OBIT: Ernest E. LEYDIG, 1976, Berlin RD, Somerset County, PA
  
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  ERNEST E. LEYDIG
  
    Ernest E. Leydig, 60, of Berlin RD 4, died March 3 at home.
    He was born March 13, 1915 in Bedford County, son of B. F. and Mary
  Leydig.
    He was preceded in death by an infant daughter in 1951 and a
  brother, Lester.
    He is survived by his wife, the former, Geneva Countryman, a
  daughter, Mrs. James (Jean) Ferguson, Berlin RD 4; Dale of Berlin RD
  3 and Timmy of Gaithersburg, Md.; five grandchildren.  He was a
  brother of Mrs. Mertle Fleegle of Butler; Mrs. Perry (Bessie)
  Lafferty of Altoona; Herbert of Buffalo Mills; Ralph of Berlin;
  Freeman of Buffalo Mills; Clyde of Buffalo Mills; Mrs. Paul (Marie)
  Countryman, Berlin RD 4.  He was a member of the Holy Trinity
  Lutheran Church, the volunteer fire department, IOOF Lodge 461, all
  in Berlin.  He was a retired farmer and superintendent of the Berlin
  IOOF Cemetery for the past four years.
    Services were held on March 6 in the Johnson and Son Funeral Home
  in Berlin with the Rev. Robert S. Nagle officiating.
    Interment was in Berlin IOOF Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, March 11, 1976
  
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