OBIT: John A. McGUIRE, 1954, Roots Crossing, Blair County, PA

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JOHN A. McGUIRE DIES AT ROOTS CROSSING

  John A. McGuire, Roots Crossing Tyrone R.D. 2, died at his home 
yesterday at 6:30 a.m.
  He had resided at Roots Crossing for the past 13 years.  He was born 
May 27, 1877, at Dysart, the son of James and Isabella Carl McGuire.  
He was married in 1903 to Miss Anna Seidel.
  He leaves his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Irvin, Altoona; a son, 
Thomas J., Tyrone R.D. 2; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Adams, St. 
Augustine; and Mrs. Alice Ryan, Irwin; two grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.  
  He was a member of the Jehovah Witnesses and a retired brakeman of 
the Pennsylvania Railroad since 1940.
  Funeral service will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Kerns funeral 
home, Juniata, in charge of D. B. Allison.  Burial will be in Grandview 
cemetery.  Friends will be received at the funeral home after 7 p.m. 
today.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., Saturday, September 25, 1954