JOHN W. O'NEAL Sr.


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His obituary appeared in the Connellsville, PA Daily Courier
November 3, 1998.
John W. O'Neal Sr., 65, died Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, 1998 at Lorain
Community Health Partners Hospital and Surgical Center West after a
sudden illness. He was born on Jan. 10, 1933 in Holliday's Cove, West
Virginia. He has been a Vermilion, Ohio resident since 1970, moving
from LaGrange. He was employed as a tool crib attendant for General
Motors, retiring after 23 years of service. He was a member of
Vermilion Fish and Game Club since 1985, where he also was a
caretaker foe six years. He was a member of UAW No. 780. He
enjoyed fishing, gardening, working in his garage, and playing horse
shoes. He enjoyed nature and  watching the birds. Liked reading
Westerns and getting together with his family. He is survived be his
wife of 38 years, Margaret Joyce (McGinnis); five daughters, Marjorie
March of Amherst, Ohio, Lynda Barns of Port Huron, Mich., Peggy
Louise O'Neal of Vermilion,Ohio,
Nancy Lee Lloyd of Russellville, Ala., and Elizabeth Gertrude Krause
of Huron, Ohio; three sons, John W. O'Neal Jr., of Amherst, Ohio,
Clayton Charles Phillips of Oberlin, Ohio, and Timothy Shawn O'Neal
of Vermilion, Ohio; 17 grandchildren; three great-children; two sisters,
Lois Boyce, of Elyria, Ohio, and Bessie Gavin of Toledo, Ohio and two
brothers, Harry Robert O'Neal of Hebron, Ind. and Fred Albert O'Neal
of Sheffield Lake, Ohio. He  was preceeded in death be a grandson,
Eric John O'Neal on July 15, 1998; a sister, Dorothy Crouse; and his
parents, Harry Robert and Hattie Montazella (Williamson) O'Neal. The
family will receive friends on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at
the Riddle funeral Home 5345 South Street, Vermilion, where funeral
services will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. with Rev. J.D. McIntosh,
pastor of the Amherst Church of Christ, officiating. Burial in Ridge
Hill Memorial Park, Amherst, Ohio.