OBIT: Samuel J. PARSONS, 2005, native of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Samuel J. Parsons Mr. Samuel J. Parsons, age 85, of 253 Chaucer Drive, Irwin and a former Tyrone resident died Monday, August 8, 2005 at Mercy Jeannette Hospital. He was born February 16, 1920 in Tyrone, the son of Samuel J. Sr. and Gussie Mease Parsons Dalby. He was married to the former Lois M. "Sally" Phillips who survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Christine A., wife of Dr. David A. Belvedere of Poland, OH and three grandchildren, Regina, Andrew and Julia. He was a graduate of Tyrone High School class of 1938. He retired as an electrical engineer from Westinghouse Electric Corporation, East Pittsburgh. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin. Funeral services for Mr. Samuel J. Parsons was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Irwin with interment in Irwin Union Cemetery. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, PA, September 9, 2005