From Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Mon. Sept. 17, 2001

Leland R. Ervin
Died - Saturday
Place of birth - Freeland
Place of death - St. Joseph Medical Center, Hazleton
Date of birth - 23 May 1914
Church - Trinity Lutheran, West Hazleton
Father - Leland "Guy" Ervin
Mother - Verna Hoffman
Undertaker - Rosenstock, Hazleton
Place of burial - St John, St. Johns
Residence - Hazleton
Occupation - worked at Hazle Beverage and Feussner's Ford
Age - 87
Veteran WW II