COVER -- Donald Gerard, 24, Building 7, Apt. 132, Solomon Homes, died July 20, 1977, Flood victim. Born Jan. 29, 1953, in Johnstown, son of Donald E. and Mary Louise (Sweeney) Cover. Preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert G. Sweeney, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Cover. Survived by parents and these brothers: Spec. Spec. [sic] 4 Robert J., Ft. Carson, Colo.; Timothy, Thomas, and Edmund, all at home. Graveside service at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment, Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements in the charge of The Picking-Treece-Bennett Mortuary.
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Morning Herald Uniontown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 23, 1977:
Donald Cover's body was located on July 25, 1977 approximately 1 1/2 miles of his home in Walnut Grove. Identification was made through fingerprints.
(Victim of the 1977 Johnstown Flood.)
(Info courtesy of Jennifer White #46824467)
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Suggested edit:
Donald's was the first body found (under a porch on Bedford St.) and the last body identified.
Contributor: Marilyn Blake (48029345)
COVER -- Donald Gerard, 24, Building 7, Apt. 132, Solomon Homes, died July 20, 1977, Flood victim. Born Jan. 29, 1953, in Johnstown, son of Donald E. and Mary Louise (Sweeney) Cover. Preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lambert G. Sweeney, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Cover. Survived by parents and these brothers: Spec. Spec. [sic] 4 Robert J., Ft. Carson, Colo.; Timothy, Thomas, and Edmund, all at home. Graveside service at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment, Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements in the charge of The Picking-Treece-Bennett Mortuary.
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Morning Herald Uniontown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, August 23, 1977:
Donald Cover's body was located on July 25, 1977 approximately 1 1/2 miles of his home in Walnut Grove. Identification was made through fingerprints.
(Victim of the 1977 Johnstown Flood.)
(Info courtesy of Jennifer White #46824467)
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Suggested edit:
Donald's was the first body found (under a porch on Bedford St.) and the last body identified.
Contributor: Marilyn Blake (48029345)
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