Arthur C Conover

Veteran - Arthur C.Conover served in the US Navy on the battleship USS New Jersey as a Gunner Second Class on sixteen inch guns on the third turret for the duration of WWII.

He was well versed on the history of the USS New Jersey and was a guest of former Governor Christie Whitman when the ship was brought to Camden, NJ.

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Son of Clinton C. and Lydia B. Doughty Conover.

Widower of Marie Massey Conover.

Father of Robert C. Conover, Judy M. Cowan, Nancy L. Shivers, and John A. Conover.

He was a lifetime resident here.

He was the owner of the Clinton C. Conover Farms having farmed all his life. He raised turkeys and had grown beans for the Seabrook Farms.

He was a 1941 graduate of Middle Township High School where he played football and ran track having run in the Penn Relays.

After his discharge from the Navy, he returned to Green Creek where he farmed and also played football for the Hornets, a football team in Middle Township.

He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter #44 and the Villas Post #5343 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Art was loyal to his dogs, Kelly and Dakota, often taking them out for their ride.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35435747/arthur_c_conover