OBIT: Reno LAPPI, 1999, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LAPPI
  
    Reno Lappi, 83, of Elyria, Ohio, formerly of Jerome, died Sept. 27,
  1999, in Ohio.  Born Oct. 30, 1915, in Ralphton.  Son of Luigi and
  Mary (Sicheri) Lappi.  Preceded in death by parents; son, Richard,
  and brothers, Fred and Robert Lewis.  Survived by wife, the former
  Verna Horwat; son, Robert, Memphis, Tenn.; four grandchildren;
  sister, Dolly Zanoni, Boswell; brother Jerry, married to the former
  Reva Maust, Cleveland, Ohio, and sister-in-law, Rachel Lappi,
  Jerome.  First sergeant Army veteran of World War II, having served
  in European Theater Operations.  Avid hunter and golfer and in his
  youth, he was a local standout baseball pitcher.  Before moving to
  Ohio in 1948, Reno was a truck driver for the former Penn Smokeless
  Fuel Co. of Hyasota.  While in Ohio, he worked for General Motors and
  retired as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.  Funeral
  services were held in Ohio.  Local arrangements by Hoffman Funeral
  Home, Boswell.
  
  Daily American, September 30, 1999
  
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