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Lebbeus Schoemaker (L. S.) Hilty was born on 17 November 1850 in Pennsylvania.² He was married on 24 December 1876 in Hocking County, Ohio. He died on 21 August 1922, at age 71, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.³ He was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.⁴

Glen Richard Higgins was born on 21 April 1917 in Partridge, Kansas.¹ He and Jewell Virginia High were married on 30 June 1970. He died on 24 November 1992, at age 75, in Josephine County, Oregon.¹

James Andrew McClelland was born on 19 August 1919 in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died on 17 September 2003, at age 84, in Mechanicsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.²

Frances I. (?) was born on 19 April 1919.² She died on 26 January 2000, at age 80, in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.²

Gomer Wilson Whetsel was born on 16 June 1916 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died on 14 January 1994, at age 77, in Newfoundland, Canada.^1,3 He was buried in Stephenville-Hillside Cemetery, Stephenville, New Foundland, Canada.³

Entered service in 1937, assigned to Fort Meade, Maryland. Embarked for England in July 1942 with anti-aircraft. Campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Central Europe. Honorable discharge in October 1945. Reenlisted once in anti-aircraft service, stationed at Mitchell Field.

Note that Gomer and Rosie did not have children. He was a very quiet and private man. . I was told he was a prisoner of war at one point, although he did not discuss this publicly.

Robert Whetsel was born on 28 December 1917 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He died in June 1987, at age 69, in St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida.^1,2

Eleanor Jane Whetsel was born on 30 July 1922 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She died on 20 September 1995, at age 73, in Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^1,2

Charles D. Whetsel was born on 22 May 1925 in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 He died on 22 August 2008, at age 83, in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.²

Emery Joseph Boor was born on 2 May 1913 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died on 14 May 2008, at age 95, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park (Mausoleum), Brier Hill, Fayette, Pennsylvania.²

Emery Joseph Boor was a Graphic Sign Constructor in Boor Sign Company_ Uniontown, Pennsylvania.³ Emery J. Boor, 95, of Uniontown, Pa., died Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in the Uniontown Hospital.

He was born May 2, 1913, in Uniontown, a son of the late Emery B. Boor and Mary Fabina Boor.

Also, preceding him in death were his wife, Eleanor Jane Whetsel Boor and three sisters, Rose Kalich, Ethel Pelligreen and Irene Pompii.

Mr. Boor was a graphic sign constructor, who previously owned and operated the Boor Sign Company in Uniontown.

He was a veteran of World War II, having served honorably in the United States Navy and was a member of the Uniontown Central Christian Church.

Emery was a member of the VFW Post 47 and the Circus Builders Association.

Surviving are three children: Robert Lee Boor and his wife, Nancy, of Tucson, Ariz., Jerry Boor and his wife, Linda, of Uniontown, and Pamela Jane Moran and her husband, Alan, of Amherst, Ohio; three grandchildren: Robert Ryan Boor, Kevin Jerome Boor and Cara Lee Cilano; and three great grandchildren: Jessie Cilano, Jacob Cilano and Hanna Boor.

Friends will be received in the JEROME W. SHELL FUNERAL HOME, 164 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., on Sunday, May 18, 2008, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Monday until 11 a.m., the hour of service with the Reverend Art Mace officiating.

Entombment will follow in the mausoleum at Lafayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.

Mary Rose White was born on 5 February 1928 in Newfoundland, Canada.² She died on 26 August 1996, at age 68, in Noel's Pond/Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada.² She was buried in Stephenville-Hillside Cemetery, Stephenville, New Foundland, Canada.²

Glayds Gean Whetsel was born in 1913 in Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died in 1920, at age ~7.² She was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania.²