OBIT: Earl L. STERN, Jr., 2000, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  STERN
  
    Earl L. Stern Jr., 74, of Center Street, Boswell, died Oct. 6,
  2000, at Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh.  Born Nov. 10, 1925, in
  Quemahoning Twp., son of Earl L. Sr. and Viola Margaret (Hockensmith)
  Stern.  Preceded in death by parents; first wife, the former Ruth
  Elaine Miller, Sept. 11, 1951; grandson, Bradley Lynn Koontz, May 18,
  1975; granddaughter, Mariann Morgan, March 1, 1990; sisters, Dorothy
  Stern, Emily Alice Leazier and Mary Ellen Sipe; infant twin brothers
  and brother, Benjamin.  Survived by wife, of 47 years the former Mary
  Ann Biondo; children: Barbara, wife of Randall Koontz, Jennerstown;
  Roger, married to Nancy Hoffman, Boswell; Gerald, Atlanta, Ga.;
  Cynthia and fiance' Jim Kaufman, Boswell RD; and Christopher,
  Boswell; and grandchildren: Natalie (Koontz), wife of Joseph Felix;
  Holly Koontz, and friend, C.J. Morgante; Marcie Koontz; Gretcjem
  Sterm amd friend Jason Ankeny; Matthew, Joshua, Daniel and Megan Jo
  Stern; Laura, Nicholas and Alexandra Morgan.  Brother of Helen
  Bender-Spiker, Sayre, Pa; Rose Marie Miller, Stoystown; Frank,
  married to Ethel Gardner, Hollsopple RD; Jack, married to Frances
  Aultz, Glen Burnie, Md.; William, married to Thelma Miller, Stoystown
  RD; Herbert, married to Martha Rose, Jenner Crossroads; Ernest,
  married to Gloria Chronowski, Quecreek; and Marlin, married to Emily
  Livingston, Hollsopple RD; and sister-in-law, Flora, widow of Ben
  Stern, Friedens.  Member of All Saints Catholic Parish where he had
  served on council.  Former member of the Somerset County Homebuilders
  Assoc.  Army veteran of World War II.  Former partner with brother
  Marlin in Stern Brothers Contractors for over 30 years.  Friends
  received from 7-9 p.m. Monday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, at
  Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street Boswell, where vigil for the
  deceased will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday.  Funeral mass at 10 a.m.
  Wednesday at All Saints Church, Boswell.  Rev. Fr. Martin Breski, OFM
  Conv., celebrant.  Committal, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Jenner
  Crossroads.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the
  Leukemia Society of American, 2 Gateway Center, 13 N., Pittsburgh, PA
  15222, or All Saints Parish.
  
  Daily American, October 9, 2000
  
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