OBIT: James R. STUART, 1982, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES R. STUART
  
  James R. Stuart, 83, formerly of Somerset, died Jan. 13, 1982 at
  Fairfax Nursing Center, Fairfax, Va.  Born in Versailles, Ky., he
  spent his childhood and early adulthood in Kentucky and Virginia.  In
  1937 he and his wife, the late Francis Dornin Stuart, moved to
  Somerset and founded the Somerset Canning Corp. where he continued as
  president until his retirement in 1965. For the past year he had lived
  in White Falls, Va. at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John
  Livingood.  He was a graduate of Washington and Lee College in
  Lexington, Va. and in 1924 he received a degree in mechanical
  engineering from Cornell University.  He was past president of the
  Pennsylvania Canners Association, having served on its board of
  directors.  He was a veteran of World War I, a member of the American
  Legion in Somerset and an active member of St. Paul's Presbyterian
  Church, Somerset, serving as an elder.  He is survived by three
  daughters: Mrs. John Livingood, White Falls, Va.; Sally H. Stuart,
  Alexandria, Va.; and Mrs. O.L. North, Falls Church, Va.; seven
  grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will
  be held Saturday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. at the Falls Church
  Presbyterian Church followed by interment, Chestnut Grove Cemetery. 
  Memorials may be made to Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., attention:
  W.C. Wasburn, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 24450. 
  Arrangements by Green Funeral Home, Herndon, Va.
  
  Somerset Daily American, January 15, 1982
  
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