OBIT: James A. LEISTER, 1980, Glencoe RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES A. LEISTER
  
    James A. Leister, 80, of Glencoe RD 1, died Dec. 18, 1980, at
  Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.
    He was born Jan. 16, 1900, in Cumberland, a son of the late Moses
  and Mary (Landis) Leister.  He was also preceded in death by one
  brother.  He is survived by his wife, the former Edna Emerick, and
  these children: Mrs. Marybell Kline, Corriganville, Md.; Ernest J.,
  and Ralph L., both of Glencoe; Elwood H., and Mrs. Wayne (Kay) Diehl,
  both of Bedford; Mrs. Grant (Helen) Tomlison, Manns Choice; Jacob M.,
  Aurora, Ohio; Mrs. Virgil (Hazel) Tomlison, Irwin; Fred, and Stanley
  J., both of Berlin; Mrs. Donald (Delores) Kline, Waynesboro; Roy,
  East Palestine, Ohio; Dotty L., at home; Mrs. Henry (Thelma)
  Hillegass, Schellsburg; 60 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren;
  four sisters: Mrs. Fred (Beulah) Raupach, and Mrs. Samuel (Elsie)
  Poorbaugh, both of Glencoe RD 1; Mrs. Charles (Dorothy) Smith, Edie;
  Mrs. Carl (Martha) Dickey, Berlin RD 1; two brothers: Elwood and
  Luke, both of Glencoe RD 1.  He worked for the B&O Railroad as a
  foreman and track man for 38 years and as a member of Brotherhood of
  Maintenance of Way Lodge No. 1556 and was a former member of Mt.
  Lebanon United Church of Christ.
    Friends were received at the Johnson-Kuhlman Funeral Home, Berlin,
  where services were held with the Rev. Leroy Logston officiating. 
  Interment, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery.
  
  The Republic, December 25, 1980
  
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