OBIT: Amos C. NEWMAN, 1974, Vail, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ AMOS C. NEWMAN Amos C. Newman, Vail, Tyrone RD 3, died at 3:24 a.m. today at Tyrone Hospital after an extended illness. He was born May 19, 1897 at Port Matilda, a son of Sanford S. and Clara Carson Newman. On April 6, 1949, at Tyrone he was married to Dorothy McDonald Maines. She died Dec. 25, 1971. Surviving are the following step-children: Mrs. Lois M. Myers, Phoenix, Ariz.; Jesse Maines, Grazierville; Mrs. Patricia Brower, Tyrone, and William J. Maines, Northwood. Three sisters preceded him in death. He was the last of his immediate family. He attended Bald Eagle United Methodist Church, was a charter member of Howard Gardner Post 281 American Legion and was an Army veteran of World War I. He retired after 25 years of service at Westvaco Corp. here in 1964. Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home, in charge of the Rev. Francis G. Geiger. Burial will be in Allport Cemetery, Clearfield Co. Friends will be received at the funeral home on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 12, 1974