OBIT: Irma (Kerr) STROPE, 2006, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  STROPE, Irma Kerr  08/03/2006  The New Republic
   August 19, 1930 July 28, 2006
  
     Irma Kerr Strope, 75, of Meyersdale died on July 28, 2006 in Somerset.   Born in
  Delphene, PA on August 19, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Rex and Brooksie
  (Moniger) Kerr. She was a devoted wife of John H. Strope, who passed away on April 25,
  2006. She was preceded in death by ten brothers and sisters. 
     She was the beloved mother of seven children: Kenneth (Gale Imhoff), Marilyn (William
  Gerhart), Lisa, and Gary all of Meyersdale, Susan Pettit (Monty Pettit) of Washington,
  PA, Terry (Emma Melillo) of Albuquerque, NM, and Cynthia (Michael Lowery) of Marianna,
  PA. She was a grandmother of 13 and a great-grandmother to 14.  Also survived by one
  brother: George Edison Kerr, Washington, PA and one sister: Mary Joe Kerr; Brave, PA,
  also survived by many nieces and nephews.
     She was a Dietary Manager for Meyersdale Medical Center for many years, where she had
  baked thousands of cookies for the hospital's many functions.
     Friends were received at the M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Home where funeral services were
  held at 3 PM Monday with Pastor Randy Haulk officiating. Interment, Union Cemetery.  
  
  
  STROPE, Irma Kerr   07/29/06  Daily American
  
    Irma Kerr Strope, 75, Meyersdale, died on July 28, 2006, in Somerset. Born in Delphene,
  on August 19, 1930, a daughter of the late Rex and Brooksie (Moniger) Kerr. She was the
  devoted wife of John H. Strope, who passed away on April 25, 2006. Also preceded in death
  by ten brothers and sisters. She was the beloved mother of seven children: Kenneth (Gale)
  Imhoff, Marilyn (William) Gerhart, Lisa and Gary all of Meyersdale, Susan (Monty) Pettit,
  Washington, Terry (Emma) Melillo, Albuquerque, N.M., and Cynthia (Michael) Lowery,
  Marianna. She was a grandmother of 13 and a great-grandmother to 14. Also survived by one
  brother, George Edison Kerr, Washington, and one sister, Mary Joe Keff, Brave. Also
  survived by many nieces and nephews. She was a Dietary Manager for Meyersdale Medical
  Center for many years, where she had baked thousands of cookies for the hospital's many
  functions. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday at the M. Ray
  Leckemby Funeral Home where funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday with the Rev.
  Randy Haulk officiating. Interment will be in the Union Cemetery.