John Walter Repass, 50, of Newark, DE, formerly of McComas, died Tuesday, February 27, 1973 in a Newark veterans hospital. Death was attributed to natural causes. In Newark, he was a lathe operator for Iron Hill Lumber Company, and was a member of a Newark VFW Post, having served in the Aleutian Islands with the U. S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. He married Margaret Pennington-Repass (B. 1935) on February 26, 1954 in McComas, Mercer County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Mercer County, WV, 1954, Page 136, Line 41, Application Date: February 20, 1954).
He was born at McComas, a son of the late William "Bill" Washington Repass (1898-1965) and Lettie Gillenwater-Repass (1901-1974) of Montcalm, and had moved from Mercer County to Newark nine years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue Repass-Berg of San Mateo, CA; two sons, Richard Mark Repass of San Mateo and Johnnie Keith Repass of Landenburg, PA; five sisters, Elizabeth "Liz" Undia Repass-Kennett (1918-1988) of McComas, Elsie Repass-Davis (1923-1996) of Detroit, MI, Blanche Gertrude "Tootsie" Repass-Hurst (1929-2018) of Sandlick, Betty J. Repass-Whitt (1934-2001) of Crumpler and Willadean "Dean" Repass-Ballance of Norfolk, VA; three brothers, William "Ernest" Repass (1921-1982) and Curtis Eugene Repass (1937-2010) of Montcalm and Rev. Leonard Arthur Repass (1927-1993) of Princeton; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Upper Room Church, Straley Avenue and Seventh Street in Princeton with Rev. Edith Lewis and Rev. Eugene Kennett officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell.
SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Archives; Thursday, March 1, 1973; Page 2.
He was born at McComas, a son of the late William "Bill" Washington Repass (1898-1965) and Lettie Gillenwater-Repass (1901-1974) of Montcalm, and had moved from Mercer County to Newark nine years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue Repass-Berg of San Mateo, CA; two sons, Richard Mark Repass of San Mateo and Johnnie Keith Repass of Landenburg, PA; five sisters, Elizabeth "Liz" Undia Repass-Kennett (1918-1988) of McComas, Elsie Repass-Davis (1923-1996) of Detroit, MI, Blanche Gertrude "Tootsie" Repass-Hurst (1929-2018) of Sandlick, Betty J. Repass-Whitt (1934-2001) of Crumpler and Willadean "Dean" Repass-Ballance of Norfolk, VA; three brothers, William "Ernest" Repass (1921-1982) and Curtis Eugene Repass (1937-2010) of Montcalm and Rev. Leonard Arthur Repass (1927-1993) of Princeton; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Upper Room Church, Straley Avenue and Seventh Street in Princeton with Rev. Edith Lewis and Rev. Eugene Kennett officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell.
SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Archives; Thursday, March 1, 1973; Page 2.
John Walter Repass, 50, of Newark, DE, formerly of McComas, died Tuesday, February 27, 1973 in a Newark veterans hospital. Death was attributed to natural causes. In Newark, he was a lathe operator for Iron Hill Lumber Company, and was a member of a Newark VFW Post, having served in the Aleutian Islands with the U. S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. He married Margaret Pennington-Repass (B. 1935) on February 26, 1954 in McComas, Mercer County, WV (per WV Marriage License Register, Mercer County, WV, 1954, Page 136, Line 41, Application Date: February 20, 1954).
He was born at McComas, a son of the late William "Bill" Washington Repass (1898-1965) and Lettie Gillenwater-Repass (1901-1974) of Montcalm, and had moved from Mercer County to Newark nine years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue Repass-Berg of San Mateo, CA; two sons, Richard Mark Repass of San Mateo and Johnnie Keith Repass of Landenburg, PA; five sisters, Elizabeth "Liz" Undia Repass-Kennett (1918-1988) of McComas, Elsie Repass-Davis (1923-1996) of Detroit, MI, Blanche Gertrude "Tootsie" Repass-Hurst (1929-2018) of Sandlick, Betty J. Repass-Whitt (1934-2001) of Crumpler and Willadean "Dean" Repass-Ballance of Norfolk, VA; three brothers, William "Ernest" Repass (1921-1982) and Curtis Eugene Repass (1937-2010) of Montcalm and Rev. Leonard Arthur Repass (1927-1993) of Princeton; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Upper Room Church, Straley Avenue and Seventh Street in Princeton with Rev. Edith Lewis and Rev. Eugene Kennett officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell.
SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Archives; Thursday, March 1, 1973; Page 2.
He was born at McComas, a son of the late William "Bill" Washington Repass (1898-1965) and Lettie Gillenwater-Repass (1901-1974) of Montcalm, and had moved from Mercer County to Newark nine years ago.
Survivors include one daughter, Sue Repass-Berg of San Mateo, CA; two sons, Richard Mark Repass of San Mateo and Johnnie Keith Repass of Landenburg, PA; five sisters, Elizabeth "Liz" Undia Repass-Kennett (1918-1988) of McComas, Elsie Repass-Davis (1923-1996) of Detroit, MI, Blanche Gertrude "Tootsie" Repass-Hurst (1929-2018) of Sandlick, Betty J. Repass-Whitt (1934-2001) of Crumpler and Willadean "Dean" Repass-Ballance of Norfolk, VA; three brothers, William "Ernest" Repass (1921-1982) and Curtis Eugene Repass (1937-2010) of Montcalm and Rev. Leonard Arthur Repass (1927-1993) of Princeton; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Upper Room Church, Straley Avenue and Seventh Street in Princeton with Rev. Edith Lewis and Rev. Eugene Kennett officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bluewell.
SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper Archives; Thursday, March 1, 1973; Page 2.
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