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Headline LAST RITES FOR LT. JOHN STANTON HELD YESTERDAY

Burial With Military Honors In Exeter’s Maplewood Cemetery.
Text Funeral servies were conducted for First Lieutenant John B. Stanton 30 years old, who was killed in action in Korean War, Oct. 16, 1950., Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock in the Cassville Baptist church with Rev. Charles VanZandt, Rev. Charles Siler and Rev. O.V. Donson officiating.

Burial was made in the Maplewood cemetery under the direction of the Culver funeral home. The Cassville American Legion Post conducted military honors at the grave. The body arrived by rail at Exeter Saturday night at 10:15 o’clock.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Lo Reta Stanton; a daughter Barbara Fail, and son, Gregory Alan, of Cassville; his mother, Mrs. Lee Smithson of Exeter; three brothers, William H. Stanton of Rialto, Calif; Sgt Thomas B. Stanton of the U.S. Air Force; Ted A Stanton of Pico, Calif; three sisters, Mrs. E.R. Campbell of Downey, Calif: Mrs. Jack Harold of Hollywood, Calif.; and Mrs. Clark W. Bowman of Cassville.

Research Note: From Barry County, MOGenWeb Site, Maplewood Cemetery:
Name John Bryan Stanton
Birth: July 4, 1920
Death: Oct. 16, 1950
Newspaper Cassville Republican
Date Oct. 4, 1951
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