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Robert H. Daugherty

DOD: 31 Jan 2001


Retiree formerly of Grove City, Pennsylvania

was decorated WWII veteran

YOUNGSTOWN- Robert H. Daugherty, Oakleigh Avenue, Austintown, Ohio, formerly of Grove City, Pennsylvania died Wednesday morning (1-31-01) in Northside Medical Center. He was 79.

Mr. Daugherty was born July 17, 1921, in Morgantown, W. Va., to Charles W. and Mary Null Daugherty.
Uncle Bo

"Uncle Bo"
"You will be missed alot by all who knew you"
He was employed for 35 years as a supervisor at the Saramar Aluminum Co., Girad, Ohio, retiring in 1977.

Mr. Daugherty was a World War II Air Force veteran, where he flew over 49 missions in the South Pacific. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Air Medal and a Distinguished Flying Cross. He was a member of the 90th Bombardment Group of the Fifth Air Force and the American Legion.

He was an avid golfer and bowler, belonging to several leagues.

Mr. Daugherty enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a member of Mahoning - Trumbull Begal Club. He attended Bailey Road Baptist Church, North Jackson, Ohio.

 Besides his wife the former  Anna "Midge" Breese, whom he married June 4,1943, He leaves a sister, Doris Meehan, Medley, Florida,; two brothers, Dwight Daugherty, Hammondsville, Ohio; and Harry Daugherty, Champion, Ohio; two half sisters, Naomi Bowser, Grove City, Pennsylvania; and Ruth Ross, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and a half brother, David Daugherty, Hagerstown, MD.
He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Dawn Daugherty; a sister, Margaret Montgomery; and three brothers, Kenneth, Jack and Charles Daugherty.

The family requests that memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice in the name of the deceased

(Source: Submitted by Anna Mae Hellerm niece)




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