OBIT: James R. JOHNS Sr., 2001, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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    JOHNS
  
    James R. Johns Sr., 78, Confluence, died Jan. 15, 2001 at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Jan. 1, 1923 in Taft, Mich., a son of the late James R.
  Johns and Bess (Barnes) Johns Previere.  In addition to his parents,
  preceded in death by his wife, Mary K. Johns, whom he married Oct. 31, 1942
  in Frostburg, Md., and who died June 20, 1999.  Survived by a daughter,
  Joyce Tressler and her husband, Ron, and a son, James R. Johns Jr., and his
  wife, Linda, all of Confluence; 6 granchildren: Bill Holliday, Christian
  Holliday, Melissa Mathias, Shelley Johns, Dessiree Walker and Ronnie
  Tressler; and 3 great-grandchildren, Nathan, Preston and Frankie.  A U.S.
  Army veteran of World War II, serving as a corporal in the Pacific Theater
  of operations.  Member of Confluence VFW Post 7250, Ursina American Legion
  Post 946, and the Confluence United Methodist Church.  A former member and
  past president of Turkeyfoot Valey Area School Distric Board of Directors
  and retired from Riverside Ford Sales in Confluence after more than 40
  years employment.  Friends received from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to
  9 p.m. Thursday at the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, where service will
  be held at 1 p.m. Friday with the Rev. John Snyder officiating.  Interment,
  Addison Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, January 17, 2001
  
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