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Name: John Russell Metzger ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}
Sex: M
Birth: 16 Jul 1913 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA ^{3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12}
Death: 7 May 1984 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA ^{3 6 7 8 11 13}
Burial: El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA. ^{3 6}
Baptism: 17 Dec 1913 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA.
Residence:
1. 9 Apr 1930 in 1457 Hamilton Ave, Mercer, New Jersey. ⁵
1. 1 Apr 1940 in Hamilton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. ⁴
1. 1954 in El Paso, Texas, USA. ²
1. 1959 in 8084 Starr Blvd El Paso, Texas, USA. ²
Military: 1 Oct 1946 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA. ¹¹ ¹¹ ¹¹
Person Id: P14
Tree Id: 617927

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Parents

Father:

Walter William Metzger: Birth: 15 Oct 1886 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA. Death: 12 June 1954 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Mother:

Salina May Diamond: Birth: 22 Feb 1889 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA. Death: 23 November 1971 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Catherine Amelia Lawrence on 2 May 1942 at Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
Catherine Amelia Lawrence: Birth: 3 Oct 1916 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. Death: 25 Feb 1966 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA

Children:

Family
Marriage:

Married: Louise Abel Rutter Reed on 1968 at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Louise Abel Rutter Reed: Birth: 24 July 1911 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, USA. Death: 26 Dec 2003 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA

Sources

1.	Title: Ancestry Family Trees Page: Ancestry Family Tree Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
2.	Title: U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
3.	Title: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Author: National Cemetery Administration Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
4.	Title: 1940 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1940; Census Place: Hamilton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2356; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 11-26 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
5.	Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Hamilton, Mercer, New Jersey; Roll: 1362; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 82; Image: 208.0; FHL microfilm: 2341097 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
6.	Title: Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7.	Title: Web: El Paso County, Texas, Death Index, 1956-2009 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8.	Title: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current Page: Number: 153-05-6662; Issue State: New Jersey; Issue Date: Before 1951 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
9.	Title: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
10.	Title: United States Obituary Collection Page: Web edition: http://www.tributes.com/obituary/print_selections/100946868?type=1 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
11.	Title: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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Notes

Note: d her husband in 1966.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, and following his 1930 graduation of Trenton High School, he served as invoice clerk in the employ of American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company until February 18, 1941 when he was drafted and posted to Ft Bliss, Texas, basic training; he remained a resident of El Paso for the next 43 years. Following the war, Mr. Metzger was Purchasing Manager with Momsen, Dunnegan and Ryan Company and later president-owner of Parke Bishop Medical Surgical Supply Corporation in El Paso.
A veteran of WWII, he served 7-years, 1941-1948, as medical administrator at the Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center (AATC), Ft Bliss, administrative officer at Tilton General Hospital, Ft Dix, New Jersey, inspector at 351st Station Hospital, occupied Tokyo, Japan, and after the war, the Army Reserve. He graduated fom the Medical Administrative Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Camp Barkeley, Texas, and was commissioned 2nd Lt on December 6, 1944. He rapidly rose in the ranks, uniquely promoted to every enlisted and officer rank from Private E1 to Lt Col.
He was a member of the International Rotary, the Military Order of World Wars, El Maida Shrine, St. Christopher's Episcopal Church, Five Points Masonic Lodge No. 1137, and was a 32nd degree Mason. An accomplished pianist, he played in a band before the war and AATC USO dances, and was widely renown for his peppy tunes preceding the weekly Rotary meetings.
Surviving are his second wife, Louise Reed Metzger of El Paso; two daughters, Patti Ann Coffman of Bakersfield, California, and Carol Lee Cobb of El Paso; a son, Stephen Lawrence Metzger of San Antonio, Texas; one sister, Virginia Morgan McCulloch of Hamilton Square, New Jersey; six grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; two nieces; and a nephew. Sister Gloria Rae Metzger of Trenton preceded him in 1975;
After a Requiem Eucharist administered by Reverend Kenneth Rice, burial took place Thursday, May 10, in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, with full military honors.
Note: Obituary: EL PASO, Texas 1984—J. Russell Metzger, 70, a long time El Paso resident, died Monday following a battle with pancreatic cancer. His wife of May 2, 1942, Catherine Amelia Metzger, precede

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