OBIT: Ronald L. "Wick" KOONTZ, 1999, Friedens, 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 Ronald L. "Wick" Koontz, 58, of Friedens, died Feb. 25, 1999, at Good Samaritan Nursing Care Center. Born Aug. 27, 1940, in Stoystown, son of Robert and Marie (Johnson) Koontz. Preceded in death by parents, brother, John Kenneth, and daughter, Sue Ann Shaffer. Survived by his wife, the former Dorothy L. Weyant and these children: Brooke, at home; Brenda, married to Bruce Ohler, Rockwood; Terry, married to the former Janine Boyer, and Linda, married to Jerry Knopsnyder, both, of Stoystown; step-children: Shawn Evans, married to the former Edith McCusker, of Friedens; Ronald Evans, married to the former Connie Martin, and Kelly Bittner, both of Somerset; and Michael Evans, married to the former Kathy Stevanus, of Bakersville; 21 grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; also a sister, Joyce, married to Lloyd Herwig, of Friedens. Former employee of Godin Bros. Coal Company. Member of the Stoystown Lions Club. Former member of the Friedens Fire Company. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. Rev. William Seifert officiating. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Memorial contributions may be given to the Stoystown Lions Club, Stoystown, PA 15563. Lions Club memorial service will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday. Daily American, February 26, 1999 [K1046]