Purl Nicholas O'Hara-obit and addendum

This is the obituary for my grandfather, Purl Nicholas O'Hara, originally printed in the Longview News-Journal, June 1992.

[FONT=&quot]Longview News-Journal[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]June 16, 1992[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Obituaries [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Index Obituaries 1992[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Page 301[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Purl Nicholas O’Hara[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot] Gilmer ----- Graveside services for Purl Nicholas O’Hara, 77, of Longview will be 10 a.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park with the Rev. David Porterfield officiating under the direction of Grubbs Loyd Funeral Home of Gilmer.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] He died Sunday in a Longview hospital.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Mr. O’Hara was born April 12, 1915.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] He was retired from General Dynamics and Standard Tool and was a member of the Church of Christ. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot] He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Marie, on June 8, 1992.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Survivors include sons, Benny of Rosewood, Donny, Larry and Nicky, all of Longview, and Randy of Texarkana; daughter, Patty Joslin of Longview; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; brothers, Henry of Circleville, Ohio, and George of Tarleton, Ohio; and sister, Leota Knepper of Lancaster, Ohio.
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[FONT=&quot]I don't think the short article quite does him justice, so I will add the following:
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[FONT=&quot]Purl Nicholas O'Hara was the son of Benjamin Nicholas and Laura Huffman O'Hara. He was the fifth of seven children, and the fourth son. On April 11, 1936, he married Margaret Marie Bradford in Greenup, KY. In April of 1945 he enlisted at Fort Hayes, OH. He is buried with his wife, Margaret, at Sunset Memorial Park in Gilmer, TX. His gravestone reads 'PVT US Army, WW II'.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]I have a few pictures of him, but sadly didn't get to know him as well as I'd like. I have a picture of him holding my brother as a baby; it was the only time I ever saw him smile. He was not a man who expressed emotions well, but he loved his family and is missed.
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