OBIT: Joseph J. JANUS Sr., 1972, native of Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Jean Wall. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ JOSEPH J. JANUS SR. Joseph J. Janus Sr., 58, Johnstown RD 4, died Nov. 12, 1972, in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. Born Feb. 6, 1914, in Boswell, he was a son of Walter and Catherine Janus. Surviving are his wife, the former Anna M. Mayko; two children, James J. Janus Jr., married to the former Carole Ann Olmstead, Meyersdale RD 4; and Ruth J., wife of Samuel J. Romesberg Jr., Rockwood RD; four grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Frances Stopera, Detroit, Mich.; and Mrs. Catherine Ryniak, Hazel Park, Mich.; and a brother, Michael, Springdale. He was a retired employee of Johnstown Plant, Bethlehem Steel Corp., a member of USWA and Tire Hill Lodge 289, SNPJ. Funeral service was held Wednesday morning in Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, Boswell, with Rev. Arthur L. Mentzer officiating. Interment in Christ Lutheran Cemetery, Jennerstown. Meyersdale Republican, November 16, 1972 [J0064]