From The Jeffersonian Democrat.
John R. Fleming Dies in
Pittsburgh
John R. Fleming, director of the Audio Visual Department at
the
Brookville
Area
High School
, and a former Borough councilman, died Monday, November 6, 1978 in
Presbyterian
Hospital
,
Pittsburgh
, at the age of 40.
He was born in Brookville, May 18, 1938, son of William and
Hazel Plyler Fleming, and was married to Bonnie Smerkar, of Fryburg in 1962.
He graduated from Brookville schools, and received a
bachelor's degree in education, and a master's degree in communications from
Clarion State College. He received an honorable discharge as a sergeant from the
Army Reserve Program in 1964.
He and his family spent two years in
American Samoa
where he served as an elementary principal and teacher at the
Feleti
Teacher
Training School
.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania Learning Resources
Association; the National Educational Association; Pennsylvania Education
Association; Association of Communication of Technology, and the Brookville
Educators Association.
He is survived by his wife, his parents and five children,
Gingie, Brenda, John, Jr., Tanya and Susan; a sister, Eledryth Melton, of
Alemeda
,
Cal.
; three brothers, William Fleming, Jr., of Meadville: and Craig and Dick
Fleming, Brookville.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 8, 1978
at 3:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Darr Briggs officiating.
Interment will be in
Pisgah
Cemetery
,
Corsica
.
Friends will be received at the Donald C. Galbreath Funeral Home after 3 p.m.
Tuesday.
