John Pershing Sweeney Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

John Pershing Sweeney 1918 2013 John Pershing Sweeney, 94, died May 16, 2013. He was born in Bisbee, Ariz. on September 5, 1918. He spent his last ten years in Napa living close to his youngest daughter Kathleen (Kelly) Sweeney Pepper and her husband Alexander Cohn. He is also survived by his daughter Susan Punches (Placentia) and step-children Michaelea Broughton of Fresno and Mark and Dale Young in Montana and many grand and great-grandchildren. Of six, two siblings are still living in Arroyo Grande and San Luis Obispo, Fred Sweeney and Eleanor Gonyer. He is a direct descendant of 'Vache' French viticulture/winemakers in Cucamonga and San Juan Bautista, and General Vallejo's brother Salvador from Jalostitlan and Tepatitlan, Jalisco, Mexico. He reminisced of his early days in Bisbee, Ariz. and his grandpa's encounters with General John Pershing, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Pacho Villa. His family moved to San Luis Obispo in the family Model-T touring car. Definitely one of his favorite topics was his Seabee days in Tinian and Eniwitok during WWII in the Asiatic and Pacific theaters with the 110th Naval Construction Battalion. After 36 years as a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in San Luis Obispo, he retired to Hamilton, Mont. and Kamiah and Rathdrum, Idaho, where he adventured with his wife Marian along the beautiful open country and back roads into Canada. Condolences and memories may be shared with Kelly and friends at kskate98@comcast.net. Please sign the guestbook at treadwaywigger.com.

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John Pershing Sweeney

September 5, 1918 - May 16, 2013