OBIT: John R. MAZIER, 1998, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN R. MAZIER
  
    John R. Mazier, 59, of Ligonier, Indiana, formerly of Meyersdale,
  died Dec. 27, 1997, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.
    Mazier was born Aug. 11, 1938, in Meyersdale, the son of the late
  John and Margaret (Weimer) Mazier.
    In addition to his parents, Mazier was preceded in death by a son,
  John Craig, in Dec. 1963, and a brother, Roger, in March 1989.
    Mazier is survived by his wife, Dorothy (Newberry), who he married
  July 2, 1961, in Illinois.  He is also survived by a son, Michael
  Mazier of Memphis, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. David (Tracy) Pearsall of
  Ligonier, Ind.; a grandson, Joshua Pearsall of Ligonier; four
  sisters: Mrs. Edward (Anna Lou) Kerschensteiner of Boise, Idaho; Mrs.
  William (Jane) Shultz, Meyersdale; Mary Alice Jackson, Mesa, Arizona;
  and Mrs. Thomas (Marjorie) Schardt, York, Pa.; and several nieces and
  nephews.
    Mazier was a 1956 graduate of Meyersdale Joint High School.  He
  served in the U.S. Air Force and moved to Ligonier in 1967.  He was
  employed by Silgan Co. in Ligonier, where he was a traffic specialist
  for the past 30 years.  He attended Cromwell United Methodist Church.
    A funeral service was held Dec. 30 at Orr Funeral Homes, Ligonier,
  with the Rev. Tim Terrell of Cromwell United Methodist Church
  officiating.  Interment, Oak Park Cemetery, Ligonier.
  
  New Republic, January 8, 1998
  
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