OBIT: Harry R. CRAWFORD Sr., 1988, formerly from Somerset County, PA

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  CRAWFORD
  
  Harry R. Crawford Sr., 69, of Key Ave., Washington, died Aug. 7, 1988 at
  12:55 a.m. in the VA Medical Center Pittsburgh.  Mr. Crawford was born July
  2, 1919 in Republic.  He was the son of Harry L. Crawford who lives in
  Lemont Furnace.  His mother, Josephine (Graham), is deceased.  Crawford was
  a heavy equipment mechanic in the Somerset area retiring in 1984.  Was a
  member of the operating engineers local #66 of Monroeville until he was
  self-employed.  He was a member of the Disabled Veterans, the Lions Club,
  the VFW in Uniontown and a volunteer fireman in the Uniontown area.  He
  served in the U.S. Army in World War II and he also received a Purple
  Heart.  Survivors: his wife whom he married Sept. 21, 1940, Mildred V.
  (Harshman); one son, Harry R. Crawford Jr. of Middletown; four daughters:
  Beverly (Joseph) Snedeker of Easton; Joan (Gary) Simmons of Eighty-Four;
  Deborah (Rick) Bruckner of Eighty-Four; Linda (Michael) Gilmore of
  Washington; 3 brothers: Eugene Crawford of Warren, Mich.; Charles Crawford
  of Sarasota, Fla.; and Lloyd Crawford of Meadowbrook, N.J.; 3 sisters:
  Margaret Bowers of Fairchance; Elsie Crayton of Bayonet Point, Fla.; Ada
  McNatt of Lemont Furnace; 12 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren.  One
  brother and one sister died in infancy.  Friends will be received 2-4 and
  7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9 in the Warco Funeral Home, Inc. 336 Wilson Ave.,
  Washington, S. Timothy Warco funeral director, where services will be held
  Wed. Aug. 10 at noon with Rev. Donald Gaffney officiating.  Burial in
  Layfette Memorial Park.  Memorial contributions may be given to Leukemia
  American Cancer Society, 35 West Maiden St., Washington.
  
  Daily American, August 8, 1988
  
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