{"id":45993,"date":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p="},"modified":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","slug":"Russell-L.-Tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=45993","title":{"rendered":"Russell L. Tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russell L. Tower, 84, of 317 23rd St., Tyrone died Friday, Aug. 29, 2003 at 11:05 p.m. at James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center.<br \/>\nHe was born Aug. 15, 1919 in Philadelphia, a son of Harry B. and Cora A. (Ward) Tower. On Nov. 28, 1941 in Elkin, Maryland, he married Vivian LaRue Lewis. She died Nov. 28, 1986.<br \/>\nSurviving are three daughters, Barbara Drass and Beverly West, both of Duncansville, and Carol Ann Crust of Philipsburg; a son, Robert H. of Duncansville; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.<br \/>\nMr. Tower retired in 1981 from the Pennsylvania State Police as a mechanic following 19 years of service and was previously employed at the former Shope\u2019s Garage in Tyrone.<br \/>\nHe was a member of the Anderson-Denny VFW, Howard Gardner American Legion, Blazing Arrow Hook and Ladder Fire Company and the Bellwood Eagles. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII serving in the African theatre. He was an avid saltwater fisherman and enjoyed reading.<br \/>\nPrivate graveside services at Bald Eagle Cemetery will be held at the convenience of the family.<br \/>\nArrangement are under the direction of the Feller Memorial Home in Tyrone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell L. Tower, 84, of 317 23rd St., Tyrone died Friday, Aug. 29, 2003 at 11:05 p.m. at James E. VanZandt VA Medical Center. He was born Aug. 15, 1919 in Philadelphia, a son of Harry B. and Cora A. (Ward) Tower. On Nov. 28, 1941 in Elkin, Maryland, he married Vivian LaRue Lewis. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}