Clarence was my great uncle. His sister, mentioned below, Anna ROSS, was my maternal grandmother. dale adams ========================================== -----Original Message----- From: <DALEANNA@prodigy.net> >Clarence N. "Finney" MADISON Sr., age 93, 718 Grand St, Corry, >died Saturday, May 30, 1992, at his home. >He was born in Corry, April 4, 1899, a son of the late Peter and >Minnie Rasmussen Madison. >Mr Madison was raised and educated in Corry and the Picicilli Hill >area, and served in the U.S. Army during WW I. He later worked for >the former Howard Tannery and later for Aero Supply Co for 40 years, >retiring in 1964 from the plating department. >He was a member of St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church and the >American Legion Post 365 in Corry, and enjoyed reading and gardening. >Mr Madison was preceded in death by his first wife, Josphine Graham >Madison, in 1939; by two sisters, Anna ROSS and Minnie FINCH; five >brothers, Martin, George, Howard, John and Luois Madison; and one >greandson, Eric Madison. >Survivors include his wife Virginia Ramsdale Madison, whom he married >March 30, 1963, in Harborcreek; five daughters, Mrs William (Sylvia) >IRISH oof Erie, Mrs Norman (Garnet) PIER of Wattsburg, Mrs Walter >(Katherine) MILLER of Corry and Margaret MILES and Mrs Rodney (Mary) >FRALICK both of Panama, NY >A stepdaughter, Mrs Charles (Kathy)CALKINS of Erie; six sons, Clarence >Madison, Jr of Cypress, Calif., Peter Stockton of Hudson, Fla., John >Madison of Summerfield, Fla., and George, Harold, and Olin Madison, >all of Corry; a stepson, Paul Newcomer of Erie; 33 grandchildren; 20 >great-grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and several nieces and >nephews. >Friends may call at the Bracken Funeral Home, Corry, tomorrow from 3 >to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held there Wednesday at 11 a.m. >with the Rev. Robert Braband, pastor of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran >Church, officiating. >Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. > >