OBIT: John SLEASMAN, 1975, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOHN SLEASMAN John Sleasman, 80, of West Broadway Street, Rockwood, died March 4, 1975, in Somerset Community Hospital. Born June 21, 1894, in Jefferson Township, he was a son of the late Daniel and Jesse (Kunkle) Sleasman. He was preceded in death by two daughters, a son and two brothers. Surviving are his wife, the former Edna Shaulis; five children, Harvey Sleasman, Rockwood RD 2; Mrs. Robert (Emaline) Shaffel, Somerset RD 3; Leo of Berlin RD 1; Cletus, Rockwood; and Donald of Berlin RD 4; also 35 grandchildren, a number of great and great-great-grandchildren; one brother, James Sleasman of Ligonier RD and two sisters, Mrs. Harvey Shaulis of Stahlstown RD 1 and Mrs. Floyd Pinkey of Somerset RD 6. Mrs. Sleasman was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Funeral service was held Friday afternoon in Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home, Somerset. Interment in Snowball Cemetery, Kreger. Meyersdale Republic, March 20, 1975 [S1916]