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Former Navy Sailor Reunited With ID Tag After Nearly 20 Years
Posted 10:20 PM, June 4, 2014, by Troy Campbell and Troy Campbell, Upd
ated at 10:24am, June 5, 2014

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GRANT, Mich. (June 4, 2014) - A U.S. Navy identification tag missin
g for nearly 20 years is now on the way to its rightful owner.

Alyssa Shinew in Grant said that she found it on Memorial Day while do
ing yard work and found out the sailor lived at the home back in the 1
990s. “I’m raking all the grass clumps out of the section that was rol
l tilled, and I look down because something caught my eye, and I was
, like, ‘What in the world? So, I bent over and I was, like, “Holy Han
a no way!'”

What Shinew found was a U.S. Navy ID tag belonging to Scott Barner, mi
ssing for almost 20 years.

“I really appreciate it. I think it’s a really neat thing she did,” sa
id Scott Barner, who served 13 years with U.S. Navy. After serving i
Iraq in 2005 as a member of the U.S. Navy Seabees, Barner left the m
ilitary and moved back to his hometown of Mill Hall, Penn. In the mi
d 1990s, Barner lived with his wife Barbara at the house in Grant. Fas
t forward to 2014, when Shinew decided to do some yard work.

“Just the crazy part, that Memorial Day, what it symbolizes and the fa
ct that I found it on Memorial Day,” said Shinew. “It just blows my mi
d.”

Shinew made it her mission to track Barner down. She found him on Face
book.

“It feels really good,” Barner told FOX 17 over the phone from Pennsyl
vania. “I mean, I’m glad there’s people out there that would do that.”

Shinew dropped the tag off to Barner’s father-in-law’s, who lives up t
he street from her so his relative could mail it to Pennsylvania.

“I was shocked,” said Barner’s father in law, Dale Faurot. “It’s jus
t so amazing to me that it comes back after this long of time, but it’
s great to know. He’ll be glad to have it back.”

An an ID tag is an important memory for anyone who has served, said Fa
urot, who also served in the armed forces. “Part of his past history c
oming back. Kind of remind him of some of the things that he went thro
ugh. I know I would and I’m sure he will too.”

Returning the tag that was lost for almost two decades is also importa
t to Shinew, because of her own family that has served. “I was just s
o excited to return it to him. My grandpa is a veteran. My brother i
s in the Army right now, and I know how much that dog tag represents a
d how much of a memory, whether good or bad, how much it means to the
m.”

Shinew also said that she still needs to finish planting in the dirt
, after getting side-tracked with the discovery.

Faurot said that he plans to send the tag in the mail within the nex
t couple days.

Scott married B.J. FAUROT [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

J.E. married S.S.E. SELFE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

D. + M. ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Williamsport Hospital

Edward married Evelyn Adonna KRAMER on 17 Aug 1942. Evelyn was born on 27 Jul 1925 in Lamar, Clinton, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 2006 in Mill Hall, Clinton Co, PA; was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Park - Lock Haven. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Barner, Evelyn A.

Evelyn A. Barner July 27, 1925 - September 23, 2006 Evelyn A. Barner
, 81, of Mill Hall, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, at her home. She wa
s born July 27, 1925, in Lamar Twp, Clinton Co, PA, to the late John H
. and Nora Mae Gates Kramer. On Aug. 17, 1942, she married Edward W. B
arner, who died Dec. 4, 1990. Evelyn was a member of the Rote Church o
f Christ. She had worked at Sylvania Electric for several years but sp
end her life taking care of children. Over the years she had taken car
e of at least 50 foster children and had done babysitting for severa
l children. Her life was devoted to her family and caring for children
. She is survived by three sons, Jerry (Sally) Barner, of Mill Hall, K
enneth Barner, of Salona and Ray (Lori) Barner, of Rote; three daughte
s, Rebecca (John) Middleworth, of State College, Susan Laubach, of Lo
ck Haven and Ann Miller, of Salona; a sister, Betty Barlow, of Lock Ha
ven; two brothers, Lloyd (Louise) Kramer, of Clintondale and Charles (
Betty) Kramer, of Rote; 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. S
he was predeceased by three sisters, Mildred Schreckengast, Violet Wal
izer and Jessie Corman; three brothers, William, Max, Wilbur and Jay K
amer; a granddaughter, Alyssa Miller and a great-granddaughter, Jessi
ca Laubach. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25
, 2006, at Dean K. Wetzler Jr. Funeral Home, 320 Main St., Mill Hall
. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at th
e funeral home, with Brother Eugene Lockard officiating. Burial will b
e at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lock Haven. Memorial contributions ma
y be made to Rote Church of Christ, in care of Dean K. Wetzler Jr. Fun
eral Home, 320 Main St., Mill Hall, Clinton Co, PA 17751.
Published in the Centre Daily Times on 9/24/2006.
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Evelyn A. Barner

Evelyn A. Barner, 81, of 256 East End Mountain Road, Mill Hall, died S
aturday, Sept. 23, 2006 at her home.

She was born July 27, 1925 in Lamar Twp, Clinton Co, PA, Clinton Co
, a daughter of the late John H. and Nora Mae Gates Kramer.

On Aug. 17, 1942 she was married to Edward W. Barner, who died Dec. 4
, 1990.

She worked at Sylvania Electric for several years but spent her life t
aking care of children. Over the years she had taken care of at leas
t 50 foster children and had done babysitting for several children. He
life was devoted to her family and caring for children.

She was a member of the Rote Church of Christ.

Surviving are three sons, Jerry (Sally) Barner of Mill Hall, Kenneth B
arner of Salona and Ray (Lori) Barner of Rote; three daughters, Rebecc
a (John) Middlesworth of State College, Susan Laubach of Lock Haven an
d Ann Miller of Salona; one sister, Betty Barlow of Lock Haven; two br
others, Lloyd (Louise Kramer of Clintondale and Charles (Betty) Krame
of Rote; 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mildred Schreckengast, Vio
let Walizer and Jessie Corman; four brothers, William, Max, Wilbur an
d Jay Kramer; a granddaughter, Alyssa Miller; and a great- granddaught
er, Jessica Laubach.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the Dean K. Wetzler Jr
. Funeral Home, Mill Hall, with Brother Eugene Lockard officiating. Vi
sitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Intermen
t will be in the Rest Haven Memorial Park, Lock Haven.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rote Church of Christ in car
e of the funeral home.

Arrangements are entrusted to the Dean K. Wetzler Jr. Funeral Home, 32
0 Main St., Mill Hall, Clinton Co, PA. 17751.

Section: Obituaries Posted: 9/25/2006

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