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Saturday, September 04, 1993     Page:

John McGraw SrSept. 2, 1993
   
John W. McGraw Sr., 86, of West Butler Street, Shickshinny, died Thursday
evening in Millville Health Care Center, where he had stayed for the past four
days.
    Born in Wilkes-Barre, Feb. 14, 1907, he was the son of the late Charles F.
and Etta E. Mitchell McGraw.
   
He was employed in the mines as a laborer, and later worked in the AC&F and
Berwick Forge and Fabricating, both of Berwick, retiring in 1972.
   
He attended the Bible Baptist Church, Shickshinny.
   
He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Florence Hook, in 1982;
brothers, Bruce E. and Charles B.
   
Surviving are a companion, Leah Russell, Shickshinny; brother, James G.,
Berwick; sisters, Mrs. Hurley (Edna) Sickler Sr., Berwick; Mrs. Michael
(Laura) Kost, Mohrsville; Mrs. Granville (Marian) Saxe, Berwick; Mrs. Richard
(Shirley) Foley, Berwick.
   
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday from the Mayo Funeral Home Inc., 77
N. Main St., Shickshinny, with the Rev. Warren M. Birdsall officiating.
   
Interment will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Shickshinny.
   
Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
   
Memorial donations may be made to the Bible Baptist Church Missionary Fund,
Shickshinny.