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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1971
Page
4
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Vern A. Johnson 75 of Corry died this morning at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Erie after a long illness. He was born April 13, 1895 in Columbus Township and spent his life in the Corry area. A WWI Army veteran, he worked at Aero Supply and earlier farms, milk routes, and the Penn Highways. Surviving are two sons Vern Jr and Will, a stepdaughter Grayce Tornstorm and four Reed stepchildren, a sister Mae Lewis, 26 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He was predeceased by wife Myrtle Stufflebeam in 1964. Visitation at Bracken Funeral Home and services Thursday at 2 p.m. with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery. graveside rites by the Corry Veterans Council.
London AP reports Dr Lawrence, author of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Women in Love, is the favorite writer of university bound pupils in Britain, with Ian Fleming’s James Bond as a close second in reading material. Betty Phillips of Middleport dies at 81 after an extended illness in Corry Memorial Hospital. She was born April 1889 and married to W E Phillips in 1916. Burial in Pine Grove Cemetery. services Thursday.
The Requiem Mass for Miss Stella Barry was held at 11 a.m. today at St. Thomas Church with Rev. Cyril Cooper officiating. Family prayers occurred at Bracken Funeral Home before the mass, and temporary burial took place in Pine Grove Mausoleum pending permanent burial in St. Thomas Cemetery. Bearers included Edward Berry and Francis Blair among others. attendees from away included Mrs. Florence Barry of Cleveland and Mrs. Martha Collins of North East.
Admitted list includes Bessie Baumgratz Spartansburg Rose Smith Snyder Circle Jon Babcock Clymer William Finnicum Richard Croscutt area Jennifer Chapin 5 David Margott West Pleasant Lawrence Penoyer Spartansburg Thomas Steele Franklin Street Roy Hockenberry Shady Avenue Discharged includes Dennis Damcott and daughter Vicki Lynn Clymer Walter Zojonc North Clymer Lee Rater Sherman Aldine Emmons Park Street Ruth Olson Jamestown Naomi Clark Snyder Circle Robert Holcomb Franklin Mills Bear Lake Kenneth Anderson 418 Euclid Street Edwin Mikesell Columbus Betty Phillips West Congress Street deceased.
Gilbert R. Tullos, 33, an armed robbery inmate from Cleveland, escaped by jumping through a church window at Sardis Baptist Church on the East Side during his mother's funeral procession. He was handcuffed when he bolted as Sgt. Lloyd Merchant waited at the exit for the family. He remains at large following the escape after rites concluded.
Funeral notices list the body at St George Funeral Home with viewing times Tuesday and Wednesday and services Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial planned afterward. Johnson Vern A Johnson body at Bracken Funeral Home with two viewing periods and 2 p.m. burial. Cochran Harry E Cochran body at Spitzer Funeral Home Sherman with multiple viewings and 2 p.m. service. burial in Clymer Cemetery with his father and siblings. Tullos, convicted of a 1961 Cleveland grocery store robbery, jailed 10 to 25 years. police report $92 robbery proceeds shared by two accomplices.
Penn Central and Reading railroad commuter fares will rise 10 percent next Monday after PUC approval. The agencies expect extra annual revenue of 384000 and 200000 respectively, offset by prior year losses. Higher wages and material costs cited. SEPTA and Philadelphia urged approval.
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