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COWGER, Avis Erlen[1, 2, 3]
1943 - 2014 (71 years)
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Name COWGER, Avis Erlen [1, 2, 3] Birth 7 March 1943 Hacker Valley, Webster County, West Virginia, United States of America 
[2] Gender Female Death 16 April 2014 Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, United States of America [2] Burial Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland, United States of America [2] Notes - Avis Erlen Claypool, 71, of Hampstead, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Carroll Hospital Center.
Born March 7, 1943, in Hackers Valley, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Walsie Cowger and Sarah Claypool Cowger Lee. She was the wife of the late Edward S. Claypool.
She had been a factory worker at Snyder's of Hanover and had also worked in the laundry division of Golden Living Nursing Home. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, going to yard sales, camping, fishing and spending time with her cats and her family.
Surviving are sons Dwaine Claypool and wife Dawn, of New Windsor, Wayne Claypool and wife Sally, of Abbotstown, Pa., and David Claypool and wife Sandra, of New Oxford, Pa.; daughters Ruth Diehl and husband Bobby, of Littlestown, Pa., and Judith Mercer and husband Brian, of Hanover, Pa.; brothers Eugene Cowger and Jerry Cowger, both of West Virginia; 14 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by sisters Marie Jordan and Louise Cowger.
Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Person ID I422178351872 Ancestry dot com tree Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
Family CLAYPOOL, Edward Sylvester, b. 6 Mar 1937, Hackervalley, West Virginia d. 9 Oct 2000 (Age 63 years) Marriage 1960 Webster, West Virginia, United States [1] Children 1. CLAYPOOL, R. 2. CLAYPOOL, J. 3. CLAYPOOL, W. 4. CLAYPOOL, D. 5. CLAYPOOL, D. Family ID F2459 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Oct 2025
- Avis Erlen Claypool, 71, of Hampstead, died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Carroll Hospital Center.
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Sources - [S1640804086] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
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- [S1640033586] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The Evening Sun; Publication Date: 10/ Oct/ 2000; Publication Place: Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/522012287/?article=ac7be29d-36db-43b5-841a-300d9413247e&focus=0.20387383,0.5647599,0.35622057,0.6870.
- [S1640804086] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).