OBIT: John William LIEF, 1945, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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JOHN WILLIAM LIEF

  John William Lief, 52, died at the home of his sisters, Misses Mae and 
Margaret Lief, North St., on Saturday, Dec. 8.  He arrived here from Texas for a 
visit about three weeks ago and soon became ill of a heart ailment, from which 
he did not recover.
  Mr. Lief spent much of his life in the Army.  He was in the regular army for 
many years.  In the first World War he fought as an infantryman.  In World War 
II, he served in the Merchant Marine, transporting oil and gasoline from Texas 
to points in the Pacific theatre. He received his discharge, due to ill health, 
about 6 months ago.
  The body lay in state at the Lief home until Tuesday afternoon when it was 
removed to the B & O Railroad station, accompanied by a guard of honor composed 
of members of Charles E. Kelly Post, American Legion, and placed aboard a train 
for Port Arthur, Texas, where services will be held December 15, and where 
interment will be made.
  He is survived by his wife who resides in Port Arthur, three sisters, Mae and 
Margaret Lief, and Mrs. Tom Reese, of Johnstown; and three brothers, Augustus 
Lief of Cumberland, Robert of Meyersdale and Leo of Johnstown.  Leo accompanied 
the body of his brother to Port Arthur.

Meyersdale Republican, December 13, 1945