HE WAS BORN IN CRESSON ,  LIVED IN AN ORPHANAGE, WORKED VERY HARD ON A FARM UNTIL HE JOINED THE NAVY, WAS A GUNNERS MATE IN WORLD WAR 11 , HE MET MY MOTHER AND THEY WERE MARRIED ON JANUARY 1 1948 ,  SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER HIS ULCER RUPTERED ,

WENT TO SCHOOL TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN AND WORKED FOR THE PRR

RAIL ROAD UNTIL HE RETIRED, HE LOVED TO FISH, HUNT ,  GOLF AND

BOWLING, WAS A GOOD MAN, WITH A HOT TEMPER. I CAME HOME FROM MASS IN JULY 1 1996 WHEN MY FATHER CAME DOWN  WITH  ALHIMERZ AND HIS MEMORY SLOWLY FADED AWAY,  HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED