OBIT: Dorothea Elizabeth (HOLT) PLETCHER, 2003, formerly of Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ PLETCHER Dorothea Elizabeth Pletcher, 87, of Boyertown, formerly of Somerset died July 17, 2003 at Pennsburg Manor, Pennsburg. Born July 16, 1916 in Morgantown, W.Va., she is the daughter of Charles and Anna (Willis) Holt. Preceded in death by parents, brothers Charles and Daniel Holt; sisters Frances Barrows and Mary Jane Spangler. Survived by husband John Daniel Pletcher Sr.; children John D. Pletcher, married to the former Beverly Pritchard of Boyertown; grandchildren Mrs. Lance (Yvonne) Diamond of Pearblossom, Calif.; William D. Pletcher and wife Diane of Tacoma, Wash.; Mrs. Robert (Debra) Lewis of Brookfield, Mo.; great-grandchildren Yoni and Marshall Diamond; Caleb Pletcher and Justin and Daniel Lewis; brother of Ms. Betty Holt of Muncie, Ind. and Eldon Holt of Berlin. A 1933 graduate of Morgantown, W.Va., High School, former manager of a shoe store and past senior of Moose Women. Friends received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset where a service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday with Rev. Sherman H. Berkey officiating. Interment St. John's Cemetery. Daily American, July 19, 2003 [P0672]