OBIT: Leona I. (LOWERY) PIPER, 1988, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  LEONA I. PIPER 
  
  Leona I. Piper, 70, of RD 1, Cumberland, Md., died Saturday, April 9,
  1988 in Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, Md.  Born in Neffsville, Dec.
  10, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Sadie (DeVore)
  Lowery.  She had attended the Palo Alto United Methodist Church, and
  was a member of the AARP.  She was preceded in death by her husband,
  Jesse J. Piper, on May 31, 1981.  She is survived by two sons, Luther
  E. Piper, Homewood Addition, and Johnny R. Piper, Hyndman RD 1; two
  daughters, Mrs. Shirley Clites, Cumberland, Md.; and Ms. Barbara J.
  Piper, at home; four brothers, Marshall Lowery, Charles Town, Ind,
  Carl Lowery, Cumberland, Md.; Eugene Lowery, Sheltersburg, Ind.,
  Merle Lowery, Corriganville, Md.; six sisters, Mrs. Rosella Burley,
  Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Betty Piper, Corriganville, Md.; Mrs. Mary
  Dawson, LeGore KeyMar, Md., Mrs. Mildred Dawson, Cumberland, Md.;
  Mrs. Wilma Lease, Mount Savage, Md.; Mrs. Geneva Twigg,
  Barboursville, W.Va.; eight grandchildren and two
  great-grandchildren.  Friends were received at the Harvey H. Zeigler
  Funeral Home where services were conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the
  Rev. Ken L. Korns officiating.  Interment, Porter Cemetery, Ellerslie, Md.
  
  The Republic, April 14, 1988
  
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