OBIT: John TOKAR, 1999, Shanksville, Somerset County, PA
  
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  TOKAR
  
  John Tokar, 88, of Shanksville, died Aug. 14, 1999 at his home.  Born Aug.
  22, 1910 in Reading Mine, Pa., a son of George and Mary (Simko) Tokar.  He
  was preceded in death by his parents; sons Barry Vaughn and Ronald Franklin
  Tokar; brother William; sisters Julia Malak, Margaret Golembesky and
  Elizebeth Finnigan.  Survived by his wife of 62 years, the former Dorothy
  Alice Stull; son, John S. Tokar, married to the former Judy Bolkema, of
  Daytona Beach, Fla.; grandchildren: Brad and Vicki Tokar, Carla Fanale,
  John S. III and Anthony Tokar and Cynthia Perry; daughter-in-law Barbara
  Tokar Koontz and sister Helen DePhillips, both of Somerset.  He is also
  survived by eight great-grandchildren.  He attended school to eighth grade
  at Reading Mine School and University of Pennsylvania Extension Schools in
  Stoystown, receiving several certificates in coal mining.  Family will
  receive friends from 7-9 p.m, Monday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner
  Funeral Home Stoystown, where services will be held at 11 am., Wednesday
  with the Rev. Doug Burns officiating.  Interment, Oddfellows Cemetery
  Stoystown.
  
  Daily American, August 16, 1999
  
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