OBIT: Thomas J. LEASE, 1997, native of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ LEASE Thomas J. Lease, 85, of Manchester Township, York, died July 26, 1997, at Memorial Hospital, York. Born Aug. 6, 1911, in Stoystown, Pa. Son of the late Charles and Lillie (Zimmerman) Lease. Survived by wife, Ruby (McVicker) Lease, York; sons: Charles Lease of York and Allen Lease, Centre Hall; daughters: Lana Fink, Mount Wolf, Pa., and Ruth Ann Okney, Ormond Beach, Fla.; brother, Fred Lease, Somerset. Also survived by 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Member of the United Church of Christ, Stoystown. Retired in 1982 from Donlee Corp. in York. Former member of the Odd Fellows. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Diehl Funeral Home, 87 South Main St., Mount Wolf, where services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Rev. Phyllis Baum officiating. Interment, Mount Rose Cemetery. Daily American, July 28, 1997 [L0443]