OBIT: Joseph J. McTONIC, 1995, Jerome, Somerset County, PA
  
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  McTONIC
  
    Joseph J. McTonic, 93, 209 Conemaugh Avenue, Jerome, died Nov. 9,
  1995, at Somerset Hospital.  Born Feb. 26, 1902, in Johnstown, son of
  Joseph and Mary (Zayac) Matonik.  Preceded in death by parents; wife,
  the former Helen L. Shaffer, Oct. 18, 1991, ending a marriage union
  of 58 years; sisters:  Ruth Matonik, Rose Lake and Anna Van Winkle;
  brother, Michael.  Survived by these children:  Phyllis, wife of
  Comfrey "Squire" Ickes, Boswell; William, married to Patricia Harmon,
  Jerome; Donald, married to Mary Ann McCune, Macomb, Ill.; and
  Patricia, wife of Glenn Roger Pritts, Rockwood RD 2; 14 grandchildren
  and 23 great-grandchildren.  Brother of:  John McTonic, Jerome; and
  William Patrick Matonik, married to Anna Balon, Johnstown;
  brother-in-law of Ethel McNutt, Arbutus Park Manor, Johnstown; also
  survived by very close friends:  Donna (Keyser) Knipple; and Betty
  (Willison) St. Clair, long-time loyal member of the former Jerome
  Local1113 U.M.W.A. and Tire Hill Local 998 U.M.W.A.  Also member of
  the Boswell Area Historical Society.  Retired employee of the former
  Hillman Coal and Coke Co., Jerome, beginning June 21, 1922, as a coal
  loader and retiring after 32 years service.  Also worked for Musselman
  Canning Corp., Biglersville; and for 12 years as a psychiatric aide at
  the Somerset State Hospital.  Resident of Jerome for the past 75
  years.  Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and until the
  time of service at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Main
  Street, Boswell, the Rev. Homer E. Schrock officiating.  Interment,
  Thomas Mennonite Cemetery.  A tree will be planted as a living
  memorial to Mr. McTonic.
  
  Daily American, November 11, 1995
  
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