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Clarence Raymond “Windy” Dawson Veteran

Birth
Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
9 Feb 2003 (aged 75)
Farrell, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Winona Violet nee Moltz and Albert R Dawson; Siblings: Winona, George, Floyd, Clarence, and Janice.

S2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II


Clarence Ray 'Windy' Dawson

Sharon Steel retiree was softball player, outdoorsman

A funeral service will be held Friday for Clarence Ray "Windy" Dawson of 916 Wallis Ave. in Farrell. He passed away at 11:56 a.m. Sunday (2-9-03) in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System following an extended illness. He was 75.

Mr. Dawson was born Nov. 13, 1927, in Coraopolis, Pa., to Albert and Winona Dawson. He worked in the blast furnace of the former Sharon Steel Corp.'s Farrell plant, also serving as a grievance man. He retired in 1989 after 40 years of service. He was a member of Croatian American Citizens Civic Club in Farrell. Mr. Dawson loved softball and played on many championship teams through the years. An outdoorsman and member of the National Rifle Association, he loved fishing, hunting and trap shooting, participating in the Grand American Trap Shoot in Vandalia, Ohio, for 25 years. Mr. Dawson also belonged to several sportsmen's clubs in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Police Rose of Sharon Lodge.

His wife, Margaret Arlene Dawson, passed away Sept. 22, 2001. Surviving are: three daughters, Frances Dawson, Wheatland; Susan Dawson, Sharon; and Tammy Dawson, New Castle; two sisters, Janice Zahn and her husband Carl, Dayton, Ohio; and Gloria Van Hook, Centerville, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Winona E. Dawson; and a brother, George A. Dawson.


DAWSON Clarence Ray "Windy," 75, of 916 Wallis Ave., Farrell. Calling hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (2-13-03) in J. BRADLEY McGONIGLE FUNERAL HOME Inc., 1090 E. State St., Sharon. Friends may e-mail condolences to [email protected] Service: Funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday (2-14-03) in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Joseph E. Coniglio, pastor of Gentle Shepherd Church of the Nazarene, Hermitage, officiating. Interment: Castle View Memorial Park, New Castle.


The Herald Sharon, Pennsylvania

Parents: Winona Violet nee Moltz and Albert R Dawson; Siblings: Winona, George, Floyd, Clarence, and Janice.

S2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II


Clarence Ray 'Windy' Dawson

Sharon Steel retiree was softball player, outdoorsman

A funeral service will be held Friday for Clarence Ray "Windy" Dawson of 916 Wallis Ave. in Farrell. He passed away at 11:56 a.m. Sunday (2-9-03) in the intensive care unit of Sharon Regional Health System following an extended illness. He was 75.

Mr. Dawson was born Nov. 13, 1927, in Coraopolis, Pa., to Albert and Winona Dawson. He worked in the blast furnace of the former Sharon Steel Corp.'s Farrell plant, also serving as a grievance man. He retired in 1989 after 40 years of service. He was a member of Croatian American Citizens Civic Club in Farrell. Mr. Dawson loved softball and played on many championship teams through the years. An outdoorsman and member of the National Rifle Association, he loved fishing, hunting and trap shooting, participating in the Grand American Trap Shoot in Vandalia, Ohio, for 25 years. Mr. Dawson also belonged to several sportsmen's clubs in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Police Rose of Sharon Lodge.

His wife, Margaret Arlene Dawson, passed away Sept. 22, 2001. Surviving are: three daughters, Frances Dawson, Wheatland; Susan Dawson, Sharon; and Tammy Dawson, New Castle; two sisters, Janice Zahn and her husband Carl, Dayton, Ohio; and Gloria Van Hook, Centerville, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Winona E. Dawson; and a brother, George A. Dawson.


DAWSON Clarence Ray "Windy," 75, of 916 Wallis Ave., Farrell. Calling hours: 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday (2-13-03) in J. BRADLEY McGONIGLE FUNERAL HOME Inc., 1090 E. State St., Sharon. Friends may e-mail condolences to [email protected] Service: Funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday (2-14-03) in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Joseph E. Coniglio, pastor of Gentle Shepherd Church of the Nazarene, Hermitage, officiating. Interment: Castle View Memorial Park, New Castle.


The Herald Sharon, Pennsylvania



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