Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Mease, John J.  August 24, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 26, 2011 
  John J. Mease 
    
  POTTSVILLE John J. Mease, 88, formerly of Pine Grove, passed away Wednesday, 
  August 24, 2011, in Manor Care Pottsville. Born on August 9, 1923, in 
  Suedberg, he was a son of the late John J. Mease, Sr. and the late Beulah 
  Strausser Mease. John was a member of the St. Mathew's Lutheran Church in 
  Ravine. He was a 1943 graduate of Tremont High School. John was also a member 
  of the Oak Grove Gun Club, the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, and the 
  Swatara Archers. He was an avid archer and loved hiking. John worked as a 
  firefighter for Indiantown Gap. John was a WWII U.S. Army veteran, having 
  served with Co. G 116th Inf 29th Div. The Division was called the Blue & Gray 
  from Virginia and their motto was "The 29th Let's Go". John trained in England 
  in the Spring of 1944. He was in the first wave to land at Omaha Beach in 
  Normandy on D-Day, where 2400 troops were lost. He also served in Northern 
  France and Campaign Germany. John received the Combat Infantryman Badge, 44 
  Unit Citation, GO 26 FUSA 44 Expert Infantryman Badge GO 9, the Good Conduct 
  Medal, and three bronze service stars. Preceding him in death was a sister, 
  Dorothy Conrad. Surviving are son, Dean and wife, Debbie Mease of Lebanon. 
  Services will be held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., on Tuesday, August 
  30, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Terry Jansma officiating. Interment will follow 
  in the Church of God, Pine Grove. Friends will be received at the at the 
  funeral home on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until time of service.
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 26, 2011 
  
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