OBIT: John P. SPEICHER, 1975, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN P. SPEICHER
  
    John P. Speicher, 84, of New Paris RD 1, died May 16, 1975, in
  Memorial Hospital, Johnstown.  Born July 20, 1890, in Somerset
  County, he was a son of the late John D. and Emma Catherine (Kegg)
  Speicher.  He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Binnie
  Koontz, four brothers, four sisters and a grandchild.
    Surviving are a daughter, LaVerne, wife of Ben VanScoyoc, New Paris
  RD, with whom he resided; a brother, Howard F., Meyersdale; and two
  sisters, Mrs. Ethel Smith, Cumberland, Md.; and Mrs. Genevieve
  Stocking, Lawndale, Calif.
    He was a retired manager of National Radiator Company, veteran of
  World War I, a former member of Everett Barracks of World War I
  Veterans Association and member of New Paris United Methodist Church.
    Funeral service was held Monday afternoon in Mickle - Geisel
  Funeral Home, Schellsburg, with Rev. Ralph Landis officiating. 
  Interment in Schellsburg Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republic, May 22, 1975
  
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