OBIT: Foster Peter LAPE, 2008, Gray, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LAPE, Foster Peter  03/22/08   Daily American
  
    Foster Peter Lape, 81, Gray, died March 21, 2008, at Somerset  Hospital. Born May 19,
  1926, in Jenner  Township, son of  Augustus Otto and Mary Virginia (McAvoy) Lape.
  Preceded  in death by parents; brother, John William Lape; sisters,  Alma Lundquest, Edna
  Roddy, Maxine Baker and Doris Troyer.  Survived by wife, the former Kathryn Naomi Stahl,
  to  whom  he  was married 51 years; children, Donald Miller,  married to  the  former
  Carol Azarian, Milwaukee; Mrs. Donald (Diana) Stitely, Vowinckel; Rick Lape, married to
  the former Bernice Hoover,  Gray;  Larry Lape and wife, Dottie, Lavale, Md.; and Mrs. Tim
  (Cindy) Berkey,  Boswell; 14 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; brothers and sister,
  Charles Lape and wife, Ruth, Sipesville; Ralph Lape and wife, Loraine,  Boswell; and Mrs.
  J. Robert (Lois) Brougher, Somerset. U.S. Army  veteran of Korean War, worked until his
  retirement as a farmer  mechanic and later a crane operator for M. Glosser and Sons. A 
  member of USWA, and attended Mount Laurel United Church of Christ, he enjoyed gardening,
  hunting, fishing, wood crafting, and spending time with his family and grandchildren.
  Friends  received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Hauger- Zeigler Funeral Home,
  Somerset, and one hour prior to the  Service which will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday
  at Mount Laurel United Church of Christ, Gray. The Rev. Dr. Joseph M. Beer  officiating.
  Interment Somerset County Memorial Park. Military graveside rites accorded by the
  Somerset County Honor Guard. www.haugerzeigler.com