![]() They married in 1945 and raised six children. He met his wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Gladys Downs, a nurse, after he was wounded the second The hospital was attacked that afternoon and Massa was wounded in the arm. He was wounded by mortar fire in the leg in the morning and sent to a field hospital, according to his family. He also served in the Pacific Theaterĭuring the war and was hospitalized after being wounded in battle twice in one day in the Philippines in 1945. He directed heavy artillery fire launched from Navy ships off the coast. ArmyĤth Infantry Division on Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He also was tracing his own steps during World War II for a book. "He was a writer." Massa recently had been working with others on a book about Korean Massa received great satisfactionįrom helping the community, said his youngest son, Steve Massa. Air Force with UFO sightings in the southwestern United States in 1968. He gained international attention when he linked saucer-shaped devices being tested by It To Doc" column that ran in The Dispatch in the 1960s, he also wrote two books and articles for local newspapersĪnd national magazines. Massa, whoĪlso was a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Health in the 1970s, was 79. Massa died of cancer Saturday at his home in Newark. Massa was a decorated World War II veteranįormer Dispatch reporter and columnist Paul L. [News Journal (Mansfield, Ohio) NovemsubįORMER 'DISPATCH' REPORTER DIES Paul L. The family requests that all remembrances be given for The rosary will be recited Tuesday at 7:15 p.m. May call at the Geiger-Herlihy Funeral Home Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Marcus, Texas, 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren one sister, Mrs. Jean Smith Massa three sons, Paul of Granville, Dr. Legion Post 16 and the Knights of Columbus Council 687 of which he was an honorary member. Peter's Catholic Church and an active member of American in Mansfield for 39 yearsĪnd was vice president of People's Federal Savings and Loan before his retirement. He worked for Citizen's Savings and Loan Co. died Sunday at Mansfield General Hospital. ![]() Funeral services Wednesday morning at 9:30, conducted by Rev. Miss Urle Ann Marsh, aged 82 years died Monday morning at the home of her brother, Henry Marsh of Lexington. Maine died of burns received from exploding gasoline. Richland County, Ohio Obituaries and Death NoticesĪt Mansfield, O., Mrs. ![]()
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