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CPL Samuel Lewllyn Forney

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CPL Samuel Lewllyn Forney

Birth
Nesbit Corners, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Aug 1959 (aged 86)
Burnside, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Mahaffey, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Cherry Tree — Samuel L. Forney, 86, of Burnside Township, Clearfield County, Cherry Tree R.D.1, died at his home this morning.
He was born Nov. 3, 1872 at Nesbit, Pa., a son of the late Jacob and Josephine (Phillips) Forney.
Mr. Forney was a Spanish-American War Veteran and a member of the Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars and Railroad Trainmen Association.
He is survived by five sons: Glenn W. of Cherry Tree; Samuel C. of California; Herbert H. of Maryland; Harry E. of Pittsburg; and John W. of Greenville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two daughters and four sons.
Friends will be received at his late home after 2 p.m. Wednesday and until noon Friday when the body will be removed to the Stifflertown E.U.B. Church, where friends may pay their respects until 2 p.m., the hour of services. The Rev. Paul Snyder will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mahaffey Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the McCracken Funeral Home of Cherry Tree.
Cherry Tree — Samuel L. Forney, 86, of Burnside Township, Clearfield County, Cherry Tree R.D.1, died at his home this morning.
He was born Nov. 3, 1872 at Nesbit, Pa., a son of the late Jacob and Josephine (Phillips) Forney.
Mr. Forney was a Spanish-American War Veteran and a member of the Indiana Veterans of Foreign Wars and Railroad Trainmen Association.
He is survived by five sons: Glenn W. of Cherry Tree; Samuel C. of California; Herbert H. of Maryland; Harry E. of Pittsburg; and John W. of Greenville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two daughters and four sons.
Friends will be received at his late home after 2 p.m. Wednesday and until noon Friday when the body will be removed to the Stifflertown E.U.B. Church, where friends may pay their respects until 2 p.m., the hour of services. The Rev. Paul Snyder will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mahaffey Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the McCracken Funeral Home of Cherry Tree.

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FATHER
CPL CO. E, 28TH REG. INF. SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
PA VOL. JULY 20, 1899 TO MAY 1, 1901
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME HATH EVERLASTING LIFE

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The Progress, (Clearfield, Pennsylvania), Tuesday, August 25, 1959

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