OBIT: Emerson J. "Bud" SLEASMAN, 2007, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SLEASMAN, Emerson J. 'Bud'  11/14/07   Daily American
  
    Emerson J. "Bud" Sleasman, 79, Ligonier (Wilpen), died Nov. 10, 2007, in Mountain View
  Specialty Care Center. Born June 3, 1928, in Somerset County, a son of the late James Sr.
  and Sarah Sanners Sleasman. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a
  daughter, Dorothy Nash; a son, Daniel Sleasman; a sister, Alverda Hall; and three
  brothers, Domer and Wade Sleasman and Kenneth Douglas Sr. He is survived by three sons,
  Grover J. "Dodie" Sleasman, and friend, Cynthia Ashbrook, Hooversville; George E. and
  wife, Connie Sleasman, Somerset; and Thomas P. and wife, Marty Sleasman, Wilpen; five
  grandchildren; four sisters, Emma Jean Tinkey, Kregar; Dorothy Simms, Gray Station; Sandy
  Sleasman, Stahlstown; and Freda Sleasman, Derry; and three brothers, John Sleasman,
  Donegal; James Sleasman, Everson; and Raymond Sleasman, Stahlstown. Prior to his
  retirement, he had been a self-employed woodsmen, specializing in post and rail fencing.
  Friends were received from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the at the J. Paul McCracken Funeral
  Chapel Inc., 144 East Main Street, Ligonier, where a celebration of his life will be held
  11 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Dr. J. Paul McCracken officiating. Interment, Snowball
  Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions in his memory to
  the Emerson Sleasman Burial Fund, c/o 144 East Main St., Ligonier, PA 15658.