OBIT: John Peter DIONIS, 1943, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DEATH IS CAUSED BY ENCEPHALITIS

  John Peter Dionis, aged 28, of 1612 First avenue died at 12.02 
o'clock yesterday morning at Mercy hospital where he was admitted in a 
serious condition at 9 o'clock Saturday night.  His ailment was 
diagnosed as lethargic encephalitis, a non-contagious form of sleeping 
sickness, and he had been ill only a short time.
  He was born in Altoona on Sept. 2, 1914, a son of George and Rose 
(Seidel) Dionis, and was employed in the Juniata shops.  Mr. Dionis was 
a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Holy Name and Bavarian 
societies.
  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Josephine (Malinoski) Dionis; one son, 
John Peter, jr.; his parents, and the following brothers and sisters: 
Sister Madonna, of the St. Agnes order, Fond-du-Lac, Wis., Louis of 
Santa Monica, Calif., George, Rose, Joseph, Martha, Louise, Paul, Carl 
and Peter, all of the city.
  Mr. Dionis reposes at the V. L. Stevens funeral home.

DIONIS - Funeral services for John Peter Dionis of 1612 First avenue 
will be held Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic 
church.  Interment in St. Mary's cemetery.  Mr. Dionis reposes at the 
Vincent L. Stevens funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, August 16, 1943