Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Naughton, George D., Feb 1939
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PLAN FUNERAL FOR TROOPER
Corporal Slain in Battle To Be Buried Tomorrow.
George D. Naughton, 40-year-old Pennsylvania Motor Police corporal killed 
Monday during a four-hour gun battle at Clarksville, Pa., will be given funeral 
services tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in Sharpsburg, the town of his birth.
Naughton was one of a corps of police officers who risked their lives to 
arrest Frank Palanzo, alias Plienta, 54, who had beaten and ejected his wife and 
children, and barricaded himself in the house. He allegedly fired a bullet 
into Naughton's heart killing him instantly.
The funeral will be held at the Holzheimer and Bock chapel, 820 Main street, 
Sharpsburg, followed by interment in Greenwood cemetery. A large delegation 
of Naughton's fellow members in American Legion Post 106 will attend the 
service. Naughton joined the state police in 1926.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wednesday, February 1, 1939
Page 6

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Death Notice
NAUGHTON--At Millsboro, Pa., on Monday, George D., husband of Mary Elizabeth 
Naughton (nee Johnston), aged 40 years. Friends received at the home of 
Holzheimer & Bock, Main st., at Ninth, Sharpsburg, where services will be held 
Thursday, Feb. 2, at 2:30 p.m.
(Washington (Pa.) and Greensburg (Pa.) papers please copy.)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Wednesday, February 1, 1939
Page 22