Bucks County PA Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Gomer R.  October 5, 2003
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Latrobe Bulletin, Tue, Oct 7, 2003 ·Page 2
Gomer R. Edwards, 79, beloved husband, father and grandfather, died Sunday, Oct.
5, 2003, at Pickering Manor Home. He was born Nov. 7, 1923, in Johnstown. Gomer
was a graduate of Clarion University and the University of Pittsburgh. He was a
teacher and high school principal in Pennsylvania for 35 years, and also worked
in the Polk County School System, Lakeland, Fla., for 10 years. Gomer was a
veteran of World War II serving in Europe in the 325th Combat Engineers (100th
Division), receiving the Purple Heart. He was awarded the 50-Year Masonic
Service Emblem Johnstown-Conemaugh Lodge No. 538 and served as elder in several
Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania and Florida. Gomer volunteered with Boy
Scouts of America. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn: his son, Richard N. and
daughter-in-law Caroline A., and a grandson, Frederick G. Edwards. A memorial
service will be held at the family's convenience. Memorial contributions in
Gomer's memory may be made to Boys and Girls Club of America, 1518 Walnut St.,
Suite 712, Philadelphia, PA 19102. Funeral arrangements are under the direction
of the Swartz/Givnish Funeral Home Inc., Newtown, 215-968-3891, a "Life
Celebration Home." 

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