John Jack Carl McCrory
Allenport

John Jack Carl McCrory; 80; of Allenport; died Sunday; Nov. 24; 2002; in Mon Valley Hospital. Born June 20; 1922; he was the son of the late Carl and Grace Rutledge McCrory. He was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years; LaVerne Burry McCrory; who passed away Aug. 16; 2002. Mr. McCrory is survived by four children and three grandchildren; son Chris Lee McCrory and wife Joanne of Bayport; N.Y.; daughter Judy McCrory Paich and husband Richard of Aliquippa; son Jon David McCrory and wife Lucretia of Roscoe; and daughter Jeannie Lu McCrory of Allenport. His grandchildren include Jeremiah Richard Paich and Christy McCrory Paich of Aliquippa and Laurel Saxon McCrory of Roscoe. He is also survived by his twin sister; June Dunlap and husband Ray of Fayette City; and younger sister Katherine Mooers of Belle Vernon; and sisters-in-law Minetta Farquhar of Allenport; Marie Regula of Charleroi; and Ruth Chester of Roscoe; as well as numerous nieces; nephews and step grandchildren. Mr. McCrory worked for five years as a carpenter for the Brownsville Construction Company and for the Charleroi Supply Company. During World War II; he served in the U.S. Air Force as a Pilot Class 44E with the Western Training Command and the 15th Air Force in Foggia; Italy. He flew B-17s with the 463rd Bomb Group; 773rd Bomb Squadron. Mr. McCrory was a member of American Legion Post 484 of Fayette City. He received his BS in education from California State Teachers College; his MS from the University of Pittsburgh; and did doctoral work at West Virginia University. Mr. McCrory was a member of the Epsilon Pi Tau International Honor Society. He was a Professor Emeritus of California University of Pennsylvania; having taught in the Science and Technology Department (formerly Industrial Arts) for 26 years. Prior to that; Mr. McCrory taught at the Blairsville and Greenville high schools. He was a member of the PSEA; NEA; Association of State College and University Professors; California University Emeriti Faculty Association; National Industrial Arts Association; and the Pennsylvania Industrial Arts Association. He was a life member and past chief of the Allenport Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. McCrory was a member of the Allenport United Methodist Church; having served as a lay leader; lay speaker; and chairman of the administrative board. He was a member of the Yough-a-Mon Camping Club; and the Elco Amateur Radio Society (callsign: N3WAN). For six years; he was a dispatcher for 5-Town Ambulance Service and delivered Meals on Wheels in the mid-Mon Valley. Mr. McCrory was a member of the Advisory Board for the Center in the Woods Senior Citizens Center in California and an AARP instructor of 55 Alive/Mature Driving classes. As a Mason; he was a member of the Blairsville F&AM; No. 355 Acacia Lodge; and a member of the Lodge Council and Chapter of the Coudersport Consistory; Valley of Coudersport; and a supporting member of the Uniontown Lodge of Perfection. For the past 14 years; he was known for his bicycle riding throughout the communities of Allenport; Stockdale; Roscoe and Elco. In all; he rode his bicycle over 25;000 miles during these rides. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the ED MELENYZER FUNERAL HOMES INC.; Roscoe. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday; Nov. 27; in the funeral home with the Rev. Joan Rousseaux of Allenport United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Services will be conducted 7 p.m. Tuesday by the Allenport Volunteer Fire Department and at 8 p.m. by American legion Post 484; Fayette City.

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