A Lyons resident who died in World War II was laid to rest with full honors by seven Soldiers of the New York Army National Guard at the town’s Old Elmwood Cemetery on Nov. 7. The Honor Guard provided military funeral honors for Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. John A. Pagliuso, who died Oct. 5, 1942, during a bombing mission over Papua New Guinea.
He was listed as missing until his remains were identified in March. Army Sgt. 1st Class Phillip Kovach, an Army Reservist from Rochester, New York, presented the colors from Pagliuso’s casket to his niece, Norma Jo Davis, 79, of Canandaigua, New York.
