OBIT: Leonard F. MALAS, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MALAS  
  
    Leonard F. Malas, 83, of Buffalo Mills, died Aug. 2, 2001 at
  Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born Nov. 10, 1917 in
  Fairhope, he was a son of the late Louise (Reschke) and William
  Malas.  He was preceded in death by his brothers, Reinhold and Emil
  Malas.  Surviving are his wife of 56 years, D. Vivian (Lehman) whom
  he married Nov. 6, 1945; children, Dr. Kenneth Malas, Park City,
  Utah; Frederick and wife, Doris (Miller), Buffalo Mills; Joanna, wife
  of Galen Barefoot, Warrenton, Va., and Kathleen, wife of Jeffery
  Fisher, Fairhope; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren,
  and sister, Lydia Ringeisen, Berlin.  Mr. Malas worked as a
  self-employed farmer.  He was an Army veteran of World War II having
  served with the 73rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion.  Member
  of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.  Friends will be received
  from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral
  Home, 169 Clarence St., Hyndman.  Funeral service will be conducted at
  Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glen Savage, with the Rev.
  Wilfred L. Karsten officiating.  Interment will be in Trinity
  Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Glen Savage.  In lieu of flowers, it
  is Mr. Malas' wish that memorials be made to Lutheran Radio
  Ministries, 660 Mason Ridge Center Drive, St. Louis, Mo., 63141 in
  his memory.
  
  Daily American, August 4, 2001
  
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