FUNERAL NOTICE: George K. BARLEY, 1945, native of Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Plan Funeral of Air Force Crash Victim

  The body of T/Sgt. George K. Barley, aged 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John 
F. Barley of 1906 Tenth avenue, who was killed in the test flight crash 
of his B-29 at Lancashire, England, May 4, 1945, after having survived 26 
combat missions in the European theatre of operations, will arrive in 
Altoona at 6.10 o'clock tomorrow evening.
  Friends will be received after 7 o'clock tomorrow evening at the 
Laughlin funeral home where funeral services will be held Friday 
afternoon.  Interment with military honors will be made in Rose Hill 
cemetery.
  Sgt. Barley was born in Altoona March 22, 1925, a son of John F. and 
Ruth (Treasurer) Barley.  He was graduated from Altoona High school in 
the class of 1943 and entered the army air force on July 20 of the same 
year.  He served as radio operator aboard a B-29 of the 704th bombardment 
squadron, 8th air force.
  Surviving are the parents, one sister, Ellen, at home, one brother, 
James of Washington, D.C., and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rachel 
Treasurer.

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday, July 13, 1948, page 1

FUNERAL NOTICE

BARLEY - Funeral services of T/Sgt. George K. Barley of 1906 Tenth avenue, 
will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Laughlin funeral home by 
Rev. J. Resler Shultz.  Interment in Rose Hill cemetery.  Military honors 
will be accorded the veterans.  Friends will be received at the Laughlin 
funeral home after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening.

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday evening, July 13, 1948, page 21