OBIT: Lawrence George KNECHT, 2000, West Salisbury, Somerset County, PA
    
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    KNECHT
    
    Lawrence George Knecht, 87, of West Salisbury went home to be with
  the Lord on Oct. 16, 2000.  He was the son of Joseph Adam Knecht and
  Margaret Sloan Knecht and was a lifelong resident of West
  Salisbury.  Lawrence was a devout Catholic and a member of St.
  Michael's Church of West Salisbury.  He was inducted into the Third
  Order of St. Francis, Seculah.  Larry spent many years lovingly
  caring for his aunt Gertrude at their homeplace in West Salisbury. 
  He is survived by his brother James William Knecht of Meyersdale and
  Sloan Michael Knecht of Falls Church, Va.  He will be missed by his
  nieces Anne Knecht Gabany, Margaret Reingruber, Mary O'Connor, Grace
  Weeden, Cathy Williamson, and his nephew Michael Sloan Knecht.  Uncle
  Larry was loved and will be sadly missed by his great-niece Hope
  Gabany and great-nephew Andrew Gabany.  Friends will be received from
  2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in Leckemby Funeral Home,
  Meyersdale.  The funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St.
  Michael's Church with Father Albert J. Anselmi officiating. 
  Interment, St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery, West Salisbury.  The
  Christian wake service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral
  home.
    
    Daily American, October 17, 2000
    
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