OBIT: John A. KERN, 1997, Normalville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KERN
  
  John A. Kern, 73, of Star Route, Normalville, died Nov. 21, 1997 in
  the Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg.  He was born Nov. 9,
  1924 in Mill Run the son of the late Homer and Maude Firestone
  Kern.  He was the founder and owner of Kern Brothers Lumber Company
  for over 45 years.  He was a member of the Indian Creek Baptist
  Church, Mill Run, where he served on the board of directors for many
  years.  He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army in
  the 748th Field Artillery Battalion.  He was a lifetime member of VFW
  Post 6743, Donegal, member of the Central Pennsylvania Truckers
  Association and the Somerset County Truckers Association and was a
  member of the Mill Run Grange.  In addition to his parents he was
  predeceased by his wife Gertrude Lohr Kern in 1980.  He is survived
  by four sons, Gerald Ray Kern and his wife Marlene Firestone of
  Normalville, Robert Kern and his wife Lois Richter of Normalville,
  Terry Kern and his wife Donna Newill of Somerset and Richard Kern and
  his wife Nina Burnsworth of Normalville; one daughter Roxanne Kern of
  Normalville; 11 grandchildren, Brian Kern, Cheryl Kern Shaulis, Kelly
  Kern Miner, Tara Kern, Jerimia Kern, Melissa Kern, Brent Kern, Jessica
  Kern, Jenny Kern, Johnny Kern and Erin Kern; 5 great grandchildren,
  Brittney Shaulis, Zachary Kern, Alex Kern, Carrigan Shaulis and
  Nathan Miner; two brothers, Homer Kern and his wife Idella and Howard
  Rayburn Kern, all of Normalville; three sisters, Nettie Pritts of Mill
  Run, Mrs. Daniel "Eddie" (Martha) Stark of Warren, Ohio and Mrs. Earl
  "Buck" (Pauline) Brewer of Apache Junction, Ariz.  Friends will be
  received at the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft,
  from 2-9 p.m., Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday.  Funeral
  services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday in the funeral home with the
  Rev. John Davis and Rev. Mark Pasquarette officiating.  Interment
  will follow in the Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery, Mill Run.  Military
  rites will be conducted at the graveside by the Donegal VFW Post 6743.
  
  Daily American, November 22, 1997
  
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