Ada P. (Shroyer) Lepley, 80, Central City, formerly of Boswell, died May 25, 2009, at her home. Born April 14, 1929, in Black Township, Somerset County, the daughter of Benjamin and Darlie (Hostetler) Shroyer. Preceded in death by parents; husband of 58 years Clyde Lepley Sr. on Nov. 16, 2007; sons Stevie H. and Samuel E.; grandson George; and brothers, Charles, Dan and Harrison. Survived by children, Eugene married to former Carol Sanner, George "Shorty" and his special friend Emma, both of Garrett, Darlie "Dolly" married to Joseph Halkovich, with whom Ada resided, Herman married to former Connie (Turner) Ulery, and Clyde Jr. "Punk" married to former Tammy Miller, both of Boswell, Betty married to James Meyers II, Rockwood, and Susan married to Timothy Stahl, Somerset; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild; sister of Anola Mitchell, Berlin, Leroy Shroyer and wife Doris, Meyersdale, Alice Purbaugh and Darlie married to James Romesburg, both of Garrett, also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and in-laws. Member of Boswell Church of God. She enjoyed going to church, watching television, especially cowboy movies, and eating out. Viewing from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Hoffman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 409 Main Street, Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with Rev. Floyd Stottlemyer presiding. Interment Jenner Crossroads Cemetery.
Somerset Daily American, Tuesday, May 26, 2009
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted September 11, 2010 

LEPLEY, A.[Adam] George

A. George Lepley, 91, of 613 Henderson Avenue, died Tuesday in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient two months. He was born in Elk Lick Township, Pa., a son of the late John A. and Rachel (McNeer) Lepley. His wife, Cindie (Murray) Lepley, died in December 1961. He was affiliated with the United Church of Christ. Survivors include three sons, George Lepley, Cumberland; Maurice Lepley, Baltimore; and Simon Lepley, Oldtown; seven daughters, Mrs. Margaret Herpich, Mrs. Donald Heinrich and Mrs. Vincent Eversole, all of Cumberland; Mrs. Donald McGill, La Vale; Mrs. John Barncord, Bel Air; Mrs. Wilton Jones, Baltimore; and Mrs. David Robertson, Geneva, Ohio; two brothers, Mahlon Lepley, LaCrosse, Wis., and Reister Lepley, Corriganville; two half brothers, Robert and Louis Lepley, both of Corriganville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Robert Wallizer and Miss Edna Lepley, both of Corriganville; 30 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. The body is at the Hafer Baltimore Avenue Funeral Home, where friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
today.
The Cumberland News, Thursday, August 26, 1971 (Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

LEPLEY, Mrs. Anna May Delbrook

Mrs. Anna May Lepley, 39, wife of Earl F. Lepley, died this morning at her home near Mt. Savage. Mrs. Lepely is survived by four sons, Cecil, Irving, Raymond and Earl H. Lepley; by two brothers, Frank Delbrook, Corrigansville, and Harry Delbrook, Mt. Savage, and by three sisters, Mrs. William Hasslerode, Glencoe, Pa., Mrs. James Lepley, Wellersburg, Pa., and Miss Martha Delbrook, Corriganville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday from the Reformed Church in Wellersburg, the Rev. W. H. Landis of Hyndman, Pa., officiating. Burial will be in Cook's Cemetery, near Hyndman. Pa.
The Cumberland Evening Times, August 27, 1928
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted April 2, 2011

LEPLEY, Mrs. Bertha E Crawford
 
Mrs Bertha E Lepley, 62, widow of John Lepley, Corriganville, died yesterday from a lingering illness. A native of Keyser, W Va, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Louise (Miller) Crawford.  She was a member of the Corriganville Methodist Church.  Her husband died two years ago.  Surviving are six children: Robert, Louis, Edna and Hazel Lepley, all of Corriganville; Mrs James Byers of Cumberland and Mrs T Valentine, Wellersburg, Pa; four sisters, Mrs G A McGinn and Mrs George Darr, both of Cumberland; Mrs Z M Clark, Corriganville and Mrs R H Perry, Nashville, Tenn.
Cumberland Evening Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md., Saturday, November 30, 1940 - pg 7, col 4
(Courtesy of Pat Dailey)
Posted July 26, 2014

LEPLEY, Beryl Cleo Skipper

MOUNT SAVAGE - Beryl Cleo Lepley, 85, of Barrelville Road, Mount Savage, died on Saturday, April 5, 2003, at WMHS Memorial Hospital, Cumberland. Born Jan. 2, 1918, in Six Mile Run, Pa., she was the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth (O'Neal) Skipper. She was also preceded in death by Irvin Theodore Lepley, her husband of 40 years, in 1978; and by a sister, Katherine Cranford. Surviving are son, Richard I. "Rick" Lepley and wife Cindy (Snyder), Cumberland; daughters, Patricia Ann "Patty" Fleegle and husband Wayne, Corriganville, Linda L. Bridges and husband Ron, Beaufort, S.C., and Donna Carpenter and husband Howard "Bub", Cumberland; brothers, John "Junior" Skipper and wife Violet "Sis", Mount Savage, and William "Billy" Skipper and wife Doris, Baltimore; brothers-in-law, Earl Lepley and wife Grace, and Raymond Lepley, all of Mount Savage; grandchildren, Leo Lease Jr. and wife Connie, Doug Lease and wife Vicky, Tammy Lehmann and husband Rob, Mark Lease and wife Kristi, Clint Lease and wife April, Shelly Yoder and husband John, Eric Bridges and wife Tina, and Jennifer Bridges; eight great-grandchildren; six step great-grandchildren; one step great-great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Lepley was a homemaker. She was a member of the Zion Reformed Church, Wellersburg, Pa., where she was active in the Ladies Guild. She was also a member of the Friday Morning Bible Study Class, Mount Savage. Friends will be received at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, 169 Clarence St., Hyndman, Pa., on Monday, April 7, 2003, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Ray Perkins officiating. Interment will be in the Restlawn Memorial Park, LaVale. Mrs. Lepley's grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family requests that memorials be sent to Zion Reformed Church, Wellersburg, in lieu of flowers. A grand lady left us today, into God's Kingdom she made her way. Although she has left, she's not really gone. In all our hearts, she will live on.
The Cumberland Times-News, Wednesday, March 31, 2004
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted September 18, 2010

LEPLEY, Calton R.

HYNDMAN — Calton R. Lepley, 58, of Hyndman RD 1, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital where he had been a patient five days. Born in Hyndman RD 1, he was a son of the late Norman and Hannah (Troutman) Lepley and was a farmer. He was a member of Reformed Church of Gladdens. . Surviving are his widow, Elsie] (Leydig) Lepley; a daughter Mrs. Elmo Logsdon. here; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Emerick, RD 1, and Mrs. Erma Kennell, Sand Patch, and two grandchildren. Zeigler Funeral Home; services Saturday; burial Madley Cemetery.
The Cumberland News, September 4, 1968
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

Mrs. Cindie Lepley, 81, wife of Adam G. Lepley, died this morning at their home, 613 Henderson Avenue, following an illness of several weeks. Born in Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Owen and Mary A. (Saylor) Murray. Surviving, besides her husband, are three sons, George Lepley, this city, and Maurice and Eugene Lepley, both of Baltimore; eight daughters, Mrs. Margaret Herpich, at home; Mrs. Helen Salesky and Mrs. Wilton Jones, both of Baltimore; Mrs. Donald McGill and Mrs. John Barncord, both of LaVale; Mrs. David Robertson, Geneva, Ohio, and Mrs. Donald Heinrich and Mrs. Vincent Eversole, both of this city; two brothers, Allen Murray, Whittenberg, Pa., and Maurice Murray,
Corriganville; a sister, Mrs. William Mankamayer, Whittenberg; two half-brothers, Alfred Murray, Meyersdale, Pa., and William Murray, Whittenberg; three half-sisters, Mrs. Albert Thomas, Hyndman, Pa.; Mrs. Nannie Hare, Meyersdale, Pa., and Mrs. Lydia Lockhart, Canal Fulton,
Ohio; 31 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren. Hafer Funeral Home. Services Monday; interment in Mt. Savage Methodist Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, December 15, 1961
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted August 25, 2009

Mrs. Cora Agnes Lepley, 56, wife of Dalton B. Lepley, 231 Elder street, died this morning at home after an illness of four months. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons, Roy, this city; Rev. Lester Lepley, of Nashville, Tenn.; John, of Connelsville, and Blaine, Spring Grove, Md.; five daughters, Mrs. Marie Miller, city; Mrs. Thelma VanPelt, city; Mrs. Viola Murray, of Mt. Savage; Mrs. Ellen Thompson, of Painesville, Ohio, and Mrs. Helen Beals, of Hyndman, Pa., and 14 grandchildren. The body was taken to the Hafer Funeral Home where it will remain until the services Saturday at 1:30 p. m. with the Rev. C. M. Hutchinson, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
The Cumberland Evening Times, December 26, 1946
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted July 11, 2009

LEPLEY, Mrs. Cora Smith

Mrs. Cora S. Lepley, 81[?], of 355 Bedford Street, died last night in Memorial Hospital. Born at Artemus, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Henry and Flora (Jay) Smith. Her husband, Dorsey S. Lepley, preceded her in death. Mrs. Lepley was a member of First Christian Church. Surviving are six grsandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Kight Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, 1972; Cumberland (MD) Evening Times
~Genie
Posted February 9, 2019

Dalton Blaine Lepley, 64, formerly of Cumberland and Wellersburg, died yesterday afternoon at Cresson Sanitorium, Cresson, Pa., where he had been a patient for three weeks. He had been ill for one and a half years. Mr. Lepley was a former blacksmith at the B. and O. Bolt and Forge Shops here. A native of Meyersdale, Pa., he was a son of the late John and Rachel McNair Lepley. His wife, Mrs. Cora Agnes (McCoy) Lepley, died December 26, 1946. He is survived by four sons, Oliver Roy Lepley, this city; Rev. Lester Lepley, Winchester, Va.; John Henry Lepley, Connellsville, PA., and Herbert Blaine Lepley, Sykesville; five daughters, Mrs. Marie True, Winchester Road; Mrs. Viola Hoffman, Geneva, Ohio; Mrs. Viola Murray, Wellersburg; Mrs. Helen Beal, Hyndman, Pa., and Mrs. Nancy Thompson, this city; 16 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Also surviving are five brothers, George Lepley, this city; Reister Lepley, Homewood Addition; Elliott Lepley, Wisconsin; Stewart and Mahlon Lepley, Chicago; two half-sisters, Miss Edna Lepley and Miss Hazel Lepley, and two half brothers, Robert Lepley and Louis Lepley, Corriganville. Rites will be conducted Saturday at l:30 p. m. at the Hafer Funeral Home by Rev. C. N. Hutchinson, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, March 23, 1950
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

LEPLEY, Mrs. Edna Gaumer

Hyndman - Mrs. Edna Lepley, 63, of RD 1, was dead on arrival yesterday at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland. Born in Fairhope, she was a daughter of the late Earl F. and Rachel Jane (Shroyer) Gaumer. She was a member of Central Christian Church and of Cumberland Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving are her husband, Alonza S. Lepley; a foster son, Dennes Lepley, at home; three brothers, William Gaumer, here; Curtis and Stanford Gaumer, Baltimore; three sisters, Mrs. Freda Bryant, Baltimore; Mrs. Mildred Deneen, Cairnbrook, and Miss Phyllis Gaumer, here. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home, where friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday. A service will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home by Rev. James Ryan. Interment will be in Lepley Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, December 13, 1971
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 11, 2011 

LEPLEY, Miss Edna Elizabeth

CUMBERLAND — Edna Lepley, 79, a resident of the Moran Manor Nursing Home, Westernport, formerly of Corriganville, died Thursday, June 29, 1995, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born Sept. 30, 1915, in Corriganville, she was the daughter of the late John Adam I^epley and Bertha (Crawford) Lepley. Miss Lepley was employed at the Celanese Corp. for 25 years. Surviving are one sister, Hazel Wallizer, Corriganville; and two nephews. Services will be conducted at the Leasure-Stein Funeral Home, Cumberland, on Friday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Ken L. Koras officiating. Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Park.
Published Friday, June 30, 1995 in THE CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS, Cumberland, Maryland on page 4-B, col. 4.
(Courtesy of Charles Riend)
Posted November 25, 2017

LEPLEY, Mrs. Esther Elizabeth Garey

CORRIGANVILLE — Esther Elizabeth Lepley, 92, of Corriganville, died Saturday, Nov. 27, 1999, at the Frostburg Village Nursing Home. Born Aug. 16, 1907, in Corriganville, she was the daughter of the late Samuel William Garey and the late Susan (Geiger) Garey. She also was preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. Lepley in 1980; and one brother, George S. Garey. Mrs. Lepley was a member of St. John’s United Church of Christ, a 50-year plus member of Cumberland Chapter #56 O.E.S., Ladies Aid of the church, and former member of the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary. Surviving are one daughter, Sue Ann Dye and a very special son in-law, William E. Dye, Barton; three sisters, Leona Crabtree, Corriganville. Frances Hite, Corriganville, and Mary Lee Golden and husband Homer, Corriganville; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Merritt-Adams Funeral Home, PA., 404 Decatur St., Cumberland, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Tuesday from 10 to 11 a. m. Services will be conducted at the Merritt-Adams Funeral Home, PA., on Tuesday at ll a.m. with the Rev. Steven Craft officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Burial Park. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The New Horizons Unit at FYostburg Village Nursing Home, Kaylor Circle, Frostburg, MD 21532. Pallbearers will be Terry Golden, Jeff Brotemarkle, Patrick King, Pat King, Gary Hite, Richard Rossworm and Logan King. Honorary pallbearers will be Homer Golden, William Matthews, Paul Poorbaugh, Wolverton DeLoss Murphy, John Wolfe Sr., and Robert Emerick.
Published Sunday, November 28, 1999 in THE CUMBERLAND TIMES-NEWS, Cumberland, Maryland on page 6-B col. 2.
(Courtesy of Charles Riend)
Posted November 25, 2017

Salisbury, Pa. - Herman Grant Lepley, 90, died Friday at his home at St. Paul near here. Born in Larimer township, he was a son of the late Adam C. and Salome (Engle) Lepley. Mr. Lepley owned and operated the Meyersdale Commercial, a newspaper, at one time and was active in the printing business until his recent illness. He was graduated from Grove City College in 1897 and taught school in Elklick Township for 20 years. He also taught school at the Greenville Orphans' Home at Butler. Survivors include his widow, Mary A. (Keim) Lepley, four sons, Charles, Pryor, Calif.; Glen, Vista, Calif.; Eugene, Euclid, Ohio; and Robert, Norfolk, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Cockley, Meyersdale; Mrs. Ruth Pickett, Euclid, and Mrs. Virginia Shoff, Mentor, Ohio; a step-son, Joseph C. Tennefoss, North Benton, Ohio; and four sisters, Mrs. Jared Walker, Bloomsburg; and Mrs. Lloyd Hay, Mrs. Richard Nicholson and Mrs. Harvey Spangler, all of Meyersdale. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ where services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p.m. by Rev. Clarence E. Whetstone, pastor. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body is at the residence and will be taken to the church at noon tomorrow.
The Cumberland Sunday Times, December 22, 1957
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

LEPLEY, Howard

Youth Fatally Injured in Automobile Accident ~ Howard Lepley, 19, Died from Skull Fracture When Hit by Local Motorists
Blinded by the headlights of an approaching automobile, Frank J Hiner, 12 East Oldtown Road, of the Acme Supply Company, struck and fatally injured Howard Lepley, 19 years old, son of John and Bertha Lepley of Corriganville, on the Mt Savage Road shortly after 9 o'clock last night.  Lepley died an hour after the accident at the Allegany Hospital from a fracture of the skull.  Accompanied by his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs Anna C Moore, also of the East Oldtown Road address, Hiner was driving at a moderate pace toward Cumberland when he struck the youth.  He claims young Lepley was obscured from his sight because of the glare the headlights of an approaching car.  Dr S E Enfield, 16 South Liberty Street, who came along in his car advised that the youth be sent to the hospital.  Lepley lived only fifteen minutes after being taken to the hospital in Stein's Ambulance.  The County Coroner and the State Police are investigating the accident.
Cumberland Evening Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md., Monday, October 11, 1926 - pg 7, col 5
(Courtesy of Pat Dailey)
Posted July 26, 2014

Mrs. Ida Elizabeth Emerick Lepley, 77, wife of Samuel Lepley, died last night at her home near Hyndman, Pa. She was a daughter of the late Solomon and Ellen Emerick and was born March 19, 1864, at Gladdens, Pa. Besides her husband, she is survived by the following children: Earl, of Mt. Savage; James and Harvey, of Wellersburg, Pa.; Mrs. Earl Korns, Mrs. Allen Bittner, and Alonza, of Hyndman; Miss Mary Lepley, Cumberland; two brothers, Jonathan and George Emerick, and a sister, Mrs. Crist Emerick, all of Hyndman; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Wellersburg Reformed Church.
The Cumberland Evening Times, October 10, 1941
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso) 

HYNDMAN - J. Elmer Lepley, 83, of RD 1, Hyndman, died yesterday in Somerset County. Born in Gladdens, he was a son of the late Simon A. and Mary Ann (Shumaker) Lepley. A retired farmer, he served as justice of the peace in Southampton Township for 30 years and was a member of the United Church of Christ, Wellersburg, and Hyndman Grange since 1954. Surviving are his wife, Margaret (Miller) Lepley; a son, Robert B. Lepley, Somerset; two brothers, Jesse C. Lepley, LaVale, and Oscar A. Lepley, Wellersburg; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home. A service will be conducted there tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. with interment in Berlin IOOF Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, May 9, 1967
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

Jesse Clarence Lepley, 83, of 7 North Woodlawn Avenue, LaVale, was pronounced dead on arrival yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born at Hyndman, Mr. Lepley was a son of the late Simon T. and Mary (Shoemaker) Lepley. A retired carpenter, he was a member of LaVale United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, Edith (Troutman) Lepley; a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn L. Rice, LaVale; a brother, Oscar Lepley, Wellersburg; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Silcox-Merritt Funeral Home. Burial Wednesday at Rest Lawn Memorial.
The Cumberland Evening Times, August 25, 1969
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

John D. Lepley, 52, of 210 Bennett Court, Geneva, Ohio, died yesterday at the Erie (Pa.) VA Hospital. A native of West Virginia, he was a son of the late Dalton B. and Cora A. (McCoy) Lepley. Mr. Lepley was employed as a lumberman. Surviving are three brothers, Rev. Albert L. Lepley, Ridgeley; Oliver R. Lepley, of Florida; Blaine H. Lepley, Sykesville; and five sisters, Mrs. Marie True, this city; Mrs. Thelma Dickens, Painesville, Ohio; and Mrs. Viola Murray, Mrs. Helen Beall and Mrs. Ellen Keel, all of Geneva. The body is at the Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman, where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted there Sunday at 1 p. m. and burial will be in Cooks Cemetery.
The Cumberland Evening Times, May 14, 1965
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

LaVerne A. Lepley, 78, Accident, Md., and formerly of Berlin, died Feb. 24, 2007, at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md. Born Sept. 20, 1928, in Somerset County, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Margaret Elizabeth (Brown) Seifert. She is survived by three sons, Dwight "Butch", Lawrence and Paul Lepley, all of Meyersdale; three daughters, Mary Gardner, Baltimore, Md.; Esther Friend, Venice, Fla.; Carol A. Ohler, Meyersdale; one brother, Robert Seifert, Meyersdale; 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was a retired Certified Nurses Aide with Meadow View Nursing Home, Berlin, and previously worked for Meyersdale Manufacturing. Friends will be received 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Newman Funeral Home Inc., 9168 Mason-Dixon Highway, Salisbury, where a service will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Rev. Philip Matthews officiating. Interment White Oak Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be directed to the Goodwill Mennonite Home.
Somerset Daily American, February 24, 2007
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted July 31, 2010 

LEPLEY, Louis Roosevelt

Louis Roosevelt Lepley, 70, of 510 Necessity Street, formerly of Corriganville, died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Born in Corriganville, he was a son of the late John Adam Lepley and Bertha Ellen (Crawford) Lepley His wife, Mary Jane (Emerick) Lepley, preceded him in death. He was a retired employee of The Kelly-Springfield Tire Company and a life member of Corriganville Fire Company. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Leo Waltzer and Miss Edna Lepley, both of Corriganville. Friends will be received at the Zeigler Funeral Home. Hyndman, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted there Saturday at 2 p.m. with Elder Elmer A Porter officiating. Interment will be in Comps Cemetery, RD 1, Hyndman. Corriganville Fire Company will hold a memorial service at the funeral home tomorrow at 8 p.m. and members will serve as pallbearers.
Published Thursday, June 25, 1981 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 14, col. 4.
Courtesy of Charles Riend)
Posted November 25, 2017

Mrs. Marian F. Lepley, 66, of Berlin, R. D. 4, died. She was born Oct 4, 1895, in Brothersvalley Township, a daughter of the late Henry and Susan M. Sevits Brant. Surviving are her husband, Adam C. Lepley; a daughter, Mrs. Galen Shaffer of Berlin, R. D. 4; two sisters, including Mrs. Alda Cober of Berlin, R. D. 4; a brother, Miles Brant of Berlin, R. D. 4,
and four grandchildren.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1962
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)

Mrs. Mary Lepley of 228 North Sixth Street, West Side, died at 10:30 o'clock Friday night at her home after a lingering illness. She was born in Mill Run, a daughter of the late Christian and Mary Eliza Hutchison Smutz, and moved with her family to Connellsville in early childhood where she had resided since. Surviving are two sons, Edwin H. of Cleveland, Ohio, and Ralph D., at home; one daughter, Miss Mary Kathryn Lepley, also at home; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Metzger, Miss Sarah and Miss Della Smutz, all of Connellsville and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the Charles A. McCormick funeral home after 5 o'clock this evening where the funeral service will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon in charge of Rev. C. George Shupe, pastor of Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church. Burial will be at Hill Grove Cemetery.
Saturday, November 9, 1946, The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted September 24, 2010

Mrs. Mary Ann Lepley, aged 94, died at the home of a son, Oscar Lepley, Rt. 1, Hyndman, Wednesday morning, Dec. 23. 1953. She was born March 14, 1859, in Wellersburg, the daughter of Bailey and Rebecca Kennell (Shoemaker). She was married to Simon A. Lepley Christmas Day, 1882. He preceded her in death. Surviving are three sons, Oscar and Elmer, Hyndman, Rt. 1, and Jesse, Lavale, Md. Also surviving are 6 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Membership was held in the Wellersburg Reformed church. Funeral services: Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Reformed church in Wellersburg, the Rev. F. D. Oberkircher officiating. Interment in Cook's cemetery, Wellersburg, under the direction of the Ziegler funeral home of Hyndman.
Thursday, December 24, 1953, The Bedford Gazette, Bedford, Pennsylvania
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted September 11, 2010

Corriganville - Mrs. Mary Jane Lepley, 58, of here, was pronounced dead on arrival last night at Memorial Hospital. She was born May 13, 1909, a daughter of the late Oliver and Minnie (Crites) Emerick. Mrs. Lepley was a member of the First United Church of Christ of Corriganville. Survivors include her husband, Louis Lepley; four brothers, Ira F. and Frank Emerick, both of Fairhope, Pa.; Alvey Emerick, Berlin, Pa.; and Ervin Emerick, Baltimore; and a sister, Mrs. Cecelia Kline, Hyndman. The body is at the Zeigier Funeral Home, Hyndman, where the family will receive friends tomorrow and Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Comps Church near Hyndman. Rev. Charles Evans will officiate and interment will be in the church cemetery.
 The Cumberland Evening Times, June 8, 1967
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)

LEPLEY, Mrs. Naomi Atkinson
 
Naomi Atkinson Lepley, 91, of Cumberland, went to be with her Lord Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006, at her residence. Born Nov. 11, 1914, in Mount Savage, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Anna (Norris) Atkinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, George Harold Lepley; and two sisters, Noby Lantz and Betty Gisiner. Ms. Lepley was a homemaker and a member of Central Assembly of God Church. Surviving are one son, Kenneth G. Lepley and wife Mona, Cumberland; three daughters, Audrey K. Sisk and husband James A., Ridgeley, W.Va., Mildred A. Wageley, Cumberland, and Gail Ann Cross and husband Richard, Cumberland; one sister, Marion Taylor, Bowling Green, Cumberland; 15 grandchildren, Stephen Wageley and wife Carol, New Mexico, Christopher Wageley and wife Wendy, Cumberland, David Wageley and wife Lume, New Mexico, Michal Wageley and wife Debbie, Cumberland, James Derick Sisk and wife Glenna “Cookie,” Fort Ashby, W.Va., Deborah L. Hughes and husband David, Woodstock, Julie A. Whitacre and husband Ron, Cumberland, Kenny Lepley, North Carolina, Patrick Lepley and wife Teresa, Dayton, Ohio, Cindy Bradshaw, Ridgeley, Michele Buser and husband Chris, Ridgeley, Kim Gallagher and husband Frank, Cumberland, Jennifer Klingler and husband Rob, LaVale, Lisa Algeri and Keli Algeri, Cumberland; 28 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland, on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at Central Assembly of God Church on Monday at 1 p.m. with Pastor Robert Hymes and her nephew Pastor Thomas Lantz officiating. There will be a one-hour visitation prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Restlawn Memorial Gardens. The family would like to thank Home Care and Home Hospice for the wonderful help and care they provided. Memorial contributions may be made to Home Care at Virginia Avenue, Cumberland, MD 21502 or to the Western Maryland Home Hospice, c/o Linda Green, 900 Seton Drive, Cumberland, MD 21502.
d.o.d. Thursday, August 10 2006; Cumberland Times-News Obituary
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted November 25, 2017 

Reister R. Lepley, 86, formerly of 416 Walnut Street, died yesterday at Reeder Nursing Home, Boonsboro. A native of Arsina, Pa., he was a son of the late John A. and Rachel I. (McNair) Lepley. His wife, Sarah A. (Lewis) Lepley preceeded him in death. Mr. Lepley was a retired Celanese Fibers Company electrician. Surviving are three sons, Sylvester R. Lepley, Homewood Addition; Paul V. Lepley, city, and Samuel L. Lepley, Geneva, Ohio; seven daughters, Mrs. L. Juanita Rexroad, LaVale; Mrs. Marion E. Johnson, Homewood Addition; Mrs. Anna A. Dircks, Baltimore; Mrs. Clara M. Smith, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Edith Plummer, city; Mrs. Evelyn M. Bennett, with whom he resided, and Mrs. Betty L. Smith, Geneva; two half-brothers, Robert and Louis Lepley, Corriganville; two half-sisters, Mrs. Hazel Wallizer, Miss Edna Lepley, Corriganville; 38 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home.
The Cumberland News, July 31, 1976
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

LEPLEY, Mrs. Rhea Weimer
 
Together again, my tears have stopped falling -
CUMBERLAND - Rhea Lepley, 95, of Cumberland, passed away Saturday June 6, 2009, at the Golden Living Center. Born Aug. 3, 1913, in Connellsville, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Elmer Weimer and Johanna (Hyde) Weimer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Albert Lester Lepley; and eight brothers and sisters. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Lepley was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene. Surviving are her daughters, Elizabeth Ann Gordon, of Cumberland and Rhea Mitzel, of Milan, Minn.; and numerous grandchildren; great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., 108 Virginia Ave., Cumberland on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the funeral home on Wednesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Gary Barkley and the Rev. Darrell Tichinel officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. The family would like to give a special thanks to the Golden Living Center.
June 07, 2009, Cumberland Times-News
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted May 5, 2012 

LEPLEY, Robert Henry

Robert (Bob) H. Lepley, 75, of Corriganville, died Sacred Heart Hospital last night. Born Sep t 23, 1904, in Corriganville, he was a son of the late John Adam and Bertha (Crawford) Lepley. He was a retired employee of Sacred Heart Hospital and was a self-employed plumber. He belonged to the United Church of Christ, was a life member of the Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company and a member of Kemp Lodge 154, AF AAM. Mount Savage. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Esther (Garey) Lepley; a daughter, Mrs. Sue Ann Dye, Keyser; one brother, Lewis Lepley, Corriganville and two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Wallizer and Miss Edna Lepley, both of Corriganville. Friends will be received at the Zeigler Funeral Home today from 7 to 9 p m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted in the funeral home Friday at 2 p m. by the Rev. James B. Myers, pastor of the Corriganville United Church of Christ Burial will be in Hillcrest Burial Park near Cumberland. The fire company will conduct a memorial service today at 8 p m in the funeral home. Members of the company will also serve as pallbearers.
Published March 26, 1980 in THE CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, Maryland on page 22, col. 1.
(Courtesy of Charles Riend)
Posted November 25, 2017

Samuel Lepley, 86, died at his home in Wellersburg Monday. He was born Jan. 29, 1861, a son of Adam and Sarah Comp Lepley. His wife, the former Elizabeth Emerick, preceded him in death. He is survived by seven children: Earl, Mt. Savage; James, Wellersburg; Alonzo, Mrs. Ellen Korns, Mrs. Bertha Bittner, Hyndman; Harvey, Sand Patch; Mary, Cumberland; and one sister, Mrs. Effie Kennell, Hyndman. Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lepley home, the Rev. John Bucher, officiating. Interment will be in the Lepley cemetery, Wellersburg, under the direction of the Zeigler Funeral Home, Hyndman.
The Bedford Gazette, Thursday, November 13, 1947
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

Solomon Lepley, 80, a former employe of the Connellsville Manufacturing & Mine Supply Company for 44 years, and well known in the community, died at 6 o'clock this morning at his home, 228 North Sixth street, after an illness. He was born March 21, 1866, at Larimer, Somerset county, a son of the late Adam C., and Salome Engle Lepley, and came to Connellsville a number of years ago. He was a former city councilman, and was a charter member of the Trinity Reformed and Evangelical Church. Besides his widow, Mary Smutz Lepley, he is survived by two sons and a daughter, Edwin H. Lepley of Cleveland, and Ralph D. and Catherine at home; three grandchildren, Allen E., Evelyn E., and Nonette Lepley of Cleveland. Also surviving are the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Lucinda Purbaugh of Monrovia, Cal., Mrs. Clara Yutzy of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Agnes Walker, Mrs. Ada Hay, Mrs. Fannie Nicholson, and Mrs. Etta Spangler, all of Meyersdale, Herman G. Lepley, of St. Paul, Somerset Co., and Charles A. Lepley of Somerset.
Saturday, June 8, 1946, The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

Hyndman, Sept. 2 - William Lloyd Lepley, of Hyndman, Pa., RD 1, died in a Norristown, Pa., hospital Sunday afternoon of injuries suffered in an accident as he was on his way to Langhorn, Pa., to attend the national motorcycle races. Lepley was a son of J. Elmer and Margaret Miller Lepley, of Hyndman. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Motor Police and was stationed at Imperial, Pa. He was a member of a Lancaster, Pa., church. Surviving besides his parents is one brother, Robert Lepley.
The Cumberland Evening Times, September 2, 1941
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted June 13, 2009

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