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- Gerald Dana, Veteran Of World War 2, Dies After Brief Illness
Gerald Wilson Dana, 31, of Lacona, died Sunday, July 4, 1948, in Memorial hospital, Syracuse, of a brain tumor after at short illness.
Born here Nov. 17, 1917, Mr. Dana served three years with the United States Army, two years of which were spent in the South Pacific area. He was a member of the 224th Searchlight Battalion. He received his honorable discharge January 20, 1946.
The son of William Dana and Frances Collins Dana, Mr. Dana was married to Leta Champion Aug. 16, 1940. He was educated here and was employed by the Blount Lumber Co.
Surviving, in addition to his parents and wife are five brothers, William T., Watertown; Harley L., Sandy Creek; James R, Lacona; Harrison J., Pulaski, and Ernest P., Sandy Creek, and three sisters, Mrs. Elsie Weaver, Sandy, Creek; Mrs. Mildred Stewart, Mannsville, and Mrs. Charlotte Oakes, Syracuse.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Westom Woodard funeral home, the Rev. Herbert Harrison, pastor of Sandy Creek Methodist church, officiating. Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Source: Sandy Creek News, July 8, 1948
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1917 - 1948 (30 years)
d. 12 Jun 1954, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States of America