OBIT: Jay Earl HOUPT, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  HOUPT
  
    Jay Earl Houpt, 76, of Winchester, Va., formerly of Somerset, died Jan.
  11, 2001 in Winchester.  Born Sept. 24, 1924 in Somerset, he is the son of
  the late Robert P. and Grace (Pifer) Houpt.  He is also preceded in death
  by his wife Estella (Dwire) Houpt, whom he married on July 23, 1965 in
  Cumberland, Md. and died Feb. 7, 2000, and a sister Gladys Buchholz. 
  Survived by daughters, Linda Hall, Houston, Texas; Lana J. Smith, Somerset,
  and Elaine J. Bishop, Winchester, Va.  Six grandchildren, eight
  great-grandchildren and two sisters, Dorothy Brant and Sarah Jane Creery,
  both of Somerset.  He was a supervisor with Somerset Foundry and co-owner
  of West Salisbury Foundry, retiring after 47 years.  He was a member of the
  Mount Zion Methodist Church, the First Christian Church of Somerset and
  Somerset Eagles Aerie 1801.  A veteran of World War II serving as a private
  in the US Army.  He received the Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Medal
  and the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with five bronze
  stars.  Friends received 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Robert H. Halverson
  Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, the Pastor
  Elaine Boyer officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.  Contributions may
  be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork St., Winchester, Va. 22601.
  
  Daily American, January 12, 2001
  
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