OBIT: John LICHVAR, 2002, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN LICHVAR
  June 13, 1915 - March 28, 2002
  
    John Lichvar, 86, of Berlin died March 28, 2002, at Meadow View
  Nursing Center.
    Born June 13, 1915, in Hyasota, he was the son of Nicholas and Eva
  (Czervinsky) Lichvar.
    He was preceded in death by parents; sisters: Julia Cheatham and
  Anna MacGregor; brothers: Michael, Joseph, and Andrew Lichvar; and an
  infant brother and sister.
    He is survived by his wife of 55 years, the former Lucille Lowry; a
  daughter Kay Ann, married to William Cober Jr. of Berlin; and
  grandchildren: Elizabeth Cober Gillette, Christa Anne Cober, William
  John Cober, and Michael Livengood.  He was a brother of Mary Walberg,
  of Las Vegas, Nev.; and Nicholas Lichvar of Philadelphia.
    He was a 1933 graduate of Boswell High School where he excelled in
  football and basketball and a 1938 graduate of Washington and
  Jefferson College where he excelled in football and boxing.  He was a
  World War II Army veteran having served in the Pacific Theatre;
  retired Health and Physical Education teacher from Berlin High School
  where he coached football, basketball, baseball, and served as
  athletic director.  He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul's Russian
  Orthodox Church, Boswell; Salisbury VFW Post 8826; Berlin American
  Legion Post 445, where he served twice as Commander; Last Man's Club,
  Meyersdale Elks Lodge, where he was Past Exulted Ruler, District
  Deputy Grand Exulted Ruler, and State Trustee, AARP-NRTA division,
  Somerset County Oldtimers Baseball Assoc., and Hall of Fame
  inductee.  He served as director and helped restart Jr. Legion and
  Sr. Legion Baseball in Somerset County where he also coached.  He was
  a life member of PSEAR, and PRPSEA Somerset County Chapter; charter
  member of Berlin Area Historical Society; Past Berlin Borough
  Councilman and Democratic Committee Chairman; past member of Berlin
  Lions Club from 1946 to 1978.
    Family received friends Monday at Deaner Funeral Home, Berlin where
  Parastas was held Monday evening.  A brief service was held at the
  funeral home Tuesday followed by Burial Service at SS. Peter and
  Paul's Orthodox Church, Boswell, with the Very Reverend John Govruski
  officiating.  Interment, Salisbury Cemetery.
    In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in John's name for a
  sports history archive to either Berlin Historical Society, Berlin,
  PA 15530 or Boswell Historical Society, Boswell, PA 15531.
  
  The New Republic, April 4, 2002
  
  [L0866 and L0867]
  
  [Note: duplicate obit also in Daily American, March 30, 2000 [L0868
  and L0869]]