OBIT: Marie L. (KOONTZ) LEER, 1990, Markleton 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/ _______________________________________________ LEER Marie L. Leer, 82, of Markleton RD 1, died April 6, 1990, in Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md. Born Jan. 8, 1908, in Lower Turkeyfoot Township, a daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Catherine (Firestone) Koontz. Preceded in death by her husband, Wilbert C. Surviving are the following children: Doris Schrock, Somerset; Patricia Weimer, McConnellsburg; Mary Jane Marzo, Struthers, Ohio; Barbara Stewart, Pittsburgh; Maxine Stahl, Somerset; Lois Frantz, Dover, Del.; Katherine Pitzer, Portsmouth, R.I.; Judith Lando, Gaithersburg, Md.; Peggy Leer, Cumberland, Md.; Richard and Wilbert C. Jr., both of Somerset; Ben, Markleton; Edward, Somerset; Thomas, Garrett; and Samuel, Cumberland, Md.; also 30 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A sister, Dorothy Cassidy of McKees Rocks; and a brother, Irwin Koontz of Fort Hill. She was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church of Markleton. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, at the Humbert Funeral Home in Confluence, where services will be held 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Daryl Harclerode officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. The family requests contributions be made to the Sacred Heart Hospice unit, Cumberland, Md., the New Centerville Volunteer Fire Department or the American Heart Association. Daily American, April 7, 1990 [L0521]