OBIT: E. Grace (GRIFFITH) KOONTZ, 1987, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KOONTZ E. Grace Koontz, 80, of Stoystown, died Jan. 24, 1987, at Windber Hospital. Born Aug. 7, 1906, in Blackfield, daughter of Griffith and Sarah (Watkins) Griffith. Preceded in death by parents; husband, J. Wachter (Grinny), son, William Joseph; and brother, Llewellyn. Survived by these children: Lloyd, married to former Marietta Pyle, Blairsville; Mrs. Donald (S. Jane) Barnett, St. Thomas; Dennis, married to former Clara Swope, Stoystown; and Ronald, South Fork; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren. Sister of William, Somerset; Earl, married to former Eva Giffin, Stoystown; and Mrs. Warren (Catherine) Wheeler, Gainsville, Fla. Member of Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown. Family received friends Sunday evening and will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Walter J. Emswiler. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Daily American, January 26, 1987 [K1013]