OBIT: Joseph M. JOHNS, 1999, Davidsville, Somerset County, PA

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    JOHNS
  
    Joseph M. Johns, 85, East Campus Avenue, Davidsville, died Nov. 3, 1999,
  at home.  Born April 21, 1914, in Benscreek, son of Joseph W. and Annie
  (Miller) Johns.  Preceded in death by parents; brother, Lewis, and sister,
  Emma Johns Bettle.  Survived by sister, Mary L. Johns, Davidsville; niece,
  Margaret (Bettle), wife of Jeffrey Chynoweth and their son, Jason Johns
  Chynoweth; close friends, Bill and Jeanette Hunsberger and family; Shirley
  Stevens; and Millie Zeunges.  Member of Tire Hill Church of the Brethren. 
  Attended Kaufman Mennonite Church.  Also was a member of Pennsylvania
  Association of Conservation District.  Was a director of Somerset County
  Conservation District board, where he was a founding member.  Member of
  Farm Bureau, where he served as  Somerset County president and on the state
  board of directors.  Was a director of the Somerset Holstein Club and state
  director of Holstein Association.  Somerset County DIHA director.  Also a
  member of Somerset County Extension, where he served as past director. 
  Receieved the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award in 1988 from the
  PFA.  Was member of the Somerset County Republican Party; Conemaugh
  Township Rotary Club.  Lifetime member of Somerset County Historical
  Association.  Was a sixth-generation descendant of Joseph Johns, the
  founder of Johnstown.  Family receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday
  and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at George E. Mason Funeral Home
  Inc., Davidsville. Service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Daufman
  Mennonite Church, the Rev. Donald Sharp.  Interment, Joseph Johns
  Cemetery.  Those who wish please make donations to Mennonite Central
  Committee, Children's Relief Fund, 21 S. 12th St., P.O. Box 500, Akron, Pa.
  17501-0500 or to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, Keystone Chapter,
  110 Sunray Drive, Johnstown, Pa.
  
  Daily American, November 4, 1999
  
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