OBIT: Bernice Mae (MILLER) STERNER, 1999, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ STERNER Bernice Mae Sterner, 68, Rockwood, (Black Township), died Jan. 5, 1999, at Somerset Hospital. Born Oct. 19, 1930, in Quemahoning Township, daughter of the late William T. and Ada Pearl (Miller) Miller. Also preceded in death by children, Sheldon Ray and Angela Kaye Leasock; infant grandson, Bruce E. Mimna Jr.; sister, Betty Jane Hamilton; brothers, Vernon, Virgil, Kenneth, Stewart, Clinton, R. Wayne Miller and three infant brothers. Survived by husband, Otis L. Sterner; children: Steven W. Leasock, Germany; Cynthia R. "Cyndi" (Leasock) Mimna, Somerset; and John C. "J.C." Leasock, married to the former Teresa Swift, of Petersburg; 4 grandchildren: Michael S. Leasock, Germany; Joshua C. Leasock, Shanksville; Allison P. Mimna, Somerset; and Zachary S. Leasock, Petersburg. Sister of Raymond O. Miller, Somerset, and Mrs. Alvin Lavan (Verda R.) Laughlin of Romulus, Mich. Member of Rockwood Church of the Brethren. A 1949 graduate of Somerset Township High School. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, with the Rev. Jay L. Christner officiating. Interment, Rockwood IOOF Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Diabetes Foundation. Daily American, January 6, 1999 [S2962]