OBIT: John J. MIGNOGNA, 1944, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

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Pvt. John J. Mignogna

  Pvt. John J. Mignogna, 26, a member of the Pleasant Gap, Centre 
County, state police force, and formerly stationed at the state police 
sub-station in Huntingdon, died at 6 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 1, 1944, at 
the home of his wife's mother, Mrs. Peter Kushwara of Half Moon 
Terrace, Bellefonte.
  Full military funeral services in charge of State Police from the 
Hollidaysburg barracks were held at St. John's Catholic Church, 
Bellefonte, at 10 a.m. this Tuesday forenoon with Rt. Rev. William E. 
Downes officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. 
  Pvt. Mignogna, a native of Portage, had not been well since 
undergoing an appendix operation three weeks after his marriage to the 
former Eva Kushwara of Bellefonte on November 14, 1942.  For the past 
several weeks his condition was serious.
  The deceased was a graduate of the Portage High School in the class 
of 1935 where he was a member of the football team and was president of 
his class in his senior year.  He was employed by the Bethlehem Steel 
Company at Johnstown until April 1, 1938, when he became a member of 
the Pennsylvania State Police.  He received his training at Meyerstown 
State Police School and was graduated at Harrisburg.
  His first assignment was at the Pleasant Gap sub-station where he 
remained 19 months and was then transferred to Huntingdon and then to 
Philipsburg.  Within several months he was returned to Pleasant Gap 
where he was stationed until forced to give up his work because of 
illness.  Since his marriage he had lived at the Kushwara home.  He was 
well known in Huntingdon County.
  In addition to his wife, his parents, Joseph and Rose Amtorose* 
Mignogna of Portage, where he was born May 24, 1917, survive.  His 
grandmother, Mrs. Florence McNogner,* also of Portage, and these 
brothers and sisters also survive: Tony, in the U.S. Army, now 
overseas, Albert, Eugene and Gloria, and Mrs. John Glista, all of 
Portage.
  He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, Bellefonte. 

The Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., January 4, 1944

* Mother's maiden name should be Rose Amorosa and I am almost positive 
the grandmother's name should be Florence Mignogna - as I can't find 
that she ever remarried a McNogner - but it's possible. 

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