The Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA) - 23 Jun 1984, Sat. Pg 1
Donald McPherson Jr., former PA senator, dies
Gettysburg - The Honorable Donald Paxton McPherson Jr., 77, of Gettysburg, died Friday evening at the Gettysburg Hospital.
Born in Chambersburg, he was the son of the late Judge Donald Paxton and Elizabeth McLanahan McPherson of Gettysburg. He was the husband of the former Janet Lewis Russell of New Haven, Conn.
(What follows is his education, work background and which groups he had belonged to)
Surviving in addition to his wife are three sons, Donald Paxton McPherson III of Baltimore, MD., Edward Russell McPherson of Dallas, Tx., and Scott McPherson of Gettysburg, and dour grandchildren.
Private interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
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