OBIT: John Daniel PLETCHER Sr., 2004, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN DANIEL PLETCHER SR.
  
  John Daniel Pletcher Sr., 89, Boyertown, formerly of Somerset, and
  Morgantown, W.Va. died March 9, 2004, at Pottstown Memorial Hospital,
  Pottstown.  Born Feb. 1, 1915, in Morgantown, W.Va. a son of Jeremiah
  Miller and Mamie Belle (Wolfe) Pletcher.  Preceded in death by parents;
  wife, the former Dorothea Elizabeth Holt who died July 17, 2003; brother
  Charles D. Pletcher; sisters, Thelma Lanham, Margaret Dunn and Elizabeth
  Close.  Survived by son, Mr. 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., and Mrs. Robert (Debra) Lewis of Brookfield, Mo.;
  great-grandchildren: Yoni and Marshall Diamond, Caleb Pletcher and Justin
  and Daniel Lewis; foster children Kevin Azzarella of Quecreek and Ken
  Azzarella of Ninebeth, N.Y.; sister-in-law Betty Holt of Muncie, Ind., and
  brother-in-law Eldon W. Holt of Boswell.  He lived in Morgantown W.Va. for
  many years.  Graduated from University High School in Morgantown, W.Va.
  Retired self-employed licensed insurance agent since 1935.  He was a
  Pilgrim with the Loyal Order of Moose in Somerset.  Friends received 2 to 4
  and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Hauger-Zeigler Funeral Home, Somerset where
  service will be conducted 10 a.m. Saturday.  The Rev. Sherman H. Berkey
  officiating.  Interment St. John's Cemetery.  There will be a Loyal Order of
  Moose Pilgrim Service held at the funeral home 7:30 p.m. Friday.
  
  03/10/2004  Daily American