OBIT: Kenneth Eugene ZELLERS, 1945, Liverpool, Perry County, PA
  
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  Missing Liverpool Flier Listed Dead
  
    Previously reported missing in the crash of a B-17 flying fortress
  at sea  July 5, 1945, M. Sgt. Kenneth Eugene Zellers, 23, son of Mr.
  and Mrs. Jacob Zellers of Liverpool has been officially declared dead,
  the War Department has notified his parents.
    The plane carrying 19 men, including M. Sgt. Zellers, was en-route
  from Lagens Field, Azores to Gander, Newfoundland when the crash occurred.
    Sgt. Zellers was born in Liverpool township, Dec. 17, 1922.  He enlisted 
  and entered service March 19, 1941 and had served overseas 18 months
  with the Eighth Air Force.
    Surviving are his parents and a sister, Mrs. Mary M. Napier of
  Rockford, Ill.
  
  Sunbury Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, Friday, December 28, 1945, page 7