OBIT: Donald B. CROYLE, 2000, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA

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  CROYLE
  
  Donald B. Croyle, 81, of Stoystown died Aug. 16, 2000 at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born April 23, 1919 in Quemahoning Township.  Son of Jesse and
  Emma (Lohr) Croyle.  Preceded in death by parents, sister Martha Miller,
  brothers; Fred, Cliff and Paul.  Survived by his wife of 54 years, the
  former Esther Horner, these children: Karen married to Ronald Yoffe of
  Grand Rapids, Mich., Brenda married to Charles Shontofski and Douglas
  married to former Kathy Sheets, both of Stoystown, and grandsons Adam
  Yoffe, Devin and Aaron Croyle, Sgt. Matthew Shontofski married to former
  Vicki Gallucci and H. N. Daniel Shontofki.  He was a graduate of the former
  Stoystown High School and a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps
  during World War II where he served as a B-24 pilot flying 31 missions as a
  weather reconnaissance pilot in the South Pacific.  Also, during the bombing
  of Tokyo, he received an air medal with one oak leaf cluster.  After the
  war, he flew as a crop duster for Del Monte Foods in Illinois and
  Wisconsin.  After returning home, he worked as a heavy equipment operator
  for several local strip mining operations.  He was a member of Stoystown
  American Legion Post #257 and 13 Star VFW Post #7565, in Hooversville. 
  Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Stoystown, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev.
  Paul E. Claycomb officiating.  Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery,
  Stoystown.  Legion service will be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday.  Memorial
  contributions may be given to the Americana Lung Association, 209 College
  Park Plaza, Johnstown, Pa. 15901.
  
  Daily American, August 17, 2000
  
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