Obituary of O. Wayne Linger

LingerO Visitation Sunday, March 8, 2009 5-9 PM Poling-St.Clair Funeral Home Funeral Services Monday, March 9, 2009 10 AM Poling-St.Clair Funeral Home Burial Indian Camp Cemetery O. Wayne Linger O. Wayne Linger, age 87, of Buckhannon, WV died Friday, March 6, 2009 at Holbrook’s Nursing Home. He was born May 2, 1921 at Holly Grove, WV, a son of the late Ulysses Jobe and Etta Dyer DeBarr Linger. On August 1, 1952 he married Rose Geraldine Cunningham who survives. Also surviving are three daughters, Brenda R. McCourt and husband Charlie of Buckhannon, Connie Linger of Elkins, WV and Karen Ward and husband Steve of Indianapolis, IN; three sons, Perry Wayne Linger of Buckhannon, Mark Alan Linger of Charleston, WV and Kyle Ray Linger and wife Marilyn of Buckhannon; one brother, Clinton Linger of Barberton, OH; two grandsons, Austin and Kyle Linger; five granddaughters, Virginia Davison and husband Russell, Miranda Burnside and husband Jonathan, April Linger, Stephanie and Christina Sears; two great grandsons, Daniel Davison and Skylar and two great granddaughters, Sarah Davison and Madison Burnside. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two grandsons, Christopher Gail Linger and Jared Ray Sears; one granddaughter, Alleen Danielle Linger and five brothers, Russell, Roland, Clarence, Walter and Morgan Linger. Mr. Linger was a dairy farmer for Burton Phillips. He served with the US Army during WW II, performing duties with an Anti-Aircraft Battalion in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, which included loading and unloading ammunition, digging ammunition pits and fusing projectiles for the 90-mm AA gun section. He was awarded Bronze Service Stars for the Sicilian, Naples-Foggia, Southern France, Rome-Arno, Rhineland and Central European Campaigns. Friends will be received Sunday, March 8, 2009 from 5-9 PM at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 10 AM Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Wease Day officiating. Burial will follow in the Indian Camp Church Cemetery at French Creek, WV. VFW Post # 3663, Frank B. Bartlett Post # 7 American Legion, DAV Chapters # 5 & # 36 will conduct Military Honors at the graveside. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.polingstclair.com. Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.