OBIT: John W. LOWRY, 1979, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  LOWRY
   
  John W. Lowry, 76, Akron, Ohio, formerly of Berlin, died Sept. 24,
  1979, in the Akron General Hospital, Akron, Ohio.  Born July 22,
  1903, in Berlin, a son of Henry and Sadie (Glessner) Lowry.  Survived
  by his widow, the former Elizabeth Coleman; a son, Jack, Warsaw, Ind.;
  and two grandchildren.  Preceded in death by a daughter.  Survived by
  a brother, Clyde, Hollywood, Fla., a sister, Mrs. Bessie Williams,
  Akron.  He was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church, Akron.  He
  was an employment director of Baird Associates, Kelly Division.  He
  served as a Lieutenant Colonel in WW II.  Services will be conducted
  Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Friedens Lutheran Church, with the Rev.
  James R. Ling officiating.  Interment, Friedens Lutheran Cemetery. 
  Body will lie in state at the church from 1 p.m. until time of
  service.  Arrangements by the Richard E. Hauger Funeral Home.
  
  Daily American, September 26, 1979
  
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