Biography

07/18/1915 - 12/18/2009

LEBERKNIGHT, Cecil Koonz, a Representative from Cambria County; born, July 18, 1915 in Dale, Cambria County, Pa.; graduated, Dale High School, 1934; graduated, Cambria-Rowe Business College; insurance agent; member, Young Republicans of Cambria County (1946); elected, council, Borough of Dale (1948-2003; president, 1962-2001); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1958, 1960); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1962; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1964); Assistant Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; died, December 18, 2009 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interred, Richland Cemetery, Geistown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.