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Friday, September 15, 1995     Page: 5A

Laura Speakman
   
Sept. 14, 1995
    ~~Laura E. Speakman, 91, formerly of Oakwood, Ohio, died Thursday in Wesley
   
Village, Jenkins TownshipBorn in Oakwood, she was the daughter of the late
John L. and Arinda Kirkendahl Stouffer.
   
She graduated from Latty High School in Ohio.
   
She also attended Bowling Green State University and Defiance~ College.
   
She had been an elementary school teacher at various Ohio school districts
for more than 50 years before retiring from the Oakwood School District in
1975.
   
Following her retirement, she was a substitute teacher for 11 years until
1986.
   
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Oakwood, and had been a
Sunday school teacher.
   
She was a member of the various boards and ladies groups of the church for
many years.
   
She had also been affiliated with several national and state teaching
professional organizations.
   
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd E., in 1959; three
~brothers and five sisters.
   
Surviving are a son, David L., Clarks Summit; two granddaughters and a
great-granddaughter.
   
The funeral will be conducted Monday from the Mast-Mock-Hoffman Funeral
Home, 529 Jefferson Ave., Defiance, Ohio.
   
Interment will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hoaglin Township, Ohio.
   
Local arrangements~~ are provided by H. Merritt Hughes Funeral Home Inc.,
211 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston.