PRHS CLASS OF 34: (Front Row l-r): Edith Thatcher, Nellie Book, Ruth Walters, Evelyn Kilmer, Helen Swartz, Ada Bowers, Helen Smith, Betty Gilliford; (Middle Row) Robert Stimmel, Ralph Stauffer, Theron Barton, John Meminger, Leland Keemer, Lester Yohn, Banks Robinson; (Back Row) Margaret Garett, James Hubler, Glen Kepner, John Barton, Gerald Groninger, Evelyn Foster
Contributed by rkohler3 on 1/8/23 - Image Year: 1934
OBITUARY for JOHN CRAWFORD BARTON
JOHN C. BARTON, 82, of North Middleton Township, Carlisle, died Monday, June 16, 1997 at 6:00 a.m. at Chapel Point of Carlisle.
He was born March 6, 1915 in Tyrone, a son of the late John N. and Elizabeth [Crawford] Barton. His wife, Evelyn [Simonton] Barton, survives.
Also surviving are five children, Nancy E. Crowe, Wilmington, DE, Betsy I. Long, Mifflin, John E. [Jack] Barton, Shippensburg, Patricia A. Whitzel, Carlisle, and Charles W. [Bill] Barton, Melbourne, FL; ten grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother.
He was a retired food inspector for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and also was the former owner/operator of Woodside Roller Skating Rink, Honey Grove.
He was a member of Bethel Assembly of God Church, Carlisle. Funeral services were held Thursday from Henry Funeral Home, Honey Grove, with Rev. Harold N. Imes officiating. Interment was in the McCoysville Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Mifflin-Juniata Unit, 112 N. Wayne Street, Lewistown, PA 17044.
