Person Record

Metadata

Name

Myers, John F.

Genealogy ID

86495

Born

15 NOV 1895

Birthplace

Iowa

Deceased

22 JAN 1958

Deceased where

Sayre, Bradford PA

Cemetery

Prospect Cemetery

Occupation

Music, Clothier, Insurance

Titles & honors

Mansfield Borough Council 1957
Austin-Cox American Legion Post 478
F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247
Business Men's Association
Tioga Valley Grange No. 918 P.O.H., Mansfield

Military

World War One

Father

Grant Myers

Mother

Grace Thompson

Spouse

Myrtle Scott

Children

Patricia Myers

Reference

Obit PDC

Notes

MYERS, John F. [SRGP 86495] - One of Mansfield's most active boosters and businessman passed away at the Robert Packer Hospital following a brief illness. John F. Myers, 62, of Mansfield died Jan. 22, 1958. He was a member of the Mansfield Methodist Church and on its official board. Mr. Myers, a native of Iowa, and Mrs. Myers came to Mansfield State Teachers College in 1924 where he was professor of music and Mrs. Myers also taught in the college. In 1938 Mr. Myers left the college to go into the men's clothing business with Merle Garrison. They operated Garrison and Myers Store until 1950 when Mr. Myers bought the insurance business of Mrs. Mae Lane and established the Myers Insurance Agency, which he and Mrs. Myers have continued. Mr. Myers was a past president of the Business Men's Association and always active on its committees. He was a past commander of the Austin-Cox Post, American Legion, member of the Tioga Valley Grange, Friendship Lodge F&AM, and the Coudersport Consistory. At the time of his death he was Treasurer of the Borough of Mansfield, a member of the newly formed Mansfield Joint School Authority and an active member of the Tioga-Bradford-Potter Insurance Agents Assn. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Myers, daughter, Mrs. William Fravel of Addison; sister, Mrs. Lynn Clark of Philomath, Ore.; brothers, Rex E. Myers, Alliance, Neb., Hugh Myers of Jacksonville, Fla., Paul Myers of Elsmere, Neb., Fred Myers of Eugene, Ore., and Guy Myers, Corvallis, Ore. The body is at Shaw & Robena Funeral Home where friends may call Thursday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9, and where the funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Donald D. Cronk officiating. Masonic Funeral service at the Funeral Home, Friday at 8 p.m. - Mansfield Advertiser, 22 January 1958, p.1, col.1,