OBIT: Joseph F. MAPES, 2008, native of Blair County, PA

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Joseph Franklin Mapes
Dec. 20, 1927 - Aug. 14, 2008

  Joseph Franklin Mapes, 80, Hemet, Calif., where he had lived for 13 
years, passed away Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at Parkside Gardens, Hemet.
  He was born in Roaring Spring, Pa. He was preceded in death by 
brothers:  Dan and Paul Mapes.
  Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Ruth Mapes of Hemet; children:  
Joanna (Mapes) Marley and husband, Mark, of Homeland, Calif., and 
Debbie (Mapes) Padilla and husband, Cruz, of Shingle Springs, Calif.; 
four grandchildren; sisters:  Mabel Keagy and Betty Dick, and brothers:  
Tim Mapes and Carl Mapes, all of Roaring Spring.
  He served in the U.S. Army as a corporal during WWII.
  He will be truly missed by all that knew and loved him.
  Friends will be received from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, 
at Miller-Jones Mortuary & Cremations Inc., 1501 W. Florida Ave., 
Hemet, Calif. A funeral service will be held at 1:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 
25, 2008, at Riverside National Cemetery, Staging area 4, Riverside, 
Calif., with interment at Riverside National Cemetery.

Blair County Genealogical Society, BCGS Obituary Collection, vol. 94, 
p. 145 (2008)