OBIT: Elmer A. LEECY, 1975, Glencoe RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy S. Edwards Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ LEECY Elmer A. Leecy, 54, Glencoe, RD 1, died September 3, 1975 at work. He was born Oct. 29, 1920 in Northampton Township a son of the late A. C. and Martha (Ernst) Leecy. Preceded in death by a sister, Mrs. Alice Ludy and a brother George W. Survived by his wife, the former Mary Bowser and these children: Elmer A., Jr. at home; Donna A., New York, N.Y.; Mrs. Benda Male and Ronald E., both of Cumberland, Md. and one granddaughter. Also survived by the following sisters: Mrs. Lydia Bittner and Mrs. Mary Hersch, both of Glencoe; Mrs. Martha Wilson and Mrs. Clara Sage, both of Turtlecreek. He was member of the First Baptist Church in Somerset and a master Mason Potomac Lodge No. 100 Cumberland. He was a World War II veteran. He was employed as a locomotive engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio system and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Friends are being received in the Johnson and Son Funeral Home in Berlin where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ronald L. Peoples officiating. Interment, Berlin IOOF Cemetery. Somerset American, September 5, 1975 [L0513]