OBIT: Lester O. MANKAMYER, 1984, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  MANKAMYER
  
  Lester O. Mankamyer, 81, Meyersdale, died Aug. 18, 1984, in
  Meyersdale Community Hospital, after a lengthy illness.  Born Oct.
  14, 1902, in Meyersdale, a son of the later Henry and Viola (Johnson)
  Mankamyer.  Also preceded in death by a sister, Myrtle.  Survived by
  his wife, the former Esther R. Brown; and these children: Betty, wife
  of Frank J. Mosgraves, Somerset RD 5; Nancy, wife of Robert C.
  Baldwin, Meyersdale RD 3; and Donald H., San Jose, Calif.; also 11
  grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Brother of: Edna
  Mankamyer and Ruth Forespring, both of Berlin RD 3.  Also survived by
  a nephew, Bernard Sperry, Berlin RD 3.  He was a member of the Amity
  United Church of Christ, Meyersdale, also a member of the former
  Meyersdale Community Band and Orchestra.  He was a carpenter by trade
  and spent his early years working with his father constructing many
  barns in the area and building some of the buildings at the
  Meyersdale Fairgrounds.  He spent his later years working for the
  Merrills Ponfeigh Coal Co., before he retired.  Friends will be
  received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the Price Funeral Home,
  Meyersdale, where service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with
  the Rev. Carl P. Mitchell Jr. officiating.  Interment, Union Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, August 20, 1984
  
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