OBIT: James PATSY (AKA LATTANZIO), 2001, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES PATSY
  September 6, 1925-May 9, 2001

  James Patsy, 75, of LaVale, Md., died May 9, 2001, at Devlin Manor
  Nursing Home.  Born Sept. 9, 1925, he was the son of the late Nunzio
  and Brigida (Carrara) Lattanzio.  He is survived by his wife of 55
  years, Betty (Smearman) Patsy; a stepson, David Coughenour and wife
  Sandy of Oldtown, Md.; grandson, David Coughenour Jr., of Wilmington,
  Del.; two great-grandsons, Austin Coughenour and Dillon Coughenour; a
  sister, Margaret Biezonka and husband Stan of Chicago;
  sisters-in-law, Naomi Patsy, Cumberland, Md., and Mary Patsy, Berlin;
  three brothers-in-law, Hunter Smearman and wife Jane, Strothers, Ohio;
  Floyd Smearman and wife Pearl, Meyersdale; and Lloyd Smearman and wife
  Lois, Meyersdale; and many nieces and nephews.  Mr. Patsy was Catholic
  by faith, was retired from Pittsburgh Plate and Glass in the Float
  Department after 30 years of service.  He was a World War II U.S. Army
  veteran, serving in the Battle of the Bulge and was a Bronze Star
  recipient.  He was a member of the American Legion in Meyersdale and
  the Haystack Mountain Sportsman Club.  Friends were received May 11 at
  the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, LaVale.  Funeral services were
  conducted May 12 in the Hafer Chapel.  Interment followed in the Rest
  Lawn Memorial Gardens, LaVale.
  
  The New Republic, May 17, 2001
  
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