Aug 9, 2013

Cement mason served during Vietnam

Ronald Carr, 70, of Washington, formerly of Canonsburg, died Friday, August 9, 2013, in Donnell House, Washington, surrounded by his family.

He was born November 25, 1942, in Sewickley, a son of the late John Carr and Oma Bowman Ross.

Mr. Carr attended Canon-McMillan schools and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era.

He lived in Washington for the past nine years and was a member of Glenn Street Free Methodist Church. 

Prior to retirement, he was a cement mason and member of Cement Mason Local 526. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 553, where he served as an officer. 

Surviving are his wife, Ellen Puchi Carr; two sons, Doug Anthony Carr of Houston and Michael Carr of West Virginia; a daughter; Lisa Marie Schultz (William) of Washington; two brothers, Jack Carr of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Richard Carr of Canonsburg; three sisters, Sonia Beber of McMurray and Dorothy Kouche and Carol Forish, both of Tucson, Ariz.; two grandchildren, Nicholas Cox and Noah Angel Neil-Carr; and several nieces and nephews.

Friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Sollon Funeral Home Ltd., 30 East College Street, Canonsburg, J. David Sollon, supervisor, Phillip L. Sollon, director, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, August 12, with the Rev. Robert Neal, pastor of Glenn Street Free Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 15, in National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, Cecil Township, with full military rites accorded by the combined honor guards of VFW Post 191 and American Legion Post 902.

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