John I. Page

PAGE, John I.
Age 91, formerly of Breesport Rd., Horseheads, NY, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008, at the Chemung County Nursing Facility in Elmira, NY. John was born on May 12, 1917 in Kendall, NY, son of the late John L. and Lillian (Jeffries) Page. John served our country in the United States Army during WWII in the Pacific Theater. He retired from Waight Paper Supply Corporation in Elmira after many years of service as Vice President of the company; also he was a former plant manager for Pepsi Cola plant in Elmira for many years. He was a longtime member of the Northside Community Church in Elmira, presently known as Living Word Church and he was an avid NY Mets fan. John was predeceased by his wife, Thelma Lovejoy after 65 years of marriage; and his brothers, Russell, Raymond and Kenneth Page. Survivors include his son, John H. (Bonnie) Page of Bath, NY; daughters, Joan (Jack) Burns and Donna (John) Fletcher, both of Horseheads, NY; sisters, Daisy Waight of Pine City, NY, Kathryn Perkowski of Elmira, Lillian (Harold) Sechrist of Pine City, NY, and Ruth Riley of Elmira; grandchildren, Debra (Michael) Wood of Bath, NY, Brian (Alyssa) Page of Gang Mills, NY, Kevin (Teri) Burns of Syracuse, NY, Melissa (Tim) Tremba of Cayuta, NY, Jennifer (Dan) Knapp of Horseheads, NY and Jessica (Michael) Hintz of Wellsburg, NY; great-grandchildren, Montana Hintz, Payton and Lainey Knapp, Cassondra Burns, Taylor and Tobias Tremba and Makenna Page; many nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to call Tuesday, September 23, 2008, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the James D. Barrett Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, at 11 a.m. in the Living Word Church with Rev. Bryan Kain officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park with Full Military Honors.