OBIT: John F. KOONTZ, 2003, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KOONTZ
  
  John F. Koontz, 84, of Stoystown, died Oct. 24, 2003 at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Sept. 7, 1919 in Stoystown, son of Thomas E. and Mary
  (Smith) Koontz.  Preceded in death by parents, brother Donald E. and
  sister Phyllis Stutzman.  Survived by his wife of 62 years, the
  former Emily Custer; children, Kay, married to Thomas Hansen of
  Ellsworth, Maine, Donald F. of Somerset, Suzanne, married to David
  Merringer of Stoystown and Joan of Menlo Park, Calif.; grandchildren:
  Jason Merringer, Jill Kalaha and Jared Hansen; and
  great-grandchildren: Tasha and Tess Merringer.  Graduate of Stoystown
  High School.  World War II Navy veteran.  Former owner of Koontz's
  Economy Market and Thomas E. Koontz and Sons Wholesale Meats, both of
  Stoystown.  Retired from H.J. Specht and Son Hardware, Stoystown. 
  Member of Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown, where he had served on
  Congregation Council and Social Ministry Committee and was longtime
  Sunday school superintendent and teacher.  Life member of Robert P.
  Hite Post 257 American Legion, Stoystown.  Member of Forbes Area
  Senior Citizens, Stoyestown Area Historical Society, T.P.A. and
  Somerset Lodge, I.O.O.F.  Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and
  7 to 9 p.m. Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown. Viewing from 10
  a.m. until service at 11, a.m. Tuesday, at Grace Lutheran Church,
  Stoystown.  Rev. Walter L. Startzel officiating.  Interment, Odd
  Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may
  be given to Grace Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 336, Stoystown, Pa.
  15563.  Legion service will be held at 7:30 p.m, Monday.
  
  Daily American, October 27, 2003
  
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