OBIT: John M. WILLIAMS, 2004, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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JOHN M. WILLIAMS 

  John M. Williams, 83, of RD 5 Box 48, Tyrone, PA died Tuesday, March 
2, 2004 at 2:15 a.m. at the Altoona Hospital.
  He was born June 23, 1920 in Altoona to the late David B. and Philis 
C. (Hitchney) Williams. He married Ida C. Stebbins, who died September 
3, 1998.
  He was a member of Faith Alliance Church, Fuoss Mills.
  He retired in 1976 as a gang boss from Penn Central R.R. after 40 
years of service. 
  He enjoyed traveling, sightseeing and collecting antiques.
  He was a charter member of the Penn Western Racing Association. He 
and his brother, Burton, built and drove their own race car at local 
tracks. He previously owned and operated a used tire recycling business 
in Tyrone with his son, Jerry. He was a life-time member of the Blair 
County Antique Auto Club, member of the Allegheny Mountain Campers, 
member of the Watch FOB, lifetime member of Tyrone Blazing Arrow Hook 
and Ladder Fire Company and lifetime member of Pennsylvania Fire Police 
of Tyrone and Blair County Fire Police.
  Surviving are two daughters: Phyllis Smith and husband, Charles, of 
Erie and Deborah A. of Tyrone; a son Gerald M. of Tyrone; a foster son, 
Thomas Miller in Florida; 10 grandchildren; several great-
grandchildren; two great-great-grandsons; three sisters: Judy Lumadue 
of Buffalo, NY, Betty Lumadue of Philipsburg and Irene Knepp of 
Edinburg; and three brothers: Glenn of Olanta, Traczyk of Wallaceton 
and Burton in Ohio. He was preceded in death by a daughter, W. Jean 
Banks.
  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 2004, 
and 10 a.m. to noon Friday, March 5, at Vincent J. Good Funeral Parlor, 
Bellwood. Funeral services will be held at noon Friday, March 5, at the 
funeral parlor by the Rev. Richard A. Wood Jr. Interment at Blair 
Memorial Park.
  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Faith Alliance Church.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, March 3, 2004