Individual Details

John and LaVerne established their home in Eldred, PA where he worked for the National Powder Company. He graduated from Elkton High School in 1934 and attended West Nottingham Academy and atrtained his BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1939. In 1948 John was employed as an explosive expert at Aberdeen Proving Ground in MD. where he helped develop a propellant for the first moon rocket. He took retirement in 1971 because of a heart attack.

Birth	2 APR 1917	Leeds, Cecil Co., MD
Marriage	24 DEC 1939	Leeds, Cecil Co., MD - Ruth LaVerne BOWLSBEY
Death	7 SEP 1971	from a stroke - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore City, MD
Burial		Cherry Hill Methodist Cem., Cherry Hill, MD

Spouse	Ruth LaVerne BOWLSBEY (1919 - 1989)
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