OBIT: M. Lorraine (COMLY) DAWSON, 2005, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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M. LORRAINE DAWSON 

  Mrs. M. Lorraine Dawson, age 93, of 1747 Adams Avenue, Graystone 
Court, Tyrone died Friday, Jan. 7, 2005 at 7:50 a.m. at Epworth Manor. 
She was born Sept. 14, 1911 in Tyrone, the daughter of Harry D. 
Thompson and Olive Merritts Comly. 
  She was first married to Richard Patrick O'Brien who died in 1948 and 
on Aug. 6, 1951 she was married to Earl B. Dawson who survives. Also 
surviving is one son, William R. O'Brien and wife Sue of Tyrone; two 
grandchildren- Donna L. O'Brien of Tyrone and Patrick E. O'Brien and 
wife Leanne of O'Fallon, IL and several nieces and nephews.
  Mrs. Dawson was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, of the 
Ivy Sewing Club and had belonged to the Band Mothers. Prior to her 
retirement she had worked at the Shaffer Stores, Engelman Florist, Lugg 
and Edmonds, Gardner's Candy Store and Gardner's Prom Peanuts and 
Candle Sales.
  Funeral service for M. Lorraine Dawson will be Monday, Jan. 10, 2005 
at 11 a.m. at the Richard H. Searer Funeral Home Inc. with Pastor T. M. 
Talbot-Moses officiating. 
  Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Blair Memorial 
Park. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. 
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Care Assurance Fund, 
Epworth Manor, 951 Washington Avenue, Tyrone, PA 16686.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, January 8, 2005