OBIT: Leila (RODGERS) SPEICHER MARRA, 1997, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  LEILA MARRA
  
    Leila Speicher Marra, 83, of Main Street, Accident, Md., died
  Thursday, March 6, 1997, at Garrett County Memorial Hospital,
  Oakland, Md.
    Born March 25, 1913, in Friendsville, Md., she was a daughter of
  the late Charles and Nellie (Kline) Rodgers.  She was preceded in
  death by her first husband, Clayton Speicher, in 1977.  She was a
  member of the Bear Creek Church of the Brethren, where she was a
  pianist, organist and member of the choir, as well as the ladies'
  group.
    Mrs. Marra is survived by her husband, Ted Marra; two sons: Bill
  Speicher, Austin, Texas; and Tom Speicher, Denver, Colo.; two
  daughters: Beverly Kline, Middletown, Md.; and Mary Ellen Rader,
  Wilmington, N.C.; two sisters: Phyllis Steeler, Green Lawn, Long
  Island, N.Y.; and Pauline Knieriem, Wheeling, W. Va.  She is also
  survived by six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, McHenry, Md., on
  Saturday.  Services were conducted Sunday at Bear Creek Church of the
  Brethren, with the Rev. William Shimer officiating.  Interment, church
  cemetery.
    Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Alzheimers
  Foundation.
  
  New Republic, March 13, 1997
  
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