OBIT: Benjamin Harrison McCOY, 1980, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  BENJAMIN HARRISON MCCOY
  
    Benjamin Harrison McCoy, 88, of Lamberton, Pa., formerly of
  Somerset, died at Fazio Nursing Home, Markleysburg, on May 1, 1980.
    He was born in Connellsville, Feb. 17, 1892, son of the late
  William and Lydia (Henry) McCoy.  He was a member of the Lamberton
  Union Church and a World War I veteran.  He is survived by wife, Ann
  Pletcher McCoy, and the following children: Melvin of Ravenna, Ohio;
  Mrs. George (Idamae) Harto of Lamberton; and Mrs. Leroy (Marie)
  Mitchell of Rockwood; one brother, Robert McCoy of Rockwood; and one
  sister, Mary Swope of Connellsville; five grandchildren and five
  great-grandchildren.
    Friends were received in the Dearth Funeral Home, New Salem, Pa.,
  where services were conducted with his pastor, the Rev. Martha
  O'Brien, officiating.  Interment, Lafayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill.
  
  The Republic, May 8, 1980
  
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