OBIT: Nora Ellen SPIKER, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  NORA E. SPIKER
  
    Nora Ellen Spiker, 86, of Grantsville, Md., died Jan. 4, 1996, at
  the St. Vincent de Paul Nursing Home in Frostburg, Md.
    Spiker was born July 13, 1909, in Grantsville.  She was the
  daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Kelly) Spiker.
    In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
  husband, Charles E. Spiker, on Nov. 26, 1977.
    She is survived by four sons: Marshall Spiker of LaVale, Md.;
  Archie Spiker and Jerry Spiker, both of Frostburg; and Ronald Spiker
  of Riverdale, Md.; six daughters: Geri Heffern and Dorothy Thompson,
  both of Lexington, Ky.; Wilda Healy of Breezewood; Eleanor Beiler and
  Janet Spiker, both of Grantsville; and Jean Austin of Burtonsville,
  Md.; 25 grandchildren, a number of great-grandchildren and one
  great-great-granddaughter.
    Spiker was a homemaker and a member of the Oak Grove Mennonite
  Church.
    Friends were received Jan. 6 at the Newman Funeral Home in
  Grantsville.  A service was conducted the same day at the funeral
  home, with Rev. Lee Williams officiating.  Interment, Oak Grove
  Cemetery.
  
  New Republic, January 11, 1996
  
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