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    1. [PAWASHIN] Electrocution KOVACH-MCCLEMENTS-WILKERSON July 28, 1983 McDonald PA Record-Outlook
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    3. Two area men were electrocuted and a third was severely burned last Saturday morning. Paul KOVACH, 61, of Joffre, and Harry T. MCCLEMENTS, 32, of R. D. 4, Burgettstown, died Saturday in the Weirton Medical Center. William WILKERSON of R. D. 2, Burgettstown, was listed in serious condition Sunday in the burn unit at West Penn hospital. County Coroner Farrell JACKSON said the three men had been working on the roof of the KOVACH home on Saturday morning. After they climbed off the roof, the men began moving a 40-foot aluminum ladder and it came in contact with a 7,200-volt power line. A son of the late George KOVACH, who died June 1, 1982, and Anna LUCAS KOVACH of Joffre, who survives, Mr. KOVACH was born July 28, 1921, in Joffre. He was a retired employee of Conrail and was a member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance. He was a member of the Raccoon Presbyterian Church, Candor, where he was an elder. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. Also surviving are his wife Dorothy BARISH KOVACH, a son, David Paul KOVACH, at home; a daughter, Janet Marie KOVACH, at home; three brothers, George KOVACH of Phoenixville, John KOVACH of Collegeville, and William KOVACH of Atlasburg; and a sister, Mrs. Steve (Ann) KUBALAK of JOFFRE. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in Burgettstown in charge of the Rev. James CRANSTON, pastor of the Center U. P. Church, Midway. Burial was in Grandview cemetery, Florence. A son of the late John MCCLEMENTS and Anna CUNNINGHAM MCCLEMENTS, who survives, Mr. MCCLEMENTS was born March 19, 1951. Mr. MCCLEMENTS was employed by Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. He was a member of the Christian Mission Alliance Church, Weirton, W. Va. Surviving are his wife, Rose Marie WILKINS MCCLEMMENTS; a son, Harry, at home; a daughter, Rose Marie, at home; his grandmother, Laura CUNNINGHAM of Burgettstown, and four brothers, Jack MCCLEMENTS of Weirton, James MCCLEMENTS of Florida, William MCCLEMENTS of Burgettstown, and Norman MCCLEMENTS of Coraopolis; and two sisters, Joan Ann TUMNSKIE of Crafton and Margaret PETERS of Weirton, W. Va. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning in the Christian Mission Alliance Church, Weirton. Burial was in Mt. Prospect cemetery, Hickory. William WILKINS, 42, of R. D. 2, Burgettstown, the third man involved, suffered burns on about eight percent of his body, and was in serious condition Monday in the West Penn hospital.

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