OBIT: Jay Samuel Fox, 1997, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA

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  FOX
  
  Jay Samuel Fox, 60, of Stoystown RD 3 died Jan. 23, 1997, at home.  Born
  July 3, 1936, in Shanksville.  Son of John M. Sr. and Mary B. (Glessner)
  Fox.  Preceded in death by parents, brother William and sister July
  Kountz.  Survived by his wife of 41 years, the former Jean L. Gibson, and
  these children:  David, married to the former Sharon Spangler Veres,
  Stoystown; Daniel, married to the former Donna Coughenour, Berlin RD 1;
  Donald, married to the former Elizabeth Diana, Ligonier RD 2; Susan,
  married to Dennis Brant, Stoystown RD 3; and James, married to the former
  Carol Woolcock, Greensburg.  Grandchildren: Elwood and Emily Brant, and
  Rachel, Jeffrey, Samuel C., Sarah and Jacob Fox; step-grandchildren:
  Douglas Jr. and Justin Veres.  Brother of Caroline, married to Ernest
  Stull; Sarah Jane, married to Bruce Addleman; and John M. Jr., married to
  the former Linda Walker, all of Shanksville.  Also sister-in-law, Helen Fox
  of Somerset, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Harry (Evelyn) Gibson, Stoystown RD
  3.  1954 graduate of Shanksville-Stonycreek High School.  Retired from U.S.
  Steel, Johnstown.  Former owner of Fox Grocery, Stoystown.  Member and elder
  of Unity UCC.  Member and eight-year 100 percent secretary of Stoystown
  Lions Club, where he was a recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellow Award. 
  Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9
  p.m. Saturday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where Lions Memorial
  Service will be held at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.  Viewing from 1 p.m. until
  services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Unity UCC, Berlin RD 1, the Rev. Jay E.
  Shaffer officiating.  Interment, Walker Cemetery, Shanksville.  Memorial
  contributions may be given to Somerset In Touch Hospice, Somerset, Pa.
  15501 or Camp Living Waters, c/o Penn West Conference, South Maple Avenue,
  Greensburg, Pa. 15601.
  
  Daily American, January 24, 1997
  
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