OBIT: Jay S. THOMAS, 1995, Boswell, Somerset County, PA
  
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  THOMAS
  
  Jay S. Thomas, 79, Boswell RD 1, died July 27, 1995, at Somerset Hospital.
  Born Aug. 16, 1915, in Jenner Township, son of James G. and Erma (Shaffer)
  Thomas.  Preceded in death by parents; infant sister, Margaret, and brother,
  Vernon "Bud."  Survived by wife, the former Ida Belle Hanlin; daughter,
  Dixie, wife of Wayne J. Friedline; grandsons: Jeff and fiancee, Pam Jacobs;
  Mike and fiancee, Tiffany Yoder; and two great-grandchildren: Jennifer and
  Dylan Friedline, all of Boswell RD 1; brother of: Hazel, widow of William
  Landis, Boswell; and Milton, married to Evelyn Drabish, Florida.  Member of
  Laurel Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church, Jennerstown; Jenner Rod and Gun
  Club, Ferndale Sportsmen Club; and Boswell Post 461 American Legion.  Army
  Air Force veteran of World War II.  Retired in 1977 from former Johnstown
  works, U.S. Steel.  Observed 55th wedding anniversary May 29, 1995.  Friends
  received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main
  Street, Boswell, where service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, with the
  Rev. Edward N. Cornelison officiating.  Interment, Mount Zion Cemetery,
  Jenner Township.
  
  Daily American, July 29, 1995
  
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