OBIT: Dorothy Laverne (Burkett) LEYDIG, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Leydig, Dorothy Laverne  06/01/05  Daily American
  
  Dorothy Laverne Leydig, 63, East 4th Street, Emporium, died May 30, 2005, at
  Elk Regional Medical Center, St. Mary's. Born on Sept. 15, 1941, in Hyndman,
  she is a daughter of the late Otto T. and Sarah M. (Clites) Burkett. She is
  also preceded in death by a her husband of nearly 33 years, John W. "Jake"
  Leydig, on June 23, 2004; a son, Alvin Leydig; two brothers, Delford and
  Kenneth Burkett; and three sisters, Emma Donahue, Hilda Hengst and Thelma
  Miller. Surviving are children Timothy W. Leydig and wife Sherry (Gray), Jonie
  Overly and fiancˇ Ron Polinick, and Lisa Leydig, all of Emporium; and Cathy
  Haynes and husband Mike, Driftwood, PA; 18 grandchildren, one great grandson
  and one great granddaughter. She loved cooking, her grandchildren and,
  especially, her little dog, Trapper. She was a member of Somerset Grace
  Brethren Church, and she attended 1st Baptist Church of Emporium. Friends will
  be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral
  Home, 169 Clarence St, Hyndman, where a funeral service will be conducted 11
  a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Scott Mellott officiating. Interment will be in Hyndman
  Cemetery. Memorial contributions are requested to assist the family with the
  expenses of the funeral and should be sent to the 1st Baptist Church, North
  Broad Street, Emporium