OBIT: Mary E. (KESLAR) KOONTZ, 1997, Confluence, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KOONTZ
  
  Mary E. Koontz, 77, Confluence RD 3, died Sept. 1, 1997, at
  Meyersdale Manor.  Born Nov. 23, 1919 in Fort Hill, a daughter of the
  late Grover and Corda (Heckler) Leslie Keslar.  In addition to her
  parents, she was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Mary
  Elizabeth; 2 sisters, Evelyn Keslar and Elsie Chaney; 3 half-sisters,
  Orpha Leslie, Gladys Leslie and Leah Lytle, and 2 half-brothers, James
  Earl Leslie and Charles Keslar.  Survived by husband of 59 years,
  Irvin E. "Bill," and brother, Maurice Keslar of Confluence; also
  nieces and nephews.  A member of Fort Hill Church of God.  Friends
  received from 2-9 p.m. today (Wednesday) at the Humbert Funeral Home,
  Confluence, where service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, with the
  Rev. Ron Follett officiating.  Interment, Kingwood IOOF Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, September 3, 1997
  
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