OBIT: Joseph J. ANDERSON, 1985, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  Joseph J. Anderson, 68, of Sacramento, California, died May 28, 1985.  He
  was a Meyersdale native, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Anderson.
  He lived in Sacramento for 45 years.  He is survived by his wife, Phyllis
  Anderson, two daughters, Jill Bisho, of Honolulu, and Julie Westernberg, of
  Fresno Calif.; four sisters and three brothers: Pauline Thomas, Mrs. Bruce
  Phillips, Donald Anderson, all of Meyersdale; Mary K. Engleka, Akron, Ohio;
  Beatrice Will, of New Baltimore Md., Shirley Anderson of Stoystown, and
  Kenneth Anderson, of Butler, and three grandchildren.  
    Grave side services were held May 31 at the East Lawn Sierra Hills
  Memorial Park.  
    He was a civilian aircraft mechanic supervisor at McClellan Air Force 
  Base for 30 years, having that position nine years ago.  He was an Air Force
  veteran of World War II and served in the South Pacific for four years
  during which time he was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Japanese
  attack.  He was  discharged as staff sergeant.  He was a member of Pearl
  Harbors Survivors Chapter No. 6.  The family suggests memorials to American
  Cancer Society or American Heart Association.  
  
  The Republic June 6, 1985
  
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