OBIT:  John William TRENTON, 1999, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  TRENTON
  
  Dr. John William Trenton, 81, Kingwood, W.Va., died May 12, 1999, at his
  residence.  Born July 13, 1917, in Petersburg, a son of the late Walter
  David and Edna (Hamstead) Trenton.  Attended elementary, grade school, St.
  John's Academy (3 years), and graduated in 1934 from Petersburg High
  School. Education and training included: Attending West Virginia
  University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa in 1935, having
  graduated in 1938 with a A.B. degree in Pre-Medicine, Medical School at the
  University of Pennsylvania from 1938-42, graduating with a M.D. degree.
  Commissioned Lt. (JG) U.S. Navy from 1942-1943, having done a rotating
  internship at U.S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md.  Served at the Naval
  Aviation Cadet Recruiting Station in Atlanta, Ga., for 4 months before
  being assigned to Destroyer Escort Division 13, where he served from
  1943-45, this division served as an escort to transatlantic convoys and
  small aircraft carriers during anti-submarine duty in the Atlantic; then
  transferred to U.S. Naval Hospital in St. Albans, N.Y., in 1945 for 6
  months before being transferred to U.S. Naval hospital in Portsmouth, Va.
  for 1 year.  Assigned to Tsingtao, China, from 1947-1948, before returning
  to U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. for residency training in
  General Surgery.  Assigned to U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Consolation in 1950,
  where he served in Korea. Returned to U.S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, to
  complete residency training from 1951-1952 before being assigned to U.S.
  Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N.H, as Chief of Surgery.  He then resigned from
  the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in 1955 and came to Kingwood, W.Va., to help
  staff the newly constructed Preston Memorial Hospital.  He was admitted to
  fellowship in the American College of Surgeons in 1953, then certified by
  the American Board of Surgery in 1954 and became a member of the W.Va.
  chapter of the American College of Surgeons in 1955, where he served as
  president for 1 year and Governor to the American College for 2 years.  He
  received an appointment as Clinical Professor of Surgery at WVU in 1974.  He
  then retired from private practice in Kingwood in 1982 and as Clinical
  Professor of WVU in 1987.  Member of various clubs and organizations in the
  area, including: Former member of Kingwood Rotary Club; served on the board
  of directors and past president of Preston Country Club; served on City
  Council; past general chairman of Preston County Buckwheat Festival; served
  as Elder in First Presbyterian Church; served as chairman of the Kingwood
  Public Library during the period of planning and construction; past member
  of Preston County Medical Society, retired member of W.Va. State Medical
  Association and AMA.  Survived by one son and spouse, Walter David and
  Carolyn Trenton of Somerset, Pa.; one daughter and spouse, Deborah and
  Randy Livengood of Kingwood; one brother, Arthur Francis Trenton of
  Petersburg, W.Va., and 5 grandchildren: Brooke Trenton and John David
  Trenton, both of Somerset, Pa., and Bryan Livengood, Matthew Livengood and
  Kelly Livengood, all of Kingwood.  Preceded in death by 3 brothers: David
  Hamstead Trenton, Robert Walter Trenton and Donald Paul Trenton.  A memorial
  service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 22, at First Presbyterian
  Church, Kingwood, with the Rev. John M. Zuercher officiating.  Private
  graveside services will be held at Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg.
  Memorial donations may be made to First Presbyterian Church of Kingwood,
  104 E. High St., Kingwood, WV 26537, or Hospice Care Corp., P.O. Box 229,
  Kingwood, WV 26537.  Arrangements by James G. Lobb Funeral Home, Kingwood.
  
  Daily American, May 15, 1999
  
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