Dec. 3, 1921, in Meyersdale.  Son of the late Mose and Sarah
  Ellen (Albright) Forrest.  Also preceded in death by brother Paul and sister
  Mrs. Helen Imler, Sept. 25, 1993.  Survived by his wife, the former Verna B.
  Murray, with whom he celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary on Nov. 22,
  1993.  Also survived by two children, Mrs. Fred E. (Beverly) Thompson,
  Somerset, and Paul L. Forrest, North Potomac, Md.  He was beloved "Pappy"
  of three grandchildren, Jill, Michael and Kelly Thompson.  Brother of Mrs.
  George H. (Hazel) Rhoten, Meyersdale RD 4.  Member of Somerset Church of
  the Brethren and American Legion Post 181 of Somerset.  Was a 1941 graduate
  of Meyersdale High School.  U.S. Army veteran of WWII, where he served in
  the Philippines and New Guinea as a motor sergeant from 1942 to 1946. 
  Retired in 1986 as president of Bender Shoe Co. of Somerset and vice
  president of B.B. Walker Shoe Co., of Asheboro, N.C. with 38 years of
  service.  Also served four years as a consultant.    Friends will be
  received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home,
  Somerset, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27.  The
  Rev. Roger L. Forry officiating.  Interment in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, December 24, 1993
  
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