OBIT: Otto R. LELAND, Jr., 1974, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  OTTO R. LELAND JR.
  
    Otto R. Leland Jr., 50, of 5013 54th Way No., St. Petersburg, Fla.,
  died Dec. 21, 1972, in St. Petersburg General Hospital.  Born Jan. 6,
  1922, in Norfolk, Va., he was a son of the late Otto R. and Elizabeth
  (Major) Leland.  He moved to St. Petersburg 22 years ago from Norfolk.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Florence Costantini; a son, Gary
  C., and a daughter, Beverly Herman; and one granddaughter, Michelle
  Lynn Herman, all of St. Petersburg; four brothers, Frank, William,
  Rowland and Warren, all of Norfolk; and two sisters, Sarah Gregory
  and Shirley Nissen, also of Norfolk.
    He was the former owner of the Palm Hat Works, St. Petersburg, and
  Mardi Gras Motel, St. Petersburg Beach, and was presently employed
  with the Gulf Coast Motor Lines in Clearwater, Fla.  He was a 25-year
  member of LOOM 1145.  A veteran of World War II, U.S. Army, he was the
  recipient of the Purple Heart with two bronze clusters and
  European-African Middle Eastern Ribbon with two bronze service stars.
    Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated Saturday, Dec. 23, from the
  Transfiguration Catholic Church with Rev. Fr. Waters officating. 
  Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.  A special Moose service was
  held Friday evening, followed by recitation of the Rosary.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, January 11, 1974
  
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