Fayette County Genealogy Project
Obituaries
Charles COSSELL died in 1919. His obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(5)
COSSELL, CHARLES
Charles COSSELL, about 35 years old, formerly of Connellsville, died Monday morning at his home in Uniontown. He was a brother of Mrs. James H. NEWMYER of Pittsburg, a former resident of this city. The body will be brought here and taken charge of by Funeral Director, J. L. STADER.
Weekly Courier Thurs. 8-7-1919
James COSSELL died in 1919. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(5)
COSSELL, JAMES
The body of James COSSELL, who died Monday morning in Uniontown, was brought here and removed by Funeral Director J. L. Strader to the home of his sister, Mrs. John LARUE in Johnston avenue. The deceased was a son of Frederick COSSELL, deceased, and Mrs. Lydia COSSELL of Connellsville. In addition to his mother, his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Goldie SWINK, three children, three brothers and four sisters survive. Weekly Courier Thurs. 8-7-1919
Anthony G. Costa, 9, of Fredericktown and formerly of Lancaster and Ephrata died Saturday, Oct. 26, 1996, in Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, from injuries received in an accident at home on Friday. He is survived by his father, Monte L. Costa of Canonsburg; his mother, Kathleen Liming Costa of Fredericktown; paternal grandparents; Ronald and Nancy Rider Costa of Silver Springs, Fla.; maternal Grandfather: Charles E. Liming of Long Island, N.Y.; maternal great-grandmother: Margaret Mayfield of Illinois; two brothers: Monte L. Costa II and Matthew Costa; one sister; Charlene M. Costa; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him, including his family, friends, and church. The family will receive friends at the Behm Funeral Home Inc., Route 188, Jefferson, on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Additional viewing will be held Thursday, Oct. 31, in Trinity Baptist Church, Way- … balance of obit is missing
Anna Louise Petrone COSTABILE (1915-1994)
Anna Louise Petrone Costabile, 79, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., died Saturday, Oct. 8, 1994, at home. She was born Feb. 19, 1915, in Uniontown, Pa., daughter of the late Paul and Louisa Costabile Petrone. She was a cafeteria worker for St. Pius X School for many years, a member of St. Pius X Church, Confraternity of Christian Mothers, Assunta Ladies Auxiliary, Catholic Daughters of America, and Sons of Italy Ladies Auxiliary. She is survived by two daughters, Angelina Amernado of Greensburg and Nellie Anne Costabile at home, and one sister, Carmella “Dolly” Gismondi of Uniontown. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Michael P. Costabile in 1988; three brothers, Felice, James, and Elmo Petrone; and three sisters, Josephine Lucia, Philomena Guido, and Christina Maust. Visitation will be held on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at GALONE-CARUSO FUNERAL HOME INC., 204 Eagle St., Mount Pleasant. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1994, at 11 a.m. in St. Pius X R.C. Church, Mount Pleasant, with Rev. Fr. Henry P. Dinicco as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Pius X Cemetery, Mount Pleasant. Parish Wake service in the Funeral Home on Monday at 8 p.m.
William COSTABILE, Sr.
(1960-2012)
CONNELLSVILLE
William “Mark” Costabile, Sr.
William “Mark” Costabile Sr. age 52, a lifelong resident of Connellsville, Pa., passed away peacefully at his home while surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 18, 2012 after a long courageous battle with cancer. He was born on January 28, 1960 in Connellsville, Pa., the son of Dominic Costabile and Joyanne (Farris) Costabile of Connellsville. Mark graduated from Geibel High School, class of 1978. He was the owner/operator of King Appliance in Connellsville and also worked for the Connellsville Area School District. Mark was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Connellsville. Mark was a very loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend and, in addition to his parents, left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 31 years, Cindy (Herman) Costabile; his children: William Mark Costabile Jr. of Smithfield, Pa., Chad Costabile and fiancée Andrea Lowden, Connellsville, and Malory Costabile of Connellsville; his brother, Jon V. Costabile and his wife Karla of Connellsville; his sisters: Delores “Dee-Dee” Ferrer of Florida, Donna Martin of Connellsville, and Taffie Palmiter and husband Jacob of Oswego, new York; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Albert “Buddy” and Sandy Herman, Connellsville; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Albert “Bo” Herman III and wife Amy, Randy Herman and fiancée Janet Goretsky, Lauri Schomer and husband Tom, Michael Herman and wife Crystal, Patrick Herman and wife Jessie all of Connellsville, Jennifer Mackey and husband John of Normalville, Pa.; also numerous loving nieces and nephews, and many, many wonderful friends. Mark was predeceased by his grandparents. Family and Friends will be received today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 East Green St., Connellsville (724.628.1430) where a Blessing Service will be held Wednesday, August 22 at 9:30. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville, with Rev. Father Dennis A. Bogusz as Celebrant. A Committal Service and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 116 South Second Street, Connellsville, PA 15425 in memory of William Mark Costabile Sr. To sign the on line Guest Registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com
Michael J. COSTEL died in 1923. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(68)
MICHAEL J. COSTEL Obituary
Michael Jurkiv Costel, 20 years old, son of Peter and Mary Calman (sic)
Costel, died at his parent's home at Davidson Sunday morning at 5:40 o'clock.
Death was due to complications of diseases, following an illness of more that
five months. The deceased was born and raised at Morgan, receiving his education
at that place. He was a millworker by trade. Before his illness, he was employed
by the H. C. Frick Coke Company at Davidson. He is survived by his parents and
the following brothers: Peter of Dunbar, John, Andrew, Stephen, Joseph, George
and Nicholas, all at home; five sisters, Catherine, wife of Joseph Mutnansky
of Star Junction; Susie, wife of John Stefancin of Continental; Mary, Sophie
and Helen all at home.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock at the
home, with requiem high mass at the Immaculate Conception Church. The interment
will be made in the St. Joseph Cemetery.
Connellsville Daily Courier
August 20, 1923
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The following resolutions were adopted on the 14th of April, A. D., 1871, by the Philo Literary Society, in memory of the death of Bro. Costello, a late member of said society;
WHEREAS, In the providence of Almighty God, it hath behooved Him to
take from our midst, in the person of Frank Costello, a brother well
beloved and highly esteemed.
Resolved , That we, the members of the Philo Literary Society,
observe with due decorum the funeral obsequies of our deceased
brother, and mourn for him for the period of twenty days, and
signify our mourning by wearing the usual symbol of our society, And
Resolved , That we the members of the Philo Literary Society, do
tender to the bereaved parents of our brother our warmest
sympathies, with the assurance that we will mingle our tears with
theirs over the grave.
Resolved , That we ever entwine the kindest thoughts about the memory
of our deceased brother.
Resolved , That we send a copy of these resolutions to the various
papers of the town and send a copy of the publication to the parents
of the deceased.
Grant Costello, 84, retired farmer and electrical engineer, of Lake Lynn, died at 6:30 o’clock this morning after a long illness. Son of the late Francis and Mary Ridgeway Costello, he had lived all his life in Lake Lynn, with the exception of 15 years in Pittsburgh.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. James Dean, of Lake Lynn; a brother, Harry, of Pittsburgh; a niece and foster-daughter, Mrs. Ida Costello Beverage of Lake Lynn, correspondent in the Point Marion area for the Evening Standard, and a number of other nieces and nephews. His wife, Mrs. Annie Benzer Costello, died two years ago.
Friends will be received after noon tomorrow at the Conn funeral home in Point Marion, where services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday. Rev. Clifford Chapman of the Trinity Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Point Marion.
COSTOLO, CHARLES C.—Age 81 years, husband of Mary Waltery Costolo, Coolspring, PA., died Friday, May 2, 1975 at 6:30 p.m. in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born in Coolspring, PA., and was the son of the late George and Mary Luckey Costolo. He was a retired Assistant Superintendent for the PA., Dept. of Transportation.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Frank Costolo, 1968 and George Costolo, 1974, two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Tuning, 1971, and Mrs. Mabel DeVault, 1964. Surviving are two brothers and a sister, Robert Costolo and Mrs. Charles (Mary) Tradup, both of Coolspring, PA., and William Costolo, Erie.
Friends are being received in the Victor DeCarlo Funeral Home, 136 N. Gallatin Ave., today until 1:30 p.m. the hour of service Dr. Earl P. Confer will officiate. Interment in Sylvan Heights Cemetery
Edith Marie Wilson COSTOLO (1919-2008)
Edith Marie Wilson Costolo, 88, of Picayune, Mississippi, and formerly of Pitcairn, Pa., and the Point Marion, Fayette County, Pa., area, passed away on June 19, 2008, in the Highland Community Hospital, in Picayune. Born on Christmas day 1919, to Blanche Edna Franks Wilson and Delbert Wilson, at Lake Lynn, Fayette County, Pa., Edith was a 1937 graduate of Georges Township High School, in Fayette County, Pa. She continued on with her education as a professional hairdresser.
Edith met and married Jesse Houston Costolo, Jr., "Hugh", of Point Marion, Fayette County, Pa. They were married in Rossville, Ga. on January 21, 1943, near Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tenn., where Hugh was stationed with the United States Army. While her husband was deployed to Europe with the Third Division, Edith opened a very successful hairdressing salon, in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., My Lady's Beauty Salon. Edith also volunteered for service in the Women's Ambulance Corps, and served as a Sunday School teacher for many years.
Upon the conclusion of World War II, Hugh returned to his position as tariff accountant with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Edith and Hugh subsequently purchased a home in Pitcairn, Pa. On January 3, 1951, Edith gave birth to their son, Jesse Houston Costolo, III. After Houston started school, Edith opened a small beauty shop in their home, while also finding time to serve as president of the PTA, the Pitcairn Women's Club, and the Scout Mother's auxiliary. Both Edith and Hugh were active members of the Monroeville Christian Church and they followed their son through the Scouting program. Even after Houston left for college they served as Unit Commissioners and completed their Wood badge certification.
Following college, their son moved to Washington, D.C., and eventually to Picayune, Ms., in 1978. Houston married Elaine Margaret Wilson of Leeds, England in 1980 and prior to the birth of their second grandchild, the proud grandparents moved to Picayune, Miss. After moving to Mississippi, they became active members of the Picayune Church of Christ. Their activities included Pistols and Petticoats Square Dance Group, AARP, 39er's, Bifocals, Senior Citizen Center. Edith also found time for Newcombers, Bunco, painting, and quilting with the Silver Needles Quilting Group.
Edith will be remembered for her untiring, can-do spirit, her unselfish love for her family, her extended Church family and her many friends.
Edith was preceded in death by her husband in 2000. She is survived by her son J. Houston Costolo, III, his wife, Elaine Wilson Costolo, and their children LTJG Jonathan H. Costolo, IV, of San Diego, Calf., and Mrs. Claire M. Costolo Powell, of Little Rock, Ark. The family would like to thank everyone for their cards and prayers, and the many doctors, nurses, and aides who attended and cared for Edith during her extended illness.
Friends will be received today, June 24, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Wm. O. Pearce Funeral Home, Pitcairn, Pa., and on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 from 10 a.m. until noon in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, where funeral services will begin at noon, with Brian Young, Minister, officiating. Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion.
Mrs. Ellen Costolo, aged 71 years, four months and 12 days, died in her home at Coolspring, Wednesday morning, May 13, 1936, at 7 o’clock following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of George Costolo who died November 5, 1931.
Surviving are five sons: Frank, Charles, William, and Robert Costolo all of Coolspring: George of Oliver: three daughters, Mrs. Lida Tunning, Coolspring; Mrs. Mable DeVault, Markleysburg; Mrs. Mary Tradup, Coolspring; three brothers, William Luckey, Reevesville, W.VA.; Newton, Coolspring; Clarence of Uniontown: 18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in the Costolo residence in charge of Rev. William King, of Percy M.P. church. Burial will be at Sylvan Heights.
COSTOLO, FRANK L.—aged 86 years, died at his home in Point Marion Sunday evening, February 27, 1944, at 10:45 o’clock. He is survived by the following children; Fred Costolo, Mrs. George A Carlier, Marie and Iradell Costolo, all of Point Marion, and Raymond (Jack) Costolo of Detroit, Mrs. Ida Beverage of Lake Lynn.
Friends are being received in the family residence until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Private funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock. Burial in the Wolfe Cemetery under the direction of E J Conn and Son, Point Marion.
Frank Springer COSTOLO ( -1968)
Costolo, Frank Springer—Age 84 years, of Coolspring, died at the Uniontown Hospital at 8 a.m. Tuesday, December 31, 1968 after a brief illness. A life long resident of this area he was a retired coal miner. He was predeceased by his wife Ida Mae Hall Costolo in 1962 and a son Walter F. Costolo in 1956.
He is survived by a son Fred R. Costolo of Coolspring, three grandchildren; three great grandchildren; the following brothers and sisters; Robert and Charles Costolo and Mrs. Charles Tradup all of Coolspring, William and George Costolo both of Erie, PA; Mrs. Lydia Tunning of Miami, FL.
Friends will be received at the Victor DeCarlo Funeral Home 138 N. Gallatin Ave., today until 1 p.m. the hour of service with Rev. John E. Duvall officiating. Burial will follow in Park Place Cemetery.
George R. COSTOLO died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
George R. Costolo, aged 75 years, nine months and eight days, died at his
residence in Coolspring, at 7 p.m., Thursday, November 5, 1931, following
three years illness of a complication of diseases.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ella Costolo; five sons, Frank, Charles,
William and Robert, all of Coolspring, and George, of Oliver; three
daughters, Mrs. Walter Tuning and Mrs. Charles Traddup, both of Coolspring,
and four brothers, Frank, of Point Marion; Joel, of Gans; Grant, of Lake
Lynn; Harry, of Pittsburgh; one sister, Mrs. James Dean, of Lake Lynn, and
16 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock complete details
of which will be announced later.
(born January 27, 1856)
COSTOLO----Funeral services were held July 25, for Harry W. Costolo, 79 of 224 Columbia Avenue, West View, Pittsburgh, Pa., who died at West View, July 22. Mr. Costolo, son of the late Francis and Mary Ridgeway Costolo, was born in Cheat Neck, October 28, 1879. He moved to Pittsburgh while a young man, where he made his home since that time.
He was predeceased in death by his wife, Plezzie Emory Costolo, formerly of Gans, Pa., and is survived by two sons, Rev. Herbert L Costolo, and Emory F Costolo, a number of grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. James (Pet) Dean, of Cheat Neck. One sister, Mrs. Oliver (Ella) Baker, four brothers, George, Joel, Frank and Grant, died a number of years ago.
Funeral rites were conducted from the Brandt Funeral Home, 1032 Perry Highway, Perrysville, Pa.
COSTOLO, IRADELL---Aged 57, died in the family residence, 107 Main St., Pt. Marion, Wednesday, September 12, 1956, at 9:10 p.m. following an illness of two years. She was born in Springhill township, September 13, 1896, the daughter of the late Frank L and Ida Keiser Costolo. She was employed for many years by the Houze Glass Co. She is survived by three sisters and one brother, Mrs. George (Georgia) Carlier and Marie Costolo, Pt. Marion; Raymond F (Jack) Costolo, Ferndale, Mich.; Mrs. Phil (Ida) Beverage, R.D. 6, Morgantown, W.Va.
Friends are being received in the Conn Funeral Home, Pt. Marion, where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. M.T. Hulthar of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in Wolf Cemetery, Dilliner.
JOEL COSTOLO—80, was found dead Saturday afternoon at his home at Gans, a heart attack victim. Surviving are his widow, a daughter, a son, three brothers and a sister. The funeral was held today.
Margaret Fleming COSTOLO
(1861-1945)
A member of a pioneer Fayette county family, Mrs. Margaret Fleming Costolo, aged 84, widow of William D Costolo, died at 9:32 Wednesday night, October 31, 1945, at the family residence, 5 Union Street, following a protracted illness. She was the daughter of Zadock and Margaretia Fleming. She was a lifelong and faithful member of the Asbury Methodist church, the Livingston Class and the Colonel Lynn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Friends are being received at the family home. Funeral arrangements in charge of A.D. Ferguson are incomplete.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Fleming Costolo will be conducted in the home, 5 Union street, at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with Dr. William L Hogg, pastor of Asbury Methodist church, officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Costolo, well known Uniontown woman, died at 9:32 Wednesday night, October 31, 1945, in her home after a lengthy illness. She was a member of the Asbury church, the Livingston Class and the Colonel Lynn Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. One sister, Miss Anna V Fleming, at home, survives. Friends are being received in the home.
COSTOLO, MARIE E.---Age 70 years, died suddenly Monday, February 1, 1965 at her home on Main Street, Pt. Marion, Pa. She was born December 13, 1894 at Nilan, Pa., a daughter of the late Frank L and Ida Keiser Costolo. Prior to her retirement she was employed at the Houze Glass Corp. at Pt. Marion.
She is survived by one brother, Raymond F Costolo, Ferndale, Michigan; one sister Mrs. H.F. (Ida) Beverage of heat Lake, W.Va., as well as a number of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents and three sisters, Claire and Iradell Costolo and Mrs. George (Georgia) Carlier Sr.; one brother Fred Costolo.
Friends are being received in the Louis E Rudolph Funeral Home, Pt. Marion after 10 a.m., today and until Friday at 2 p.m., the hour of service with Rev. Joseph C Rial, of the First Methodist Church of Pt. Marion officiating. Interment will follow in the Wolfe Cemetery, Dilliner, Pa.
COSTOLO, MARY WALTERY ---Age 78 years of Finleyville, Pa., died at the Monongahela Hospital at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, February 20, 1977. She was born in Uniontown, Pa., the daughter of the late Matthew and Ellen Fisher Waltery. She was a former resident of Coolspring, having resided in Finleyville for the past twenty-one years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Clifford Costolo in 1975, also by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Waltery Williams in 1968. Surviving are two nieces, Mrs. Ruth Payo of Finleyville with whom she resided and Mrs. Edna Greenwald of Jefferson Borough, Pa., also a nephew, Robert Williams of Clairton, Pa.
Friends will be received in the Victor A. DeCarlo Funeral Home, 136 N. Gallatin Ave. after 7 p.m. this evening, Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.m. the hour of service with Dr. Earl P Confer officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Raymond Francis COSTOLO (1901-1966)
Raymond Francis (Jack) Costolo, 64, 1678 Pinecrest Drive, Ferndale, Mich., died Aug. 30 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich., where he had been a patient for four days. Mr. Costolo, a member of one of the Point Marion area’s pioneer families, was born at Nilan, Springhill Twp., Pa., Nov. 20, 1901, a son of the late Frank L. and Ida Keiser Costolo. On May 28, 1927, he married the former Rose L. LeFevre of Point Marion, the couple being united in marriage by the Rev. O.J. Rishel in Pittsburgh, the latter being a long time pastor of the First Methodist Church, Point Marion. Later the couple moved to Ferndale, Mich., where until Mr. Costolo’s death, they resided for 35 years. He was a foreman with the Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corp., a company with whom he was affiliated for 33 years.
Surviving besides his widow are two daughters and one son, Mrs. Donald (Camilla) Kantz, of 314 W. Maplehurst, Ferndale; Mrs. Donald (Shirley) Jackson, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Jack F Costolo of 2755 Lanergan, Troy Mich. Also surviving are eight grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. H.F. (Ida) Beverage of Cheat Lake, W.Va. Many relatives of the deceased also reside in the Uniontown, Point Marion and Cheat Lake localities.
The Rev. William N Mertz of the First Methodist Church officiated at funeral services held Sept. 1 from Spaulding and Curtin Funeral Home, Ferndale, with burial following in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery.
Robert Cleland COSTOLO (1938-2008)
Robert Cleland Costolo, 69, of Yauger Hollow, Fayette County, Pa., went home to be with the Lord Friday, February 8, 2008, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. He was born September 15, 1938, in Lemont Furnace, Fayette County, Pa., son of June Russell Costolo, of Lemont Furnace, and the late Cleland Costolo.
In addition to his father, he is predeceased by a son, Russell "Rusty", and an infant son, Ricky. He will be missed and remembered by his loving wife of 51 years, Alice Fay Baluch Costolo; his son, Robert Costolo; beloved grandchildren: Karlie, Dalton and Curtis.; two sisters and a brother: Cheryl Pringle and husband, George, of Atlanta, Ga., Carol Mullen and husband, Steven, of Memphis, Tenn., and Rev. Randy Costolo and wife, Carmella, of Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa.
Bob was retired from the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 354. He was an avid golfer, but his favorite pastime was spending time with his family and friends, especially his grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Sunday from 2 to 9 p.m., and Monday from 10 to 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with his brother, Rev. Randy Costolo, officiating. Entombment will follow in the Chapel of Memories Mausoleum at Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown.
Russell W. "Rusty" COSTOLO (1959-2005)
Lemont Furnace — Russell W. "Rusty" Costolo, age 45 of Lemont Furnace, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005 as a result of an accident. He was born September 8, 1959 in Uniontown the son of Robert and Fay Baluch Costolo of Lemont Furnace.
He is survived by two children Karlie Rae and Dalton Costolo at home, a brother Robert W. Costolo and wife Marlene of Juniper, Florida, his paternal grandmother June Costolo of Lemont Furnace, many aunts, uncles, cousins and a very special nephew Curtis Wayne Costolo. Preceding him in death was his paternal grandfather Cleland Costolo, and maternal grandparents Joseph and Alice Baluch.
Rusty was Protestant by faith, was a graduate of Laurel Highlands High School Class of 1977 and was a member of the I.U.A.P. District Council 57.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pa. on Friday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 10, 2005, until 11 a.m. the hour of the service with the Rev. Randy Costolo and the Rev. Roger Howard officiating. Interment will follow in the Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Sarah L. Conn COSTOLO ( -1943)
COSTOLO, SARAH L. aged 87 years, 13 days, of Gans, died October 19, 1943, at 11:35 a.m. in the Uniontown Hospital. She was the daughter of Jacob and Margaret Lyon Conn. She was the last of nine children. Her husband, Joel, preceded her in death two years ago. She is survived by two children, Nellie and Conn Costolo, both at home. She was a life long member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of Smithfield. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home with Rev. Myers officiating. Burial in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Pt. Marion, under the direction of E. J. Conn & Son, Pt. Marion.
Thomas Benton COSTOLO [COTSOLO] ( -1892)
Died
COTSOLO [COSTOLO]— Thomas Benton Costolo [Cotsolo] died at his home in New Haven on Sunday afternoon August 21st, 1892. He was ticket agent at the Southwest railroad depot in New Haven, and had been at his post of duty until Monday of last week, when he was confined to his room with an attack of typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and one child. His remains were interred at Uniontown on Tuesday.
COSTOLO, WALTER F.-----Age 43 years, husband of Evangeline Silbaugh Costolo, (second wife), of 1902 Buffalo Road, Erie, Pa., died Friday, August 1, 1958. In addition to his widow, he is survived by one son, Franklin, with the U.S. Air Force, England; one daughter , Roxanne of Erie; his father, Frank Costolo of Coolspring; his mother Ida Hall Crum of Weirton, W. Va., one sister, Beatrice of Lemont Furnace; one brother Fred, of Coolspring. He was employed by the Superior Bronze Corp. of Erie. A veteran of WWII having served with the 13th Armored Division.
Friends are being received in the Gleason Funeral Home 114 E. Fayette Street where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. G. S. Stephens officiating. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery.
Natalie S. Shuppe COTTAGE (1912-1995)
Natalie S. “Mary” Shuppe Cottage of Newton, Dilliner R.D. 1, Pa., died Friday, Oct. 20, 1995, in Uniontown Hospital. She was born in Russia on Aug. 28, 1912, daughter of George and Stella Kovalenko Shuppe. She was a member of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Masontown, Pa. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Edwin (Natalie) Rude of Columbus, Ohio; sons, Robert L. Cottage of Maggie Valley, N.C., Peter Cottage Jr. of Perry, Ohio, Andrew F. Cottage of Mentor, Ohio; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; brothers, George Shuppe and Nick Shuppe of Johnson Creek, Wis.; and sisters, Anne Milton of Freeport, N.Y., and Nancy Coffman of Chesapeake, Ohio. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Peter Cottage on May 28, 1979, a daughter, Doris Jean Cottage, a sister, Margaret Shuppe, and brothers, Mike, Pete and Steve Shuppe. Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, Pa., on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 24, until 10:15 a.m. when a Pomen Service will be held followed by Funeral Services at 11 a.m. in St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, Mason Heights, Masontown, Pa., with Very Rev. Fr. Svetozar Veselinovich officiating. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Orthodox Church Cemetery, Masontown. Placing of The Cross will be held on Monday at 7 p.m.
Eleanor Gibson COTTER ( -1929)
MRS. E. G. COTTER
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Eleanor Gibson Cotter, wife of E. G. Cotter, at Reno Nev., on May 30. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joshua G. Gibson, pioneer settlers of Connellsville. John Gibson of Dunbar is a brother.
Charles I. Cottom, 87, of Greensburg, formerly of Newell and Swissvale, died Sunday, June 8, 1997, at his home. He was born on September 28, 1909, in Luzerne Township, son of the late William H. and Luzetta McKnight Cottom. He was a retired employee of the P&LE Railroad and was a former union steward of the P&LE Railroad. He was a member of the Newell Methodist Church and former member of the Swissvale Fire Dept. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Charles H. Cottom. He is survived by his wife, Ada Elizabeth Salisbury Cottom and his children, William G. Cottom of Monroeville, Sarah J. Cottom of Ocala, Fla. and Luzetta M. Booth of Greensburg; four sisters, Clara Cottom of Connellsville, Ethel Thomas of Vanderbilt, Jane South of Pittsburgh, and Mary Linderman of Vanderbilt; a brother, Donald Cottom of Dawson; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Family and friends will be received at the KEPPLE-GRAFT FUNERAL HOME, 524 N. Main St., Greensburg, Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Wednesday in the funeral home at 11a.m. Interment will follow in the Plum Creek Cemetery. The family wishes memorial contributions to one's favorite charity.
IRVING H. COTTOM
Irving H. Cottom, the last of a generation and one of the best known citizens of the county, died at 4:10 A. M. Wednesday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. H. Burwell in Uniontown. He had been on the decline for some months with heart trouble and other complications but only three weeks ago was compelled to take his bed. Irving H. Cottom was the youngest of a large family, all now deceased, and was a son of the late William and Catharine Goodge Cottom. He was born in Lower Tyrone township on August 12, 1840. William Cottom, the father, was a native of Maryland and in 1810 moved to the Work farm in Dunbar township, Fayette county, and in 1822 located in Lower Tyrone, as one of the pioneer settlers, on a farm which remained in the family name until a few years ago. Catharine Goodge Cottom, the mother, was born in Uniontown in an old building near the site of the opera house on Pittsburg street. On January 30, 1862, Mr. Cottom was married to Miss Anna Sherrick Walter of Westmoreland county, and to this union were born eight children, all of whom are living, as follows: Alva W. Cottom, Attorney Frank P. Cottom, Mrs. M. L. McDonald,-Dawson; L. M. Cottom, bookkeeper for Wright-Metzler Company, J. H. Cottom, of the Rainey Store, Mount Braddock; Attorney Harry A. Cottom, Mrs. H. H. Burwell of Uniontown, and Clyde I. Cottom of the West Penn official force, Connellsville. Mrs. Cottom Died July 18, 1892, and two years later deceased was married to Miss Hattie Hutchinson, Lower Tyrone township. She died September 23, 1913. To this union was born one child, Glenn, employed by the Union Supply Company. Deceased followed farming until in January, 1900, when he moved to Uniontown and soon thereafter was elected as street commissioner which place he filled with credit for two terms. In politics he was a Democrat. Deceased was a member of the First Episcopal Church and Sunday school and was for many years a pillar in the old Bryan Church near Dawson. He was noted for his honest and upright life and for his devotion to his family. He died as he lived and without a struggle he peacefully crossed the bar. Rev. J. M. Thoburn Jr., had charge of the funeral services which were held at the Burel home Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, after which the body was taken to the family plot in Cochran cemetery, Dawson, where interment will be made.
Irvin J. Cottom, 99, of Dawson, R.D. 1, died Monday, July 22, 1996, at his home. He was born in Lower Tyrone Township, Feb. 16, 1897, a son of the late Alcinus and Sarah Jane Hough Cottom. He was a member of the Vanderbilt Nazarene Church, Dawson Grange 419, a retired farmer and a former supervisor of Lower Tyrone Township for 22 years. Surviving are his wife, Maude Strickler Cottom, with whom he celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary July 19; four children, Glenn O. Cottom of Dawson, R.D. 1, Ellsworth Cottom and wife Jerilyn of Great Falls, Va., Doris Tatterson and husband John of Annapolis, Md., and Leonard Cottom and wife Linda of Dawson, R.D. 1; seven grandchildren, Darian, Eric, Brent, Trent and Coryn Cottom, Neal Tatterson and Leigh Miller; and one great-grandchild, Katy Miller. He was preceded in death by six brothers, Samuel, Detmer, William, Orton, Ray and a twin brother, Earl; and two sisters, Viola Cottom and Mary Stark. Friends will be received in the RALPH E. GALLEY FUNERAL HOME, Dawson, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of service at the funeral home with the Rev. Charles Coyle officiating. Interment will follow in Scottdale Cemetery.
COTTOM, DR. JOSEPH R.— Aged 82, died Saturday morning, August 9, 1958, in his home, Dawson. Born October 27, 1876, in Dawson, he was the son of the late William and Nancy Cochran Cottom and had resided in Dawson his entire lifetime. He was a graduate of Pitt University and practiced dentistry for fifty- two years. He was a member of the Phillip G. Cochran Memorial Methodist Church; Odontological Society of Western Penna.; Penna. State Dental Society, American Dental Assn.; James Cochran Lodge 614 F & AM; Syria Shrine; Uniontown Lodge of Perfection; Sons of American Revolution, Dawson and Vanderbilt Lions Club. He is survived by his wife, Blanche Cottom, one son, Dr. H. V. Cottom, Pittsburgh; two daughters, Mrs. Stanley Anderson, Carnegie; Mrs. George Donovan, State College; six grandchildren; six great grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Galley Funeral Home, Dawson, where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Richard D. Wright officiating. Interment will be in Cochran Cemetery.
DR. THOMAS I. COTTOM
Dr. Thomas I. Cottom of Pittsburgh, son of the late A. W. and Mrs. Cottom and brother of Judge h. Vance Cottom, died Tuesday night at the Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. He would have been 61 years old on Thursday. Dr. Cottom graduated from Uniontown High School, Class of 1906, attended Penn State College and received his professional education at the Hannernan medical College in Philadelphia. He began practicing in 1913 in Carnegie and later was at the Psychopathic Hospital in Woodville. He was resident physician at the William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, for four years. Prior to his illness, he was on the staff of Shadyside Hospital for 10 years. He was married to the former Druanna Johns, daughter of the late Sheriff P. A. Johns, in 1913. His widow and Judge Cottom are the survivors. Funeral services are tentatively set for Friday afternoon, with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery at Uniontown.
Harris W. COTTON died in 1815. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(38)
Died—On Sunday the 27th inst. Harris W. Cotton aged 52 year--
one of the Commissioners of Fayette county, after a lingering illness w hich
he born with fortitude and mildly submitted to the decrees of divi ne providence
leaving behind an affectionate wife and a number of child ren to deplore the
loss of a tender parent.
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The Genius of Liberty, and Fayette Advertiser.
Union, Wednesday, August 30, 1815. No. 18 of Vol XI. [Total No. 538.] P g 3.
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Minnie Margaret COTTON ( -1870)
DIED
COTTON— Sunday morning, the 5th inst., Minnie Margaret Cotton, daughter of John W. Cotton of Birmingham, aged three years and three months. The funeral ceremonies took place at Grace Church, Menallen, Tuesday, 7th instant.
Alexander H. COUGHANOUR died in 1929. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
Alexander H. Coughanour died suddenly from a heart attack, at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Louis X. Ely, of First St. and McKee ave(Monessen, PA). Another daughter,
Mrs. Harry E. Thompson, of Weirton, W. Va., arrived yesterday morning and was
at his bedside. The deceased was born March 14, 1851, and was therefore 78 years
old.
It was at Ohio Pyle that he was married to Miss Edith Thorpe, who had preceded
him in death nearly ten years. She was of direct Revolutionary descent, her great
grandfather having received the land grant for a large tract at Farmington, PA.
There he became a member of the First Baptist church of Ohio Pyle, but never
transferred his membership. He was also a member of the Odd Fellows lodge of
Ohio Pyle.
There remain two daughters, Mrs. Louis X. Ely of this city; Mrs. Harry E. Thompson,
Weirton, W. Va.; one sister, Mrs. Hester Yohe of Connellsville; nine grandchildren,
Mary, Paul, Breton and Adele Ely, at home; Miss Josephine Thompson of Weirton,
W.Va.; Mrs. Richard Hughes of Harrisburg; Mrs. James Longacre, Weirton; Mrs.
Robert Rinehart of Morgantown, W. Va., and Harry Alexander Thompson, Weirton;
also two great grandchildren.
Interment will be private at the Thorpe family cemetery, near Farmington, on
the site taken up by Mrs. Coughanour's great grandfather and later set apart
as a family cemetery. (August, 1929) Note: Cemetery is now called "Irwin
Memorial Cemetery" & is in Stewart Twp.
Daniel COUGHANOUR died in 1898. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
Connellsville, April 12---Daniel Coughanour, who died April 9, 1898, was buried yesterday in Hill Grove cemetery at 2 p. m., the funeral services being conducted by Rev. W.A. Edie of the Presbyterian church. Deceased was born in Connellsville in 1815, being a son of Daniel Coughanour of Connellsville, who was a soldier in the war of 1812.
In 1837 he married Margaret Hood, and she, with seven children, survives him: George W. of Uniontown, Pauline, wife of Robert Mercer of Rochester, Pa; Margaret, wife of J. S. Jones of Greensboro; Alice, wife of Dr. S. D. Woods of Connellsville; Mary, wife of G. W. Sellers of Paoli, Kas.; Hester, wife of J. K. Yohe of McKeesport; A. H. of Ohiopyle. Two children are dead: Emma, wife of Frank Hamilton of Greensboro, and one died in infancy. Daniel was the last of a family of three brothers and three sisters. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding 11 years ago. All the surviving children were together at the funeral for the first time since they began to marry and scatter off. Henry Coughanour of Uniontown is a nephew of deceased. Mr. Coughanour was of German ancestry, was a Democrat and a member of the Baptist church.
(Daily News Standard, April, 1898)
Ewing H. COUGHANOUR died in 1920. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
Remains of Ewing H. "Mose" Coughanour aged 44, who died Tuesday morning at McKees Rocks hospital, arrived here last evening and were taken to the home of his mother, Mrs. Amanda Coughanour, of Lawn avenue(Uniontown). Funeral services will be held there probably at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Mr. Coughanour died of pleuro-pneumonia following a very short illness. Although he had been away from Uniontown for some time he was well known here. Surviving in addition to his mother are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Boord, Mrs. George W. Little, and Mrs. William Porter, of McKees Rocks and George and Charles Coughanour, of Uniontown.
(Morning Herald paper, Feb. 11, 1920, pg.8)
Frank H. COUGHANOUR died in 1900. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
Frank H. Coughanour
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Coughanour of Pittsburg street, Uniontown, Pa.,died Thursday, March 15, 1900, at 11:10 p.m., of consumption, aged 20 years and five months. He had been sick for nearly a year, but took his bed only 10 days ago and sank very rapidly up to the time of his death. He leaves a father and mother, three brothers and three sisters to mourn his death. His brothers are Charles, Ewing and George; and his sisters are Mrs. William W. Porter, Mrs. John Boord and Mrs. George Little, all of Uniontown, excepting Mrs. Porter who resides at Coalbrook, this county. Deceased was a member of the Fern club and during this winter had connected himself with the M. E. Church. He was a well respected young man and had many friends who deeply feel their loss.
Funeral at 2 p. m. on Sunday, interment Oak Grove cemetery.
(Daily News Standard, March 16, 1900)
George W. COUGHANOUR died in 1908. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
George W. Coughanour died Friday evening, shortly after nine o'clock, at his home on Lawn avenue, after a short but severe attack of stomach trouble. The deceased was born in Connellsville in 1839, and would have been 69 years old the 27th of this month. He was the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Coughanour, both deceased. Mr. Coughanour was an old soldier, taking part in the Civil War in Company F, Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves. In 1862 Mr. Coughanour married Miss Amanda E. Wathen, of Uniontown, to them eight children being born, six of whom survive: Mrs. William N. Porter of Pittsburg; Charles, George S. and Ewing H. Coughanour; Mrs. Elizabeth Boord and Mrs. G. W. Little, all of Uniontown. Frank H., and Daniel are dead.
He is also survived by one brother and five sisters, Alexander H. Coughanour of Connellsville, Mrs. Pauline Mercer of Rochester, Pa.; Mrs. James Jones of Greensboro; Mrs. Dr. S. D. Wood(s), of Connellsville, and Mrs. J. K. Yohe of Pittsburg.
Daily News Standard, Feb. 1,4 1908
Lloyd E. COUGHANOUR died in 1899. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(5)
COUGHANOUR, LLOYD E.
At the home of his parents, Lloyd E., the 1-yar-old son of S. A. and Cora COUGHANOUR, East Fayette street, Sunday morning, January 29th, 1899. The funeral was held Tuesday morning. Services were conducted by Rev. E. B. BURGENS. Interment in Hill Grove Cemetery.
Courier Fri. 2-3-1899
We are sorry to record the death of Mrs. Lucy Coughanour, wife of Mr. Valentine Coughanour, which took place in Wellsvile, Ohio, on the 14th of July last, in the 65th year of her age. The deceased was born at Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa., and was favorably known in that section of the county. Mr. Coughanour has the sympathy of his many friends throughout the Youghiogheny region in his bereavement.
Margaret COUGHANOUR
(1819-1902)
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COUGHANOUR— At the home of her son-in-law, Dr. S. D. Woods on Sunday morning, September 27th, 1902, Mrs. Margaret Coughanour, aged 83 years. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hood. She was born in ………, Pa. but moved to Connellsville with her parents when a child. Her husband, Daniel Coughanour died several years ago. The following children survive: Mrs. S. D. Woods and Mrs. Harry Sellers of Connellsville, Mrs. John Yohe, Pittsburg, Mrs. Margaret Jones, Greensburg, Mrs. Messi, New Castle, Alexander Coughanour, Monessen and George Coughanour, Uniontown. She is also survived by these brothers: Daniel C. Hood, A. W. Hood, Walter S. Hood, Winfield S. Hood, and Thomas W. Hood. The funeral services were held from the home of Dr. S. D. Woods, East Fairview avenue, Tuesday morning. Interment was in Hill Grove Cemetery.
MRS. COUGHANOUR DIES
Accompanied by friends, the remains of Mrs. Myrtle Coughanour, aged 36, widow of Moses Coughanour, formerly a well known Uniontown man, were brought to Uniontown Thursday night. Mrs. Coughanour died in the Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh, from pneumonia after an illness of nine days. She is survived by one daughter and three brothers, Albert and William Green of Uniontown and Edward of Pittsburgh. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock in Johnson's chapel. Interment in Park Place cemetery.
MRS. SADIE COUGHANOUR
Mrs. Sadie Coughanour, aged 29 years, wife of Ewing H. Coughanour, died at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 15, 1908, after an illness with tuberculosis. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kissinger and is survived by her father, her husband and three children, Arthur, Elizabeth and Frances, two brothers, Frank and Edward of Uniontown and one sister, Mrs. James Gladden of New Haven. Funeral from the home at Fayette street and Mt. Vernon avenue Wednesday at 2 p. m.
Robert G. COUGHANOUR
(1893-1925)
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ROBERT G. COUGHENOUR
Robert G. Coughenour, aged 34 years, well know resident of Connellsville, died at his home in that city, Tuesday evening, March 31, 1925, at 11:45 o’clock following a 10 days illness. He was an employee of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Emma Coughenour; one sister, Mrs. Fred Sliger of Connellsville and one brother, Samuel A. Coughenour, of Youngstown, O. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the mother’s home followed by interment in the Hill Grove cemetery.
Clarence S. COUGHENOUR ( -1967)
C. S. COUGHENOUR
Clarence S. Coughenour, 80, of Uniontown, associated with the Eggers Lumber Co. for 32 years, died at 12:10 p.m. Sunday in Uniontown Hospital. He was a member of Asbury Methodist Church, Uniontown, for 30 years, serving as teacher of the Men’s Bible Class, superintendent of the Adult Department, a communion steward, and member of the commissions on education and pastoral relations. He was a member of Fayette Lodge No. 238, F. & A.M., Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory, Syria Temple of Pittsburgh and Caravan No. 9. He served as chaplain of the Uniontown Lions Club for many years, and won the “Outstanding Lion” award for 1965-66. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith Buttermore Coughenour; two daughters, Mrs. Robert W. (Eleanor) Newcomer of Natrona Heights and Mrs. C. S. (Margaret) Hobgood of Uniontown; four grandchildren and a brother. His first wife, Mrs. Clara Price Coughenour, preceded him in death. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ferguson funeral home, Uniontown, with the Rev. J. Robert Gray officiating. Burial will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Charles Glen ‘Charlie’ COUGHENOUR ( -1996)
Charles Coughenour
Charles Glen (Charlie) Coughenour, 78, of Stow, Ohio, formerly of Donora and Monongahela, died at 2:23 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1996, following a brief illness. Mr. Coughenour was a retired laborer. He had also worked at the former Ruben’s Garage in Donora. Surviving are his wife, Mildred Hensel Coughenour; two sons, Kenneth Coughenour of Akron, Ohio, and David Coughenour of Stow, Ohio; a daughter, Florence Brown of Ellet, Ohio, three grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews in Washington and Westmoreland counties. Services will be held today in Ravenna, Ohio.
Elizabeth Reed COUGHENOUR ( -1927)
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MRS. ELIZABETH R. COUGHENOUR
Mrs. Elizabeth Reed Coughenour of Orient, died Wednesday in the Uniontown Hospital following an operation for gall stones. Besides her husband, Calvin Coughenour, she is survived by the following children; Mrs. Charles Foltz of Republic, Mrs. Howard Hart of Brownsville, Earle, Lawrence, John, Thelma, Ellsworth and Charles, all at home. She is also survived by four sisters; Mrs. Amelia Matthews, Mrs. Hannah Irwin of North Side, Pittsburgh, Mrs. Kate Arnett of Cokesburg, Mrs. Mary Martin of Dunbar and two brothers, Arch Reed of Dunbar and William Reed of Percy. The funeral service will be held at the home in Orient Saturday at 1 o'clock followed by burial in Mount Auburn Cemetery at Dunbar. Rev. R. C. Van Eman of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church will have charge of the services.
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Fred D. Coughenour, 67, of Connellsville, passed away at his home on Friday, August 18, 2000. He was a graduate of Connellsville High School Class of 1950. From childhood until 1963 he was a dairy farmer working on the family farm, which is now known as Merit Manor from 1963-1995. He was employed by the West Penn Power beginning as a janitor and retiring as the foreman of the Transformer Shop. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Connellsville. Friends will be received in the First Baptist Church at 301 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, today from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. the hour of service will be held Rev. Larry Hellein officiating. Committal and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville.
Henry S. COUGHENOUR died in 1900. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(47)
Bellevernon, July 21---Henry Snyder Coughenour died here July 18, 1900, aged
83 years. Mr. Coughenour was born near Mt. Pleasant, Pa., and was married to
Miss Caroline Conkle at West Newton, Pa, in 1847(?). They moved to Monongahela
and from that place came to Belle Vernon some years ago. Soon after his marriage
he joined the Lodge of I. O. O. F. at Monongahela, and had been a member for
over 50 years. In his early life he joined the Lutheran church. Three children
survive him, his wife having died several years ago. The children are, Mr. William
Coughenour, of Payette, Idaho; Mrs. Anna McClure and Miss S. E. Coughenour of
Bellevernon. Interment on July 20th.
(Daily News Standard, July 21, 1900)
John A. COUGHENOUR
(1853-1926)
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JOHN A. COUGHENOUR
Funeral services for John A. Coughenour, aged 72 years, who died at his home at Tower Hill No. 2, Wednesday evening, March 3, 1926, at 3:20 o’clock, were held Sunday afternoon in the home of his son, Calvin Coughenour, followed by burial in Mt. Auburn cemetery at Dunbar. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Coughenour, and the following children; Calvin, James, Newton, Samuel and David, and Mrs. A. G. Moore, of Tower Hill No. 2, Mrs. E. A. McCrory, Mrs. Avitar Kissler and Mrs. Harry Shrader of Greesburg.
Lauretta Pearl COUGHENOUR ( -1904)
Lauretta Pearl Coughenour
Lauretta Pearl, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenza Coughenour, died Wednesday at its home in South Connellsville, age 2 months and 5 days. The funeral services were conducted from the home this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The remains were interred in Chestnut Hill cemetery.
Lawrence F. COUGHENOUR ( -1920)
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LAWRENCE F. COUGHENOUR
Lawrence F. Coughenour, 61 years old, died Sunday at Edenborn of a complication of diseases. The interment will take place tomorrow in townstown.
Lizzie COUGHENOUR died in 1893. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(5)
COUGHENOUR, MISS LIZZIE
At the home of her father, Henry COUGHENOUR, of Uniontown, Friday, November 17th
1893, of consumption, Miss Lizzie COUGHENOUR, aged 30 years. Funeral Sunday.
Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Courier Fri. 11-24-1893
MRS. S. A. COUGHENOUR
Mrs. May B. Coughenour, wife of S. A. Coughenour, a former employee of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad of Connellsville, died at the Youngstown City Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio, at 6:10 o’clock Sunday evening. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tumes McClure of Connellsville and is a sister of J. P. McClure of Trump avenue. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. W. Maxwell of Youngstown; two grandchildren, one brother and one sister, Mrs. Sara A. Finley of Donora. The funeral will be held at the Youngstown home at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
Death notice for Olive B. Coughenour of Connellsville appeared in the Morning Herald, Uniontown, PA, June 20, 1911. Text is not currently available.
Ruth Eileen Herring COUGHENOUR
(1937-2012)
UNIONTOWN
Ruth Eileen Herring Coughenour
Ruth Eileen Herring Coughenour, age 75, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, August 8, 2012 in her home. She was born July 11, 1937 in Grindstone, Pa., the daughter of the late Harlan Herring and Faye Bryte Herring. Ruth was a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. She attended weekly Bible study and was a member of St. Paul’s Wismer Class. She was very active in her church. She was a long-time secretary at Beneficial Finance. Ruth was a member of the Uniontown Hospital Auxiliary. She is survived by her beloved husband of 47 years, Richard Edward Coughenour; her cousin, Jean Keefer and husband Jim; sister-in-law, Judy Livengood and husband Dick; nephew, Richard Livengood and wife Mary; niece, Aleta Held and husband Craig; also Russell Coughenour and family, Daryl and Charlene White and family; special friends: Anthony and Kathy Iannamorelli and family; nieces: Andrea Evans and husband Scott, Susan Silbaugh and Karen Colbert and husband Dan; great-nieces and great-nephews: Julia and Macy, Clint, Autumn and Wyatt. Friends will be received in the KEZMARSKY FUNERAL HOME, 71 Pennsylvania Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., today, Friday, August 10, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. when a Prayer Service will be held. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. in ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH. Interment follows in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. Donations may be made to St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 71 N. Gallatin Ave., Uniontown, Pa., or the American Cancer Society.
Two Sudden Deaths
Mrs. Susan Coughenour, widow of Isaiah Coughenour, was found dead in her residence in New Haven on Wednesday forenoon. She was busy doing housework and is supposed to have dropped dead while suffering from an attack of heart disease. No one was present at the time of her death. The deceased was 64 years of age and was well-known in this vicinity. She was a member of the Dunkard church. Of her family, three sons are living, one of whom is B. F. Coughenour, of La Crosse, Kan., another, D. R. Coughenour, of Stauffers, Pa. Her remains will be interred at Pennsville tomorrow afternoon. The funeral services will be held at her late residence at 2 o’clock.
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Teckla Lenora COUGHENOUR ( -1939)
MRS. TECKLA COUGHENOUR
Mrs. Teckla Lenora Coughenour of Uniontown died Saturday at the Uniontown Hospital after a lingering illness. She was 74 years old. Mrs. Lillian Deemer of Mount Pleasant is a sister. A brief funeral service will be held at 8 o’clock this evening at the home of Lawrence Coughenour, Uniontown. Burial will be Tuesday morning at Johnstown.
Valentine COUGHENOUR died in 1885. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(10)
Valentine Coughenour, who died at Beaver, last Saturday, was the oldest citizen
of Connellsville, for he was a citizen here, being only on a visit to his son-in-law
at the time of his death. He was stricken with paralysis and the end was
swift and sudden. The remains were interred at Beaver on Monday. Valentine
Coughenour was born on the Sherrick farm, in Tyrone township, this county, in
1795, and was 90 years and 6 months old at the time of his death. His family
came here in 1800 and in 1818 Valentine went to Pittsburg and learned the trade
of glassblower under the first glassmaker this side of the mountains. With
this interruption, he lived in Connellsville 50 years continuously. From
1852 to 1877, he resided in Beaver County. Since then he has made his home
mostly here with his son, G. L. Coughenour. He was twice married and was the
father of 23 children. "Felty" as he was familiarly called was
quite active in spite of his years and had a memory full of interesting reminiscences.
He remembered well when there was but one house and a ferry stand where now stretches
out the city of Allegheny. His many old friends here will hear of his departure
beyond the grave with keen regret.
Courier 8/21/1885
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DIED
On the 27th ult., in Jefferson township, Mrs. Margaret Coulson, aged about 60 years.
Tribute of Respect
WHEREAS, it has pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of His
Providence, to remove from the world our worthy Brother, James W.
Coulter, and to remind us by his death of the uncertainty of life,
and that we who remain are but dust and ashes; be it solemnly.
Resolved: By Connellsville Lodge No. 190 I. O. of G. T., of which
the deceased was a respected member, that with reverence and fear we
do acknowledge the operation of the Divine Ruler of life and death
in this instance of mortality, which affects so closely our
fraternity, and ourselves.
Resolved: That the friends of the deceased have our deepest and most
unfeigned sympathy in his their bereavement, and that the assurance
be given them of our devout confidence in his eternal welfare.
Resolved: That our charter be draped in mourning for the space of
thirty days, as a token of respect to the memory of our departed
brother.
Resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of
the deceased, and also to the Fayette county papers for publication.
| L. DETWILER, | |||
| J. J. JONES, | |||
| T. M. FEE, | |||
| MISS KATE PAGE, | |||
| MISS MARTHA H. ECCLES. | |||
Committee | |||
| CONNELLSVILLE, PA., Dec. 10th, 1867 | |||
DIED
On the same day [Sunday the 18th inst.], of Pulmonary affection, Mr. JOHN COULER, in the 73d year of his age.
John R. Coulter, age 58, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., passed away suddenly on Thursday, December 22, 2011. He was born December 23, 1952 in Uniontown, Pa., son of Dave Coulter and Dorothy (Klink) Coulter. John was a heavy equipment operator and a member of Union Local No. 66. He was also a member of the Wharton Hunting and Fishing Club, Farmington. He was predeceased by his parents; and a granddaughter, Brittany Haney. Surviving are his wife of 38 years, Rose (Dulick) Coulter; a daughter, Tina Haney of Lemont Furnace; two grandchildren: Ashleigh Haney and Brandon Haney; one brother and one sister: David Coulter of Costa Mesa, California and Juanita Pelligrino, Glen Allen, Virginia; and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, December 26, 2011 at 2 p.m. in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, HOPWOOD, with the Rev. Randy Costolo officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in John's name to the Crawford Funeral Home, Hopwood, PA 15445. Friends and family are invited to gather at Anthony's Alley at 4 p.m.
DEATH OF JUDGE COULTER
JUDGE COULTER died at his residence in Greensburg, on Tuesday the 20th inst. he was taken sick in Philadelphia, and hastened to his home, where he arrived on Saturday previous to his death. The Pittsburgh Dispatch says, his death has caused most sincere sorrow to a large circle of friends and admirers. He was a man of very high intellectual endowments – an eloquent speaker, a ready writer, an able and learned jurist, and, better than all, a good, kind-hearted man – a friend to the stranger and the friendless. We had long loved him for personal kindness, and shall cherish his memory as that of a true friend.
The death is announced of Rev. Geo. W. Countee, a colored Washington county preacher. He was about fifty-five years of age, and had been a slave in his younger days. Deceased was well known in Uniontown, Brownsville and other points in this county, where he had been stationed at various times.
Mrs. Irene M. Courie, 63, of Smithton, died Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1995, at the Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg. She was born June 12, 1932, in Carmichaels, a daughter of the late Steve and Mary Phillips Nagy. She was a devoted homemaker and mother. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two brothers, John and Joseph Nagy. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Frederick Floyd Courie; seven sons, Stephen “Butch” at home, Harry of Aurora, Ohio, Bill of Deerfield, Ohio, John, David, Alan and Paul Courie, all living at home; two daughters, Ginny Courie of Carmichaels and Mrs. Lou (Vicki) Barcelo of Fayette City; nine grandchildren; two brothers, William Nagy of Rockville, Md., and Steve Nagy of San Francisco, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Mary Mecchella of Massapequa, Long Island, N.Y.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the JOSEPH W. NICKELS FUNERAL HOME INC., Herminie, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with Pastor John Furno officiating. Interment will be private.
Elizabeth Neal COURTNEY
(1893-1939)
MRS. MARTIN G. COURTNEY
Mrs. Elizabeth Neal Courtney, 47 years old, died at 9:45 o'clock Sunday night at her home at Van Meter after a lingering illness. She was former resident of Dunbar. She leaves her husband, Martin G. Courtney, and the following daughters; Regis Courtney, Joseph Courtney, Rita Courtney, Margaret Courtney, Geraldine Courtney, and James Courtney, all of Van Meter, and Rose Mary Courtney, of Dunbar. There are also six grandchildren and one brother, Joseph Neal of Uniontown. The body will be at the home of a son, Regis Courtney, at Van Meter until tomorrow afternoon when it will be taken to the funeral parlors of James T. Burhans at Dunbar where friends may view the remains. The funeral mass will be held at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning at St Aloysius Church with Rev. George F. Hurley, pastor, officiating. Interment will be made in the church cemetery.
Ellen COURTNEY died in 1932. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Funeral services of Mrs. Ellen Courtney will be held in St. Aloysius R. C. church
at Dunbar Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. P. J. Brennan of Charleroi
will officiate as celebrant of high mass, with Rev. John Lyons as deacon and
Rev. T. J. McPherson as ????
(Balance of obit is missing)
Standard - Dec 8 (I think), 1932)
And Made Their Way through the Choking Gas of the Man-way to Home And Anxious Friends Outside
Who the Entombed Miners Were, Where and How They Lived and
the Legacies Death Bequeathed to Their Families
A MUMBLE OF WIVES, SISTERS, MOTHERS AND ORPHANS DEPRIVED OF SUPPORT
Of the 51 miners who were in the mine at the time of the accident, 30 escaped through the man-way on the left side of the main slope. The fortunate were as follows, William Landy and two sons, William and Morris Jones, and William Yates, Barney and John Cosgrove, Patrick and Terrance Begley, who are brothers of Richard and Joseph Begley, two of the entombed unfortunates, Maurice Pine, James Miller, John McGuill, John Kerwin, Edward Condron, John Boyd, Thos Kelly, George Lowry, James Murphy and Thomas Shearen. The miners who were in the right heading number 31. Their names were as follows:
Something About Them, Their Families,
Homes and Circumstances
The unfortunate men were residents of Dunbar and vicinity. They were chiefly of English Irish and Scotch descent, no Hungarians or Poles having ever been employed at these works. Many of them owned their neat little homes and those who were not native born were naturalized. They were a frugal honest body of workmen, and were above the average miners in intelligence and thrift. They were personally known to nearly every resident of Dunbar and vicinity. Almost all were married and fathers of families ranging in numbers from one to ten children. The following gives more in detail the condition of the families left fatherless by the sad calamity.
Article includes individual accounts for each victim. For complete text, see David Davis.
Patrick Courtney was about fifty years of age, married and had a family of ten children. He lived in a home of his own, about one fourth of a mile from the mine, on a piece of land he had purchased from Amzi Miller. His wife survives him. John Courtney, one of the entombed, was Patrick’s eldest son. The older children living are girls.
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THE HILL FARM TOMB
Yields Up Its Dead After Nearly Two
Years of Searching
TWENTY-THREE BODIES FOUND
Death Came Quickly and Painlessly in the
Shape of Black Damp
THE GHASTLY SIGHTS SEEN IN THE PIT
By the Coroner’s Jury and Others Yesterday
Names of the Lost Men
MANY ANXIOUS AND more curious people will assemble at the ill- fated Hill Farm mine this morning to witness the removal of the bodies of the victims of the disaster of June 16th, 1890, the long and weary search for which ended yesterday in the recovery of all but six of the twenty-nine. The flat in which these bodies were found was reached late Wednesday afternoon. The air was horrible and no attempt was made to pursue the search beyond the first few bodies.
Article includes complete account of the recovery of victims. For complete text, see John X. Joy.
And Made Their Way through the Choking Gas of the Man-way to Home And Anxious Friends Outside
Who the Entombed Miners Were, Where and How They Lived and
the Legacies Death Bequeathed to Their Families
A MUMBLE OF WIVES, SISTERS, MOTHERS AND ORPHANS DEPRIVED OF SUPPORT
Of the 51 miners who were in the mine at the time of the accident, 30 escaped through the man-way on the left side of the main slope. The fortunate were as follows, William Landy and two sons, William and Morris Jones, and William Yates, Barney and John Cosgrove, Patrick and Terrance Begley, who are brothers of Richard and Joseph Begley, two of the entombed unfortunates, Maurice Pine, James Miller, John McGuill, John Kerwin, Edward Condron, John Boyd, Thos Kelly, George Lowry, James Murphy and Thomas Shearen. The miners who were in the right heading number 31. Their names were as follows:
Something About Them, Their Families,
Homes and Circumstances
The unfortunate men were residents of Dunbar and vicinity. They were chiefly of English Irish and Scotch descent, no Hungarians or Poles having ever been employed at these works. Many of them owned their neat little homes and those who were not native born were naturalized. They were a frugal honest body of workmen, and were above the average miners in intelligence and thrift. They were personally known to nearly every resident of Dunbar and vicinity. Almost all were married and fathers of families ranging in numbers from one to ten children. The following gives more in detail the condition of the families left fatherless by the sad calamity.
Article includes individual accounts for each victim. For complete text, see David Davis.
Patrick Courtney was about fifty years of age, married and had a family of ten children. He lived in a home of his own, about one fourth of a mile from the mine, on a piece of land he had purchased from Amzi Miller. His wife survives him. John Courtney, one of the entombed, was Patrick’s eldest son. The older children living are girls.
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THE HILL FARM TOMB
Yields Up Its Dead After Nearly Two
Years of Searching
TWENTY-THREE BODIES FOUND
Death Came Quickly and Painlessly in the
Shape of Black Damp
THE GHASTLY SIGHTS SEEN IN THE PIT
By the Coroner’s Jury and Others Yesterday
Names of the Lost Men
MANY ANXIOUS AND more curious people will assemble at the ill- fated Hill Farm mine this morning to witness the removal of the bodies of the victims of the disaster of June 16th, 1890, the long and weary search for which ended yesterday in the recovery of all but six of the twenty-nine. The flat in which these bodies were found was reached late Wednesday afternoon. The air was horrible and no attempt was made to pursue the search beyond the first few bodies.
Article includes complete account of the recovery of victims. For complete text, see John X. Joy.
Hannah COVER died in 1862. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(11)
On the 6th (?), of July, 1862, at her residence near Fairchance, HANNAH
COVER, wife of Jacob B. Cover, aged about 55 years.
Mother Cover has left a husband, children and friends to mourn her loss; but
their loss is her gain, and may they all prepare to meet her in Heaven.
(dark copy)
The Genius of Liberty, Uniontown, Pa. July 17, 1862.
James A. Cover, 82, died at 11:45 o'clock Sunday night at his home in Connellsville Street, Dunbar, after a lingering illness. A retired coal operator, he was employed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company, for many years. Born in Hopwood April 24, 1865, he was the son of the late James and Frances Cover. He had resided in Dunbar for the past 15 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ania Cover, three brothers, Albert, Jacob and John all of Republic. The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home with Rev. W. S. Hamilton, the former pastor of the Franklin Memorial Methodist Church, Dunbar, officiating. Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Mrs.
Jennie M. COVER died in 1931. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(9)
Mrs. Jennie M. Cover, aged 40 years and nine days, wife of William J. Cover,
died at the late residence at Thompson No. 2, Tuesday, September 29, 1931, at
1:30 a.m.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter and two sons, Mrs.
William Waser, of Collier; Donald and Alexander Cover, at home; two sisters and
one brother, Mrs. Bessie Stickel, of Fairmont, W. Va.; Mrs. Ada Shaffer, of Collier,
and Charles Stickles, of Revere.
Funeral services in charge of Rev. R. G. Manley, will be held this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock in the Republic Christian church. Burial will be in Sandy
Hill cemetery.
(Handwritten - Herald - Oct 1, 1931)
Joseph Cover
Dies at Home
Tuesday morning, August 30, 1932, these words were passed quietly along: “Joe Cover is dead,” because friends had been waiting for the end to come at anytime during the last days of his illness. Just as the day was breaking and the song birds were announcing the new day, Joseph Cover passed through the Golden Gates to his Eternal Home where there is no night. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Cover, a brother, Isaiah Cover, whose birthday came on the same day of the year as his brother Joe’s. Three sisters, Mrs. Anna Fretts, Mrs. Clara Manning, and Mrs. Sarah Townsend, also survive. His funeral was very largely attended by local people and others from a distance. The funeral services were in charge of Rev. Francis Durr of the local church, Fairview, and Rev. Jesse Whittaker of Uniontown. The Fairview church choir sang the selections. Burial was in the church cemetery in the care of Funeral Director H. A. Johnston of Masontown. The pall bearers were Samuel Cover, Joseph Cover, Jacob Cover, James Conn, Chester DeBolt, Herbert DeBolt, Edgar DeBolt and Benjamin Manning. Joseph Cover’s remains were laid to rest Thursday afternoon, September 1, 1932, in the beautiful cemetery which faces the setting sun and the winter storms. The last of which James Montgomery in speaking of the grave uses these words: “The storm that wrecks the winter sky No more disturbs their sweet repose, Than summer evening’s latest sigh That shuts the rose.” Among the many noticed at the funeral from Uniontown were Judge E. H. Reppert, Court Crier W. H. Cooke, George Renshaw, Alpheus Johnson and others, Mrs. Addis Galley Leichty and son of Meyersdale, Mr. and Mrs. James Provins and son of Uniontown and others from Ohio.
DEATHS
COVER— On the 18th of March, 1865, at his residence in Nicholson township, Fayette County, Pa., of a chronic affection of the stomach and liver, JOHN COVER, aged 72 years, 11 mo’s and 10 days. He bore his sufferings with patience, and died in the triumphs of his Saviour, trusting in that faith which is in accordance with the “Word of God,” and “Which is able to make wise unto salvation.” COM.
SCOTTDALE, Jan. 20. - Mrs. Monongahela Cover, 96 years old, died Thursday evening after a lingering illness. She was born in Pittsburgh but spent most of her life in Scottdale.
Survivors include three sons and one daughter, Calvin of Uniontown, Clarence of Greensburg, Fuller H., Youngwood, and Mrs. John Mulhorn of Scottdale. There are also two sisters, Mrs. Belle Long and Mrs. Emma Malone, both of Uniontown.
Friends will be received at the Murphy funeral home where services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Interment will be in Hill Grove, Cemetery, Connellsville.
DIED
COVERT— At the residence of her husband in Luzerne township, on the 9th inst., Amy, wife of John Covert, at an advanced age.
Dorothy Mahokey COWARD ( -1995)
Mrs. Dorothy Mahokey Coward, 64, of Alamogordo, N.M., formerly of Connellsville, died Sunday, May 7, 1995. She was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Clara Whittaker Mahokey. She was formerly of Connellsville. She is survived by two sons, Robert of Alamogordo, N.M., and Lloyd of Sacramento, Calif.; four grandchildren; three brothers, James of Painesville, Ohio, Donald Sr. and Thomas L., both of Connellsville; and one sister, Mrs. Helen Veshinfsky of Lake City, Pa. She was predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Betty Jane Trump of Connellsville. A service will be held at the JOHNSTON FUNERAL HOME in Alamargordo, N.M., at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Jacob L. COWAN died in 1930. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(19)
Jacob L. Cowan, 43 years old, died at his home in Bellevue, Bullskin, at 5:25
o'clock Sunday from pneumonia. He had been ill since last Monday.
Mr. Cowan was born at Ruffsdale on June 2, 1887 and had spent all his life
in this region. For a number of years he has been employed at the Royal Plant
of W. J. Rainey interests. In addition to his widow, Fern Ganler
Cowan, he is survived by one son, Thomas W. at home, his father, David
F. of Tarr and the following brothers and sisters: Claude of ( unreadable),
Walter of Ruffsdale, Robert of Pittsburg, Mrs R. L. Hair of Pueblo, Ohio, and
Mrs Roy Burger of Denver, Colo. The funeral service will be held at the
late home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev D R Graham pastor of
the First Methodist Episcopal Church will officiate. Interment will be
made at Mount Lebanon Cemetery at Tarr with Funeral Director Charles C Mitchell
in charge. Daily Courier, Monday, Oct. 6,1930, page 6
John
COWAN died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
John Cowan, aged 74, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. R. Eicher, 400 Market street, Scottdale, Wednesday morning following a lengthy illness. He leaves in addition to his daughter, one brother, Richard Cowan of Greensburg.
Mr. Cowan was a charter member of King Solomon Lodge, F. & A. M. of Connellsville and a member of Commandery No. 49, Knights Templar of Uniontown. He was also a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Funeral services will be conducted at the daughter's home, Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. The Templars ????
(balance of obit is missing)
(newspaper dated May 11, 1931)
DIED
On Thursday Evening the 31st of March, at the residence of his grand-father, Mathias Cowell, in Menallen township, of Consumption, EWING COWELL, aged about 25 years. On Saturday the deceased was buried at the Baptist burying ground near Sharpless’ Mill, in Franklin township, with Masonic Honors, attended by a large number of mourning friends, neighbors and acquaintances.
Margaret COWELL died in 1942. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(3)
EXTRACT:
Name: Mrs. Margaret Cowell
Place of Death: at the home of a daughter (Mrs. Fred C. Williams of 26 Bailey
Avenue, Uniontown, Pa.)
Date of Death: January 24, 1942
Widow: the late H.G. COWELL
Member of: the Central Christian Church, of Uniontown, Pa.
Surviving: four daughters, Mrs. Williams; Mrs. Henry McFadden, and Mrs. William
Hunt, of Uniontown, Pa., and Mrs. P.J. Flynn, of Wilkinsburg, Pa., and two sons,
Frank M. and A.P. COWELL, of Greensburg, Pa.
Source: TMH- 1/26/1942
SMITH COWELL
Smith Cowell, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of German township, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Freeman Byers, near New Salem, Tuesday night, June 1, 1936, at 7:50 o’clock, of a complication of diseases. He was born near Waltersburg and spent most of his life in Franklin and Menallen townships. Mr. Cowell was aged 85 years, three months and 26 days. His wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ball Cowell, preceded him in death 40 years ago. Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Byers, a son, Isaac Cowell of Brownsville; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. One grandchild is deceased. Funeral arrangements are to be announced later. Friends are asked to please omit flowers.
COWELL SERVICES
Brief services for Smith Cowell will be conducted in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Freeman Byers, of German township near New Salem, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Additional rites will follow in Pleasant View Presbyterian church in charge of Rev. A. J. McCloy of New Salem, assisted by Rev. J. Byers Bryce, pastor of Pleasant View. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
MRS. JAMES COWEN
Mrs. Mary Cowen, 58, died Friday at her home at Pricedale. She leaves her husband, James; two daughters, Mrs. Janet Patterson at home and Mrs. Mary Bush of Pricedale; two grandchildren, four sisters and three brothers.
Neele Reesman COWIE (1912-1997)
Neele Reesman Cowie, 84, of Greensboro R.D. 1, Pa., died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997 at 5:25 a.m., in Greene County Memorial Hospital. She was born May 4, 1912, in Harmony (Jefferson County) Pa., daughter of the late David and Salina Craft Reesman. Mrs. Cowie was a homemaker and a Presbyterian by faith. Surviving are the following children: Helen Synder of Beallsville, James D. Cowie of Waynesburg and Karen Doerfler of Sewickley, Pa.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a sister, Edna Kunselman of Punxsutawney, Pa., and a brother, William Reesman of Greenville, Pa. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Cowie, who died Jan. 21, 1993; a daughter, Mary Louise; a son, Thomas Eugene Cowie; four sisters, and three brothers. Friends will be received in the GREENLEE FUNERAL HOME, Main St., Beallsville, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 7, 2997 until 10 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. Harold O. Kelley officiating. Interment will follow in Desire Cemetery, Henderson Township, Jefferson County.
Alfred Cox, 86, of Brownsville, Pa., died unexpectedly Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, at 3:17 a.m., in his home. He was born May 22, 1917, in Pittsburgh Pa., a son of the late Kathryn Furlong and Alfred M. Cox. Mr. Cox was a graduate of Culver Military Academy Class of 1934, and Randolph-Macon Military Academy Class of 1936, in Front Royal, Va. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy as Boatswains Mate 2nd class aboard Higgins Landing Craft LST 507, which was sunk during exercise tiger and also aboard LST 511, which delivered the first wave of troops on Omaha Beach during D-Day. Mr. Cox worked for the Pittsburgh Railroad as a trolley car operator, Swift Packing in Brownsville, and retired from Carmac Chemical Company, in Large, Pa., as a sales representative. Mr. Cox was a member of the F & A.M. Lodge No. 725 of East Liberty for over 58 years, and the Syria Temple of Pittsburgh. He was also a member of the California United Methodist Church. On Aug. 12, 1981, he married Bernadine M. Brocopp Cox, who survives. Also surviving are four stepsons, Robin D. Harris and Gordon R. Harris of Alexandria, Va., Cary Lee Harris of Newport News, Va., and James Harper of Bridgeville, Pa.; and three step- grandchildren, Michele Harris, John Harper and Laura Harper. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth L. Cox, who died Aug. 2, 1976; four sisters, Ethel Cox, Catherine Cox, Pauline Cox and Sadie Cox; and two brothers, Alfred McCoy Cox and J. Edwin Cox. Friends will be received in the JOHN B. GREENLEE FUNERAL HOME, 2830 Main St., Beallsville, today from 5 to 8 p.m., where services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 18, 2003. Interment will be in the Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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COX, MRS. ALICE UMBEL— Aged 87, New Salem, died Tuesday afternoon, December 1, 1959. She was the widow of Dr. J. D. Cox, who died in 1913. She had been a resident of New Salem for sixty years, where she was well known. She was a member of the New Salem Presbyterian Church and was very active in church and civic affairs. She is survived by three sons, Dr. Ira J. Cox, Uniontown, R. D.; Dr. Dale U. Cox, Fairbank; Dr. Ralph L. Cox, Connellsville; five grandchildren; one great grandchild; one sister, Mrs. Oma Umbel Myers, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Friends will be received in the C. B. Dearth Sons Funeral Home, New Salem after 7 p.m. today and Thursday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 until Friday at 2 p.m. the hour of service. The Rev. Carl H. Lenz, Jr., her pastor will officiate. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the New Salem Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund or to any charitable cause.
Wife Of One Doctor,
Mother Of 3 Others
Wife of one doctor and mother of three others. That was the life of Mrs. Alice Umbel Cox, 87, of New Salem, who died Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Cox was the widow of Dr. J. D. Cox, a physician, who died in 1913. He had started practice in New Salem about the turn of the century. Her three sons are Dr. Ira J. Cox, a retired dentist and Army major in both World Wars, of Uniontown R. D.; Dr. Dale U. Cox, dentist, of Fairbank; and Dr. Ralph L. Cox, physician, of Connellsville. All three have been prominent for years in Fayette County civic affairs.
Mrs. Cox was an active church worker, a member of the New Salem Presbyterian Church, Charter member of the county Medical Society Auxiliary, member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812 and the Order of Eastern Star. She was one of the first women directors of a national bank in the United States. Friends of Mrs. Cox are being received at the Dearth Funeral Home in New Salem today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. and tomorrow until 2 p.m., the hour of service. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
COX, ALMA JOHNSON— Age 60, born in 1895, wife of George P. Cox, died yesterday in her home on Union Street, Brownsville. She is survived by her husband George P. Cox and these children: Edward J., Mary Cox Green, Louise Cox O'Oneil, Anna Catherine and Alice.
COX, ANNA CATHERINE— Age 53, of 17 W. 134 Washington St., Bensenville, Ill. She was a retired artist in the Graphics Arts Field for Rand McNally Corp. She was a member of the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church in Brownsville. She was buried in Arlington Heights, Ill.
Death notice for Anna F. Cox, wife of Andrew Cox, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, June 25 & 27, 1900. Complete text is not currently available.
MRS. ANNA M. COX
Mrs. Anna M. Cox, aged 64 years, colored, died at her home on Murphy street, Monday morning, July 9, 1923 at 4 o’clock from a cancer of the stomach following a lingering illness. She is survived by one son, W. F. Cox, one granddaughter, Mary and one sister, Mrs. E. Saulsbury of New Connerstown, Ohio and one brother, Rev. S. P. West, also of Ohio. Short funeral services will be held from the late home Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock with the Rev. Mr. Jarvin officiating. The funeral party will leave Wednesday morning on the 9 o’clock B. & O. train for Barnesville, O., where interment will take place.
Death notice for Birch Cox, formerly of Greensboro, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, October 18, 1899. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Catherine Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, March 13 & 14, 1905. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Catherine Peyton Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, April 12, 1907. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Charles Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 22, 1899. Complete text is not currently available.
Charles H. Cox, Business Man,
Dies At Masontown Home
Charles H. Cox, one of Masontown's outsatanding business men and for many years secretary of the school board there, died this morning. He had been in failing health for a number of years and several months ago retired from active busines in insurance. Mr. Cox is survivied by his wife, Emma, and one daughter, Esther. He was born June 6, 1880, and had lived in Masontown the greater part of his life. He was a Mason and Shriner. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at the Cox residence.
MASONTOWN
Masontown Loses
Prominent Resident
By: CHARLES PROVANCE
MASONTOWN, Aug. 30.— In the death of Charles Cox, Masontown has lost one of its most distinguished citizens. Charles Cox was born in Luzerne Township, June 6, 1880. He attended the Luzerne Township schools and was a graduate of California and Waynesburg colleges, and returned to his home and taught school for several years. In 1909, Mr. Cox came to Masontown and started to work in the insurance business. Due to ill health he was obliged to retire several months ago. Mr. Cox was a member of the Masontown school board for nearly ten years. Along with his other duties he spent much time caring for the secretarial work of the Masontown schools. He was also affiliated with the Sunday school work of the Presbyterian church of which he was a member. His sudden death came as a great shock to his wife and daughter and his host of friends. Mr. Cox was a well esteemed citizen, he rendered the best services to his town by his skill in diplomacy. He was a member of the Valley Lodge, F. and A. M. and was also a Shriner. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from his residence. Services were in charge of Rev. R. C. Shields, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Music was furnished by the Berkshire trio, Mrs. Harry Berkshire and sons, Edgar and Clayton Berkshire, accompanied by Miss Verda Malone at the piano. The pallbearers were three nephews and three very intimate friends, William Sterling, Wilbur Cox, Eugene Deney, Clarence Martin, Dick Wright and Howard Porter. Surviving are his widow and one child, Esther Cox, at home. Dr. Denny, a former school mate of Mr. Cox, while at California attended his funeral. Dr. Denny and Mr. Cox attended California State Normal in 1898. Those from out of town at the service were his sister and brother, Lawrence Cox of Merrittstown, and sister, Mrs. R. O. Denny and daughter Mary Gertrude, and Eugene Denny, all of Wooster, Ohio, and Mrs. J. W. Farquhar, of California, Pa., and Mrs. W. R. Tissue, also of California.
Elizabeth Ann Cope COX
(1824-1906)
Death notice for Elizabeth Ann Cope Cox, wife of George W. Cox, Sr., appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 7, 1906. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Elizabeth Hoover Cox, wife of Charles Cox, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, May 10, 1906. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Ernest Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 23, 1907. Complete text is not currently available.
Eva Grace Keefer COX (1924-1996)
Information taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Eva Grace Keefer Cox
71 years old, former employee of the Screw and Bolt Co. and later the
Modulus Corp. Member of the Dawson Baptist Church
Born–August 13, 1924 in Dawson
Died–May 15, 1996
Spouse–F. Milton Cox
MRS. GENEVA COX
Mrs. Geneva Cox died at her home on East Main street, Thursday morning, October 1, 1925, at 10:30 o’clock following a lingering illness. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Hamilton, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be announced later.
GEORGE A. COX
George A. Cox, one of the most successful of Fayette county farmers, died at his home in Luzerne township, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922. He was born in Luzerne township December 22, 1850. For many years Mr. Cox had been a very successful stock raiser and his farm was one of the best in the county. He was a member of the West Bend church where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment will take place in West Bend cemetery. Mr. Cox is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. R. O. Denney, of West Salem, Ohio, and two sons, Charles H. Cox, of Masontown and Clarence R. Cox, at the old homestead.
COX, GEORGE P.— Aged 80, Union St., Brownsville, died Wednesday, September 30, 1964 at 2:10 p.m. in the Waddington Nursing Home, Fayette City. Born December 5, 1884, he was a son of the late Edward and Margaret Thompson Cox and had been a life resident of Brownsville. He was a retired employee of the Monongahela Railway Co., as a division engineer where he served over fifty years. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church where he served as vestryman for a number of years; a member of the Township School Board since 1919; Brownsville Lodge 60, F. & A.M.; was past commander of St. Omer's Commandery, Knights Templars; Syria Shrine and a life member of BPOE Elks 1344, Brownsville. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Mary Green, Claymont, Del.; Miss Anne C. Cox, Bensenville, Ill.; one son, Edward J., Reynoldsburg, O.; six grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Harry O. Enfield, Sr., Canton, O.; Mrs. C. H. Storey, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mrs. W. C. Hart, Seattle, Wash. He was predeceased by his wife, Alma Johnson Cox in 1955 and a daughter, Mrs. Louise O'Neill in 1963. The family will receive friends in the Ross Funeral Home, 216 Front St., Brownsville today from 3-5 and 7-10, Saturday in the Christ Episcopal Church from 12 noon until 3:30 p.m., the hour of service. Canon Edwin F. Shumaker will officiate. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery.
George Cox
COX— At his home near Carmichaels, Greene county, on Tuesday, August 23, George W. Cox, in the 93rd year of his age. Deceased was an uncle of Mrs. Byron Porter of South Pittsburg street. For many years he resided near Flatwoods in Fayette county. In 1883 he removed to Greene county, where he lived until the time of his death. The funeral was held Thursday last, when the remains were interred at Laurel Hill Church. Deceased had been ailing for a number of months, suffering from the infirmities of old age. He leaves a wife and family of grown children.
Death notice for Henry Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, March 29, 1898. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Dr. I. S. Cox, brother of Dr. J. D. Cox of Markleysburg, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, May 22, 1900. Complete text is not currently available.
JAMES B. COX
MOUNT PLEASANT, Jan. 20— James B. Cox, 79 years old, died Saturday evening at his home, 216 East Main Street. He had been a resident of Mount Pleasant for 50 years and several years ago retired from the restaurant and theater business. He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Modern Woodsmen of America and the Knights of Pythias of Connellsville. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Chain Cox, one daughter, Mrs. Homer P. Might, Mt Pleasant, two grandchildren; one great grandchild and one brother, Thomas Cox, of Red Bluff, Cal. Friends will be received at the home until 2:30 0'clock when the funeral service will be held in charge of Rev. E. G. Sawyer at the United Brethren Church. Interment will be in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Connellsville.
Dr. James Cox Dead.
UNIONTOWN, March 10.— Dr. J. D. Cox, aged 51, died in his home in New Salem yesterday. He was one of the best known physicians in Fayette county. He was Vice President of the First National Bank at New Salem and was a member of the Masons and Maccabees. He leaves his widow and three sons.
James 'Daniel' COX, D.D.S. (1933-2004)
James "Daniel" Cox, D.D.S., age 71, a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Brother, died suddenly on Monday, June 21, 2004, in a Norfolk, Virginia, hospital. He was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on May 18, 1933, and raised in Fairbanks, Fayette County, Pa., where he graduated from the now former Redstone High School. He graduated from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Dentistry in 1958. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant by the United States Navy. In 1959, he opened a private practice in Westfield, New Jersey, where he lived for 40 years, retiring in 1999. In addition, Dr. Cox was an Assistant Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, for 20 years. While living in Westfield, he was President of the Board of Health and also a Deacon at the Westfield Presbyterian Church. After "Dan" retired in 1999 he moved with his wife to Oak Run in Ocala, Florida. While there he was active in two senior men's softball leagues and served as a Trustee of the Ocala West Methodist Church where he spent many hours working on the church grounds and buildings. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dale U. Cox Sr., D.D.S., and Dorothy (King) Cox. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Cindy Heinbach-Cox; children: Nancy and her husband Rick VanDeSande, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Sandra and her husband Chuck McFeeley, Albrightsville, Pa., David Cox and his wife Nancy, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Matthew Cox and his wife Bari, Bridgewater, New Jersey; stepchildren: Lori and her husband Robert Strickland, Portsmith, Virginia, Eric Heinbach and his wife Krisan, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Mark Heinbach and his wife Claudia, Greensboro, North Carolina; a brother, Dale U. Cox Jr., D.M.D., and his wife Barbara; a sister, Wilma Rae Cox Guseman, R.D.H.; and 19 precious grandchildren. We will all miss his huge presence and guidance! Donations to the American Heart Association or Ocala West United Methodist Church would be gratefully appreciated.
Death notice for James F. Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, January 6, 1898. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Jane Cagey Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, August 24, 1909. Complete text is not currently available.
JEFF W. COX
Jeff W. Cox, formerly of Jeannette, died in his St. Petersburg, Fla. Home. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Beatrice Cox; two sons, Jack of Harrison City and James of Greensburg, and two brothers, Don of Jeannette and Edward of Greensburg.
AGED WOMAN
KILLS HERSELF
Mrs. John Cox of Mill Run
Committed Suicide
Last Night.
SHE WAS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OLD
Drank Carbolic Acid in the Yard and
Her Lifeless Body Was Found this Morning—
Passerby Thought it an Old Bag.
Mrs. John Cox of Mill Run committed suicide last evening and her lifeless body was found in the yard this morning. She drank a large quantity of carbolic acid and apparently fell to the earth where she had taken the poison. The woman was upwards of 65 years old, and although she has not been enjoying good health it was never supposed that she had suicidal tendencies. As far as is known Mrs. Cox went into the yard between 9 and 10 o’clock last evening and swallowed the poison. Her husband usually retired between 6 and 7 o’clock and he had already gone to bed, which accounts for the body not being found until this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Cox occupy separate rooms in the house and it is rarely that Mrs. Cox went to bed before 10 or 11 o’clock and many times she sat up later than this. The husband arose this morning and went out to feed the chickens. He was startled by finding the lifeless body on his wife lying the yard. Thinking that she had, perhaps fallen and hurt herself, he endeavored to arouse her, and was horrified to find that she was dead. The neighbors were quickly aroused and the lifeless body was carried into the house. The acid had frightfully burned her mouth and her face was marked by the fluid that had coursed down over it. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Frank Dull, Connellsville; Mrs. R. E. Marietta, John, Philip and Sigmund Cox, Mill Run and Frank Cox of West Virginia.
Speaker Cox
Died Today
PITTSBURG, Nov. 6.—(Special)— Speaker John F. Cox of the General Assembly, died suddenly at 10:30 today from uremic poisoning. Speaker Cox had been in poor health since the last session of the Legislature but his family thought his illness only temporary. He was 59 years old and prominent in Republican politics. Governor Tener received the news while in this city and was greatly shocked. It is safe that the Oliver faction will endeavor to elect George E. Alter the next speaker.
The death of Speaker John F. Cox deprives the Republican party of a valuable member.
Death notice for Julia Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, December 23, 1896. Complete text is not currently available.
Julia Briggs Wall COX ( -1999)
Julia Briggs Wall Cox, 91, of 1342 Third St., Hiller, Pa., who was born in Hamlet, North Carolina, passed away Wednesday, April 21, 1999, in Beverly Health Care Center, Uniontown, Pa. She leaves to cherish her memory her family: a son, Walter R. “Rusty” Wall, Sr. and wife, Shirley, of Brownsville, Pa.; nine grandchildren: Robert E. Wall of Los Angeles, Calif., Curtis R. Wall of Oahu, Hawaii, Hedy J. Resgonia of Honolulu, Hawaii, Bernadette Wall Wright and Rusty Covington both of Uniontown, Pa., Julie M. Lau of Las Vegas, Nev., Kimberly A. Wall, Sheree Y. Smith, and Walter R. Wall Jr. all of Brownsville, Pa.; 16 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Friends may call at Canaan Baptist Church, 1302 Second St., Hiller, Pa., on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday, April 26, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Arrangements are under direction of the Donald Law Sr. Funeral Home, 135 Angle St., Brownsville, Pa
Death notice for Karl Lindley Cox, who died August 21, 1881, at the age of 16 months, of Chestnut Hill, appeared in the Keystone Courier, Connellsville, PA, August 26, 1881. Complete text is not currently available.
Margaret Louise Cox
Mrs. Margaret Louise Cox, aged 63 years, the widow of Edward Cox, died at 8:25 Saturday evening from bright’s disease at the Brownsville General Hospital. She is survived by six children: Mrs. Charlton H. Storey, Mrs. N. G. Bombry, Mrs. H. O. Enfield, Mrs. Elisha Moore, George P. Cox, and Bruce M. Cox; also by thirteen grandchildren. The pallbearers will be William Cline, W. S. Conwell, William Zimmerman, Frank Chalfant, Bert Chalfant and Duncan Sinclair. Funeral will be held from Mrs. Cox’ home on Cass street, at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. A. E. Husted of the First Methodist church will officiate. Interment will be made in Redstone cemetery.
DIED
COX— Mrs. Mary Jane Cox, wife of R. B. Cox, died at her home on East Main street, Tuesday night, after a long illness, aged 51 years. The funeral services will be held today at 2 o'clock p.m., from her late residence.
Mrs. Mary Cox
Mrs. Mary Cox, aged 36 years and five days, died Sunday, May 1, at Wytheville, Va. She is survived by her husband, William Cox, one daughter, Miss Christiana McAdam; her mother, Mrs. Anna Craft, one sister, Mrs. George McCormick, two brothers, Elias and Charles Hatfield, of Searights. Deceased was twice married. Her first husband was J. A. McAdam. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Piersol home, with services in the Pleasant View church.
Captain Michael A. COX
(1821-1904)
CAPT. MICHAEL A. COX
Captain Michael A. Cox, of Brownsville, is one of the ablest, as well as safest, commanders that ever trod the deck of a steamboat, and is one of the oldest steamboat captains now in active service on the western rivers. He has commanded twenty- two different steamboats (being part owner in all of them) on the Monongahela, Ohio, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and Cumberland rivers. He has also a pilot’s license on all of these rivers. Transporting hundreds of thousands of passengers, moving millions of tons of freight, he has never been in an accident by which a life was lost or any amount of property destroyed. The beginning of his long and so distinguished career upon the "Western Waters" was in 1844 as clerk of the steamboat "Massachusetts" commanded by Captain Isaac Bennet. Captain Cox is now commanding the Adam Jacobs on the Monongahela river. Captain M. A. Cox was born in Hampstead, Carroll County, Md., July 26, 1821, and is the son of Jacob and Keeziah (Armacost) Cox, both natives of Carroll County, Md. Jacob Cox came to Fayette County, Pa. in 1825 and engaged in his life-long pursuit of farming near Brownsville. He died in 1836 and his wife passed away eighteen years later. Captain Cox obtained his education in the subscription school of the county at that time; his attendance was limited to the winter sessions as he was employed on the farm during the summer.
At seventeen years of age, he turned to the mercantile business. In order to properly qualify himself for that pursuit, he engaged as a clerk with James I. Bowman of Brownsville, with whom he remained for six years. He completed his experience in mercantile life with two years spent as a clerk for Jesse H. Duncan, in an iron commission house in Brownsville. He was united in marriage, May 7, 1850, to Miss Mary Ellen Krepps, a daughter of the Hon. Samuel J. Krepps; she died in 1880, leaving five children; Annie E., Samuel K., Solomon G., Michael A., Jr. and Mary E. Two of his sons (Samuel K. and Solomon G.) are successful business men of Chicago and the other Michael A., Jr. is a prosperous business man in St. Louis, Missouri. One of his daughters, Mary E., married Mr. William J. Parshall, the other, Annie E., is single and has the care of her father's comfortable home in Brownsville.
In addition to his Brownsville possessions, Captain Cox owns a valuable body of land in West Va., besides other property. Thus he has accumulated enough of the world's goods to render him comfortable in his old age and give his children a fair start in life. He is of commanding presence. Politically he is a Democrat. Although not connected with any church, his religious views are in accord with the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Captain in forty-five consecutive years of service navigating western waters, has often piloted his own boats. He is as spry and active as the general run of men who are his juniors in age by twenty years, and bids fair from his present appearance to tread the deck for a number of years to come.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Myrtle Cox
White, female, 16 months old
Cause of death–?Semfula ?
Born–June, 1893, Springhill Twp.
Died–October 18, 1894
Buried–Indian Creek Cemetery
Father–Frank Cox
Mother–Ella Cox
Woman Drops Dead
On Her Way Home
Mrs. Rosa Cox, who was 48 years of age on last October 2, dropped dead when within a few yards of her home in Hummel street, Brownsville, last night shortly before 6 o’clock. Examining physicians described death as heart failure. Mrs. Cox was returning home from visiting a sister, who lives two streets below. As she approached her own home she was seen to halt momentarily and then slump to the ground. Pompeo Iacconi, 13, of 337 Catherine avenue, Brownsville, who was building a shack in the rear of his home saw Mrs. Cox collapse and ran to her aid. Seeing that he could do nothing the youngster summoned help but Mrs. Cox was dead when neighbors arrived. The body was removed from the scene by Mayor William Long of Brownsville who together with Brownsville officers answered the alarm. State Police, Coroner S. A. Baltz, District Attorney Wade K. Newell, County Detective Jack Hann and Assistant District Attorney Thomas Waggoner were also on the scene. Mrs. Cox is survived by her husband, Fisher Cox, the following children, Mrs. John Brady of Morgantown street, Uniontown; Mrs. Frederick Knat of Elizabeth, N. J., Thomas Cox of Philadelphia; William Cox of Elizabeth, N. J., and Burke, Robert and Rosalle at home and the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Ernest Fowler of Aliquippa; Mrs. Ralph Bixler of Beaver and Charles Biesenkamp at Aliquippa. Funeral services will be announced later.
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COX, RUSSELL E. — Age 80, born July 27, 1915, Fayette Co., died October 10, 1995 at his home in Uniontown. He worked as a lead lineman for the West Penn Power, and was a member of the Calvary United Methodist Church.
SAMUEL COX
Word has been received here of the death of Samuel Cox, son of the late M. A. Cox, of Brownsville, at his home in Toronto, Canada, yesterday, September 22, 1921. Mr. Cox was 65 years of age and was born in Brownsville. The deceased is survived by his widow and one son, Dr. M. A. Cox, of Toronto. There are also surviving two sisters, Mrs. W. J. Parshall and Mrs. I. R. Beazeil, of Uniontown, and one brother, S. G. Cox, of San Francisco, Cal. The remains will be brought to Brownsville where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 8 o’clock from the Christ church. Interment will be in the Redstone cemetery.
Death notice for Samuel J. Cox appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, January 21, 1896. Complete text is not currently available.
Samuel Sullivan 'Sunset' COX ( -1889)
Sunset Cox Dead
Samuel Sullivan Cox died at his home in New York, Tuesday evening. He was a leading Democratic member of Congress. The cause of his death was peritonitis.
The death of Sunset Cox removes a Democratic member of Congress of National reputation. He was one of the most versatile and accomplished parliamentarians in the House, above all he was honest. The country as well as his party will miss him.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION WRECKS
FAIRCHANCE POWDER MILL AND
THREE MEN ARE BLOWN TO BITS
Plant of the DuPont Company
Is Badly Damaged by Blasts.
FOUR MILLS GONE, IS STORY
Plant is Located Up White Rocks Hollow,
Some Distance from Fairchance;
Telephonic Communication
Cut Off; First Reports are Meager.
Three men lost their lives this afternoon in an explosion which wrecked the Fairchance powder mill of E. L. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Because of the remote location of the plant and the fact that the explosion tore down the telephone lines reaching it, details are meager. In Fairchance it was reported that four mills had blown up. Other stories were to effect that the press mill and charge house were demolished in two separate explosions.
The victims of the explosion were John Robinson, 51, married, Fairchance: William Cox, 35, married, Georges township; John Brock, 28, an Italian. Twenty men were in the shift when the explosion occurred. None were injured. The victims apparently were blown to atoms for nothing has been found of their remains but one foot. They were alone in the press mill. The press, corning and wheel mills all let go. The cause is unknown.
The plant is located up the White Rocks hollow, about two miles from Fairchance, and in an inaccessible portion of the mountains. The mill was built there following the Rand explosion of 1906. The plant is engaged in the manufacture of blasting powder, used in the mines. No explosives for munitions are manufactured. The shock of the explosion was plainly felt in Uniontown, some six miles away. Persons said it approached in violence the blast which wrecked the Rand plant.
HEADS NOT FOUND
Plant is Located Up White Rocks Hollow,
Partial Remains of Explosion Victims
Laid at Rest Today.
The grewsome task of searching the ruins of the three mills of the du Pont Powder Company at Oliphant for remnants of the bodies of three men killed in the explosion Monday afternoon ended with the heads of the victims still missing. The three men were of different sizes consequently the work of identifying the remains was not hard. No trace of the heads was found, however. The body of William Cox was shipped to West Virginia last night. The funerals of John Robinson and John Brock were held from their homes in Fairchance this afternoon. It was discovered yesterday that a mule which hauled a truck between the corning mill and the press mill was hurled 40 feet away by the force of the explosion and killed.
WILLIAM COX
William Cox, 79, died at 11:16 Friday night, January 17, 1936, in the home of his son, Arthur Cox, Bunker Hill, Redstone Township, following an illness of complications. He had resided with his son for the past 15 years, having spent his earlier life in Greene County. In addition to his son, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles Staley, Bunker Hill, and Miss Louise Cox, at home. Six grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be announced later.
COX SERVICES
Postponed Monday because of the heavy snow, funeral services for William Cox were conducted this afternoon at 1 o’clock in the home of a son, Arthur Cox at Bunker Hill, Redstone township. Rev. R. G. Manley of Cardale officiated. Burial in Cedar Grove cemetery, near New Geneva.
Death notice for Rev. William Cox, formerly of Uniontown, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, February 17 & 18, 1899. Complete text is not currently available.
Herschell V. COYLE (1904-1996)
Herschell V. Coyle, 92, of Barberton, Ohio, and formerly of Bentleyville and West Pike Run Township, Pa., died Thursday, May 30, in Barberton Citizens Hospital, Barberton, Ohio. He is survived by five children: Chester Coyle and Thomas Coyle both of Dayton, Ohio, Elmer Coyle of Agawam, Mass., Doris Zaminska of Barberton, Ohio, and Phyllis Eaton of Lancaster, Calif., a stepdaughter, Myra Sinko of Charleroi, Pa., 19 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, four brothers; Harvey Coyle of Bentleyville, Wilbur Coyle of Scenery Hill, Jack Coyle of Barberton, Ohio, and William Coyle of Cleveland, Ohio, and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main St., Bentleyville.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–January 21, 1904
Died—–May 30, 1996
Mary McMahon COYNE died in 1935. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Mrs. Mary McMahon Coyne, wife of John P. Coyne, died at 9:30 o'clock Friday night,
August 16, 1935 in the family residence 50 Reppert boulevard. She was a
daughter of Robert McMahon and the late Catherine Doyle McMahon.
Besides her husband and her father, she is survived by three children: John
Robert, Monica and Terry Coyne.
Funeral services will be conducted at 9 o'clock Monday morning in St. John's
R. C. church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery, Connellsville.
(newspaper dated August 17, 1935)
Pauline COYNE obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.
(2)
Stricken suddenly with a heart attack, Mrs. Pauline Coyne, mother of J. C. Coyne, passed away at her home, 148 South Mt. Vernon avenue, at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, 30 minutes after the initial attack.
Her death came as a shock to hundreds of her friends and admirers who recall her faithful presence, day after day, in the downtown store of the "J. C. Tire Company,"
Where she devoted herself to aiding the interest of her son. She was 79 years old.
Mrs. Coyne came to this country ???
(balance of obit is missing)
John
G. COZZINS died in 1937. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(11)
John G. Cozzins aged 61 years, one month and 28 days, died at the home of a sister, Mrs. William Barker of Knoxville Addition, Brownsville, Monday morning, November 15, 1937, at 2:30 o'clock following a lengthy illness. He was inspector of engines for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Willard, O. for 17 years. In addition to Mrs. Barker, two other sisters, Mrs. Anna Bolling of California, Pa., and Mrs. Edna Garner of Cleveland, and a brother, Walter Cozzins of Brownsville also survive. Funeral services will be held at the Barker home, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Rev. Arthur E. Morris assisted by the Rev. Leslie Florence officiating. Burial will be in Hiland cemetery, California.
The body of George Crable, colored, was shipped to his former home at Brownsville this morning by Funeral Director J. E. Sims.
ALCOHOLISM CAUSES DEATH.
Negro Dies Soon After Being Admitted to the Hospital.
George Crable, a colored hotel porter, was found last evening about 7 o'clock near the Connellsville Planing mill in an unconscious condition. He died soon afterwards, without gaining consciousness, at the Cottage State hospital. Crable's home was in South Brownsville. He came here about eight months ago. Excessive drinking is said to have caused his death. The remains were removed to Funeral Director J. E. Sims' parlors.
DIED
Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crable, colored of Bridgeport hill, Brownsville, died Tuesday morning of inflammation of the stomach.
DIED
January 7, Jesse, youngest son of Mrs. Martha Ann Crable, colored, of Bridgport Hill, Brownsville, aged about two years. The child had a lung trouble, and during Tuesday night commenced coughing and bursted a blood vessel, which caused death from bleeding.
Newpaper image is poor quality. Transcription may not be exact.
DIED
CRABLE— Jan. 9, at his residence in Menallen township, at the advanced age of 79 years.
Benjamin Oliphant CRAFT died in 1886. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(34)
CRAFT, BENJAMIN OLIPHANT - December 26, 1796 - March 26, 1886
Benjamin Craft Died at his home in Jefferson Township Greene County, Pa., Friday
March 26, 1886. Mr. Benjamin Craft, a well Known and highly respected citizen,
aged 90 years. Mr. Craft was born near Merritstown, Redstone Township, Fayette
County, Pa., Dec. 26, 1796. He was married Oct. 20, 1822, to Mrs. Mary Craft
a young widow of Merritstown, by Rev. Jason Meeks, of Bridgeport Pa., and they
have traveled life's journey together for more than 64 years. His wife who is
four years his junior, still survives him, but is quite feeble.
Mr. Craft served seven years as Colonel of the 103 Regiment, Pa. Volunteers,
under Gen. Merrick and Gen. Gideon John, and was highly honored by his men and
officers. In April, 1845 he moved to Greene County, Pa., where he made his permanent
residence. He was the father of 15 children, six sons and nine daughters, of
whom three sons and six daughters are still living. In the fall of 1875, while
the Rev. Liman Streeter was holding a "bush" meeting in the grove known
as "Morgan Youngs" grove, Mr. Craft and his wife both sought religion,
and united with the Disciple Church, and have since lived constant members. Mr.
Craft had strong intellectual powers, and these he used to a great advantage
in the study of the bible, he had learned to love its holy pages and to live
out its teachings with all sincerity. In his short Christian life he exhibited
most practically how to live for Christ. His cheerful and interesting conversation,
his encouraging words, his straight forward and decisive mind; these were a characteristic
of his noble life, and all pointed to something higher and better and grander
beyond this dark vale of tears. He was straight forward, upright and a honest
man in all his dealings. In the summer of 1884, while walking about the yard,
he slipped and fell, and for several weeks he was confined to his bed. In September
of the same year he was taken with some affection of the urinary organs, which
finally terminated in his death at the time above stated. His remains were interment
in the Hewitt Church cemetery, on Sunday, March 28, at 11o'clock A.M. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Morgan Woods, of Clarksville, Pa.
Caroline E. Craft CRAFT (1826-1921)
MRS. CAROLINE E. CRAFT
Mrs. Caroline E. Craft, widow of James W. Craft, died at the home of J. M. Smiley, Loch Lomond street, at 10:30 Monday night, April 18, 1921. She was born in Luzerne township, March 27, 1826, the daughter of Daniel and Salome Craft. In 1846 she was married to James W. Craft, who died February 20, 1880. The following children were born to the union, Mrs. Ellen Colvin, deceased; Mrs. Lottie Miller, Mrs. Hettie Brashear, deceased; D. W. Craft, Hayden R. Craft, Mrs. Annie Carothers Lyons, of Chicago, and Mrs. Jessie English, of Jefferson township. There are 16 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren and one great- great-grandchild, Joseph Mervin. The body will be taken to the home of her nephew, Paul R. Craft, of Bryer avenue. Funeral announcement later.
Emma Virginia Krepps CRAFT died in 1935. Her obit was contributed to the
Fayette County USGenWeb Project.(23)
Mrs. Emma Virginia Krepps Craft, aged 73 years, died at her home, 455 High street,
South Brownsville, Monday morning, July 1, 1935
Born in the old Monongahela Hotel, Brownsville, Mrs. Craft was a daughter of
Clement D. and Margaret Flenniken Krepps, of Luzerne township, where Mrs. Kraft
spent the greater part of her life.
She was an active member of the ? ? church for 35…(cut off)
Genius July 2, 1935
Hannah L. CRAFT died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(3)
Mrs. Hannah L. Craft, 88-year-old resident of Uppermiddletown, died at the family residence early Thursday morning, December 30, 1937, after a protracted illness of complications. She was the widow of William Craft, who died in April of 1936.
Mrs. Craft spent most of her life in the home vicinity and was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is survived by the following children, Newton and Elsie, at home. Mrs Dora Hovack, Allen Craft.
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Herald - Dec 31'37
DIED
CRAFT— On Sept 29th, 1865, of Dysentery, Harry C., son of Isaiah N., and Mary J. Craft. Little Harry was a very precious child to his parents, beautiful in health and still beautiful in death. He was aged 3 years, 6 months and 22 days. “Suffer little children to come unto me,” said our Savior, and the parents, with many tears, yielded him up with the hope of seeing him again beyond the shores of time. H.
James CRAFT died in 1880. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(29)
The Keystone Courier, Connellsville, Pa.
Friday, February 27, 1880
Page 3, column 6
Redstone
Mr. James Craft, Esq., after a long and painful illness, died on Friday last,
at 2 o'clock p.m. His remains were buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at Merrittstown,
on Sabbath. Deceased leaves a wife and a number of children to mourn his departure.
May their loss be his gain.
CRAFT, Lenora B. - Age 87 years, of 1005 Fayette Bank Bldg., died Monday morning, December 30, 1968 in the Uniontown Hospital. She was born October 15, 1881 in Redstone Township the daughter of the late Lemech and Elizabeth Higinbotham Craft. She was a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, Uniontown; she was a member of the Uniontown Council of Republican Women. She was employed by Brown & Smiley Insurance Co. from 1936 until her retirement. Prior to that, she had been employed in the County Registrer of Wills Office. She also taught school after her graduation from California Normal.
She is survived by one niece, Mrs., Clarence (Virginia) McClain of Carlsbad, New Mexico; two nephews, Robert Craft of Uniontown; Dan L. Craft of Biloxi, Miss.
The family will receive friends in the Andrew D. Ferguson Funeral Horne, 80 Morgantown St. today until 10 a.m. the hour of service with Rev. R. Howard McCuen officiating. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery, Brownsville.
HOPWOOD
Norma Jean Craft
Norma Jean Craft, 83, formerly of Hopwood, Pa., died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in Hillside Manor, Uniontown, Pa. Professional Funeral Services have been entrusted to the GOLDSBORO-TOMI FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, INC. 21 E. Church St., Fairchance, PA 15436, John M. Fabry, Supervisor, J. Michael Fisher, Funeral Director. Interment to take place in The Cemetery of the Alleghenies at the convenience of the family. Condolences can be made on line at: Goldsboro-tomi.com
Jack L. Craggette
Connellsville
Jack L. “Jackson” Craggette, 59, of Connellsville (Wheeler), died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. He was born April 28, 1950, in Connellsville, a son of Bertha Craggette Walker, of Connellsville. Jackson was a graduate of Connellsville High School and a veteran of the Army. He was employed at Anchor Hocking for many years and had most recently worked at SuperValue. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sons, J.J. Craggette and his wife, Tracy, and their daughter, Kiannah, of Mt. Pleasant, and Webb Craggette, of Columbus, Ohio; his godchild, Isaac Keller; his brothers and sisters, Jonathan, Arnold and Richard Walker and Diane Walker, Floyd Craggette, of Connellsville, Fred Craggette and his wife, Martha, of Long Island, N.Y., Ronald Craggette and his wife, Peggy, of Canada, Donald Craggette and his wife, Carol, of Uniontown, Robert Craggette and his wife, Grace, of Detroit, Mich., Norman Craggette and his wife, Carol, of Uniontown, Donnie “DC” Craggette, of Florida, Irene Johnson and her husband, Joseph, of Long Island, Helen Bailey and her husband, Wilbert, of Connellsville, Geraldine Williams and her husband, Willie, of Connellsville; his best friend, Les Keller, and numerous nieces and nephews and their families. In addition to his grandparents, he was predeceased by three sisters, Ester Watson, Florence Craggette and Pauline Ned; and seven brothers, Lawrence, Paul, James, Lester, Kenneth and Donald Craggette and Jose Walker. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the family. To sign the guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com
William F. CRAGGS died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(15)
William F. Craggs, 24, of 1509 Water Street, Brownsville, was instantly killed
at 3:10 Monday afternoon when the machine in which he was riding collided with
another, overturning and pinning him against the curbing.
The accident occurred on the McClellandtown road at the Thompson Street intersection
near the Uniontown hospital when the victim was riding with Santo "Chink"
Rosano of Uniontown.
Rosano was traveling toward Uniontown when his machine collided with that operated
by Harry Williams of Daisytown near California, Pa.
Williams, it was reported, attempted to make a left turn into Thompson Avenue
when the accident occurred.
Larry Willliams, five-year-old son of the driver, was treated at the hospital
for lacerations of the head.
Rosano said that the car door was thrown open by the impact, freeing him from
the car which overturned, coming to rest with four wheels in the air.
Rosano was uninjured, as were the four other occupants of the William's machine.
Passing motorists and others attracted to the scene assisted in removing the
car from Cragg's body.
An immediate investigation was conducted by Patrolman Harry Chaney with Coroner
S.A. Baltz and motor patrolmen.
Craggs had been employed as an automobile salesman in Uniontown and resided at
84 North Gallatin Avenue. He had previously been employed by the Turner Auto
Company and Harvey Romesburg. He was graduated from the German Township high
school in 1934.
The body was taken to the Kisinger Funeral Home in Brownsville.,
The victim is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Frank Craggs; two brothers,
Charles and Harold; and a sister, Virginia.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Standard July 26, 1938
Altha Moser CRAIG, Jr.
(1906-1913)
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Deffenbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Crow of Smithfield, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McCartney of Connellsville, were among the out of town relatives who attended the funeral of Altha M. Craig of Uniontown, who was the victim of an automobile accident of Friday evening.
Anna Margery CRAIG
(1846-1926)
SISTERS TO HAVE
DOUBLE FUNERAL
Miss Margaret Craig, sister of Miss Anna Margery Craig, aged 80 years, who died at the family home, 47 West Fayette street, Saturday morning, March 6, 1926, and who had been critically ill, died Tuesday morning march 8, 1926, at 1 o’clock at the family home. Funeral services for Miss Anna Margery Craig, were to have been held this afternoon at 2:30 at 26 Race street, but owing in the death this morning of her sister, the services will be postponed and the sisters will be buried together on Wednesday, the time and place to be announced later.
CRAIG SERVICES
Double funeral services for the Misses Anna Margery and Margaret Craig will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock in the home of George G. Craig, 25 Race street, with the Rev. Frank Hollinshead, pastor of Great Bethel Baptist church, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Anna Robinson CRAIG
(1864-1926)
MRS. ANNA R. CRAIG
Mrs. Anna Robinson Craig, wife of James T. Craig, died at the family home in North Union township, Sunday afternoon, April 4, 1926, at 2:30 o’clock, in her 62nd year. Mrs. Craig was a daughter of the late Jacob and Catharine Stauffer Robinson, of Greensburg. She had been an invalid for the past 22 years, and had been helpless for the past 15 years, during which time she always maintained her cheerful disposition. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Greensburg. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Joseph R. Craig, Catharine and Ruth A., one grandchild, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Stuchell of Indiana, Pa., and Mrs. Catharine Bortz, of Greensburg. Funeral services will be held in the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Burr R. McKnight officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
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MRS. ANNIE M. CRAIG
Mrs. Annie Craig, widow of the late A. S. Craig, died at her home, 2 East Church street, Sunday morning, July 22, 1923, at 9:50 o’clock in her 79th year. She was the daughter of Redding Bunting, who had charge of the stage coach line on the old National pike form Cumberland to Wheeling. She is survived by the following children: Arminta B. Ferguson, of Pittsburgh; Maude Jenkins, of Oklahoma; Lucy Anderson, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Altha M., Armer and Walter Lee, of this city; eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, together with one brother, William Bunting, of Pittsburgh. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
ARMER S. CRAIG
Armer S. Craig, 74 years old, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the leading business men of Uniontown died yesterday morning in a hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Craig left Uniontown about six weeks ago on his annual trip to the south seemingly in his usual vigorous health. He was prominent in Masonic circles and was an active member of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Uniontown.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Carl W. Craig
White, male, 3 months old
Cause of death–Pneumonia
Born–December 1898, Uniontown
Died–February 18, 1899, Uniontown
Buried–Oak Grove Cemetery
Father–A. W. Craig
Mother–Carrie S. Craig
CATHERINE CRAIG,
AGED 90 YEARS,
DIES AT HOME
After an illness lasting more than twelve weeks, Mrs. Catherine M. Craig, aged 90 years, died at her home, 367 Morgantown street, Tuesday morning, May 15, 1828, at 1:30 o’clock. Mrs. Craig, the youngest child of Dennis and Sarah Springer, was the last of her family. She was he widow of R. Porter Craig. Mrs. Craig is survived by two sons, Albert R. Craig of Derrick avenue and Walter C. Craig, at home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
CRAIG SERVICES
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine M. Craig will take place Thursday afternoon at the home in Morgantown street. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Frank B. Hollinshead, pastor of Great Bethel Baptist church, of which Mrs. Craig was a member for many years. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
CRAIG FUNERAL
Funeral services for Charles Craig, 38, who died Wednesday, will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Johnston chapel where friends are being received after 7:30 o’clock tonight. Rev. L. Spurgeon Clark of Great Bethel Baptist church will officiate. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Surviving are his parents, Albert R. and Frances R. Craig of Derrick avenue; a daughter, Jeanne; a brother Porter Craig and the following sisters: Miss Emma S. Craig, Mrs. Catherine Carroll, and Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, all of Uniontown.
Charles Collins CRAIG (1937-2012)
UNIONTOWN
Charles Collins Craig
Charles Collins Craig, age 75, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away suddenly in his home Thursday, August 9, 2012. He was born February 27, 1937 in Uniontown, Pa., the son of Charles Collins Craig and Helen Moyer Cunningham Craig. “Chuck” was a veteran of the United States Navy. He attended Waynesburg College. He worked at The Associates for 15 years and moved to the First National Bank and Trust Company. He was currently employed at Thurby’s Riverside Ford in Confluence, Pa. “Chuck” was a member of the B.P.O.E. No. 370 and was Past Exalted Ruler. He was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Arthur Ray Craig. Surviving are his wife, Barbara (Nemchik) Craig; three sisters and brother: Lois Craig Riggin and husband Ted of Uniontown, Pa., Mary Jane Craig Piccolomini of North Ridgeville, Ohio and Linda Sue Craig of Morgantown, West Virginia; his mother-in-law, Julia Nemchik; brother-in-law, Joseph Nemchik and wife Larae and their children Cayla, Drake, Joseph Jr. and Tim; nieces and nephews. At Chuck’s request there will be no viewing. A Memorial Service will be held in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, HOPWOOD, Pa., on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Nicholas J. Cook officiating.
Died
CRAIG— Charles Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Porter Craig, of South Union township, died on Sunday in his 22nd year. Eight years ago, Charles fell from a ladder and injured his spine. Scrofula followed and the two ailments caused death. The funeral occurred on Tuesday at Oak Grove cemetery.
Charles H. ‘Chi’ CRAIG ( -1997)
Charles H. Craig
Charles H. “Chi” Craig, 72, of Tarrs, passed away on Wednesday, April 16, 1997, in Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg. Friends will be received at the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Ralph A. Mostoller officiating. Chapel committal service and interment will follow in West Newton Cemetery. Additional obituary information will be announced when completed.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Christopher Craig
White, male, 71 years old
Cause of death–Paraletic stroke, ill 5 days
Born–March 15, 1828
Died–December 25 1899
Buried–Melcroft Cemetery
Death notice for E. F. Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, February 7, 1918, with the headline "Dies From Burns." Complete text is not currently available.
E. PAULINE CRAIG— Age 89, a resident of Friendship Village in Pittsburgh, formerly of Uniontown, a member of the Asbury Methodist Church. A graduate of Uniontown High School class of 1930, BA from Ithaca College and a masters from Carnie Mellon in Pittsburgh. She was a music teacher in the Uniontown School District for 36 years. Born in Uniontown in 1912 to Raymond and Eva Blanche King Craig.
Mrs. Eliza Craig, 62 years old, wife of George K. Craig, died this morning at 8 o'clock at her home at Champion. She had been unwell for six months but not until two weeks ago was she compelled to take her bed. Mrs. Craig was born at Champion, a daughter of John B. and Susan B. Adams and had spent her entire life in that community.
Surviving besides her husband are four sons and one daughter; John H. and Marshall R. Craig of Connellsville, Jacob A. Craig of Normalville, Miss Ethel Fern Craig, teacher at New Salem, and Thomas Hudson Craig, teacher near Brownsville. There are two brothers and four sisters: George H. Adams of Connellsville, Jacob M. Adams of Grindstone, Mrs. Mary Lohr and Mrs. William Dumbauld of Indian Head and Mrs. Herman Culler of Weirton, W.Va., and Miss Nora Adams of Pittsburg. A son, James William, died December 26. There are nine grandchildren. Mrs. Craig was a life-long member of the Church of God at Mount Nebo.
Elizabeth Jane CRAIG (1896-1920)
ELIZABETH JANE CRAIG
Elizabeth Jane Craig, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Craig, was born in Uniontown, April 18, 1896, and after a long illness died at the home of her parents, on Oakland avenue, Thursday morning, July 22, 1920. She was educated in the Uniontown public schools, graduating from the Uniontown high school with the class of 1915. During the following winter she taught school at Shamrock, but on account of incipient illness, she was compelled to discontinue her teaching. Rarely does one know so beautiful a character. Modest, kind, and unselfish, lovable, with a high sense of right, patient and cheerful during her protracted illness, she leaves behind her only what is pleasant to remember, and good to imitate. It is a memory without a shadow upon it. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and of its Sabbath school to both of which she was sincerely devoted. Both will miss her and both feel the warmest sympathy with her bereaved parents, sister and brother who survive. Funeral services will be held at the home of her parents, Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Elsie Craig
Elsie O. Craig, 94, of Ruffsdale, R. D. 1, died Monday morning, April 7, 1997, at the Harmon House in Mount Pleasant. She was born Oct 23, 1902, in Tarrs, a daughter of the late Henry J. and Carrie Kalp Stoner. She was a member of the Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church. Prior to her retirement, she was a dietitian at the Ruffsdale Elementary School. She was a good Christian, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and enjoyed family activities. She was predeceased by her husband, Merle H. Craig, in 1976; a daughter, Jane Bitner, a grandson, James Craig; four brothers, Orton, Carl, Paul and Warren Stoner; and two sisters, Bhridell Perkins and Beulah Aller. She is survived by four sons, Merle Glenn Craig and wife, Maxine, of Ruffsdale, James Henry Craig and wife, Koleen, of Fairfield, Calif., Frederick Tarr Craig and wife, Margaret, of Franklin, Pa., and Samuel L. Craig and wife, Barbara, of Scottdale; four daughters, Eleanor Ramsier of Greensburg, Marian Porch, and husband, Carl, of Acme, Nancy Harkom and husband, Richard, of Mount Pleasant, R. D. 3, and Helen Berg and husband, Bill, of New Carlisle, Ohio; a son-in- law, Robert Bitner of Kecksburg; 24 grandchildren; 30 great- grandchildren; and two sisters, Ardella Showman of Youngwood and Dorrain Harrity of Greensburg. Friends will be received in the EUGENE G. SALOOM FUNERAL HOME INC., Main Street, Mount Pleasant, Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Ralph A. Mostoller officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, in lieu of flowers,
Remainder of obituary is missing.
Emily Crossland CRAIG (1847-1901)
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Emily Crossland Craig
White, female, 54 years old, married
Cause of death–unknown
Born–September 22, 1847, Uniontown
Died–February 7, 1901
Buried–Oak Grove Cemetery
Spouse–William Craig, died June 25, 1903
Children–Mary Elizabeth Craig Rankin,
Sallie Craig Morris
Emogene Bigham CRAIG (1903-1996)
Emogene B. Craig
Emogene Bigham Craig, 93, of Normalville, died Sunday, June 9, 1996 at her home. She was born April 30, 1903, in Mill Run, a daughter of the late Frank A. and Florence Sherbondy Bigham. She was a graduate of California State Normal School and taught school in the St. John’s and Fairview Schools in Springfield Township. She also had been employed by McCory McLellan Stores at Connellsville for 23 years, from where she retired. She was a member of the Normalville United Methodist Church. She is survived by five sons, Eugene C. Craig of Connellsville, J. Robert Craig of Monongahela, Gerry Craig and his wife, Virginia, of Connellsville, Ronald (Toey) and his wife, Mary, and Vaughan R. and his wife, Juanita, all of Normalville; a daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Marcene) Elsavage of Dauphin; 16 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; four brothers, Rockwell V. Bigham of Connellsville, Anson Leasure Bigham of Normalville, Frank Bigham Jr. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Worth S. Bigham of Connellsville; and two sisters, Florence E. Shearer of Mill Run and Betty L. McClain of Normalville. She was predeceased by her husband, Jacob A. Craig, on March 27, 1987; a grandson, David Craig; six brothers, Ishmael Troy Bigham, Ronald C. Bigham, Darrell E. Bigham, Doyle H. Bigham, Effin G. Bigham and Michael D. Bigham; and a daughter-in-law, Kathleen Craig. Friends will be received at the CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, Route 711, Melcroft, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., where services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Sam Weible and the Rev. Craig Peterson officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Nebo Cemetery at Champion.
Estella Crow CRAIG
(1883-1967)
Estella Craig
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Estella Crow Craig, 84, widow of Altha M. Craig, former Uniontown residents, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Union Protestant Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va. Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. William L. Meck, Clarksburg; Mrs. Paul H. Anderson, Jr., Uniontown; two sons, Wallace D., Clarksburg; William H., Hampton, Va.; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Friends will be received today from 4-9 p.m. in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette St., where services will be conducted Friday, at 3 p.m. Rev. J. Robert Gray will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
CRAIG, ESTELLA (CROW)— Age 84 years, widow of Altha M. Craig, a former resident of Uniontown, died in the Union Protestant Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va., Wednesday, November 29, 1967 at 12:10 a.m. She is survived by two daughters; Mrs. William L. (Helen) Meck, Clarksburg, W. Va., and Mrs. Paul H. (Susan) Anderson, Jr., Uniontown; two sons, Wallace D. Craig, Sr., Clarksburg, W. V., and William H. Craig, Sr., Hampton, Va.; sixteen grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Frank Crow, Morgantown, W. Va. She was predeceased by her husband, July 8, 1955, and two sons, Altha M. Craig, Jr. and Herbert C. Craig, three brothers and two sisters. She was the daughter of the late Clinton B. and Harriet (Downey) Crow. She was a former member of the Asbury Methodist Church, Uniontown, and was a present member of the First Methodist Church of Orlando, Fla. Friends will be received today from 4-9 in the Harold S. Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette St., where services will be conducted Friday, December 1 at 3 p.m. with Rev. J. Robert Gray officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
GEORGE K. CRAIG
George K. Craig, a familiar figure in Saltlick Township for the better part of an average life-time, died Monday night at 11:45 o'clock at his home near Champion. He was three months past his 86th year. Death occurred on the old farm which had been his home for 61 years, come next November. He had been failing in health for some time. His death followed by 10 days that of his brother-in-law, George A. Adams, who lived for some 10 years at the Craig home.
Mr. Craig was born May 11, 1861, on a farm--the old “Craig place"--a mile and half distant from his later home. He was a son of John and Elizabeth Kalp Craig. His schooling was limited, as it was with many mountain farmers in those early days. He went to work at the age of 13. In connection with the operation of the farm he followed carpentering and painting. He retired from active work about eight years ago. For several years he was proprietor of a general store at Rogers Mill, operated in cooperation with a son, Jacob A.
Mr. Craig was a member of Mount Nebo Church of God. The church stands on what was part of his farm. He donated the site and also the ground for a cemetery adjoining. In the years following additions were made to the cemetery plot from his farm.
Mr. Craig married Eliza Adams, daughter of John B. and Susan Miller Adams. She died on February, 1928. Of their eight children, five survive: John H. and Marshall R. of Connellsville, Jacob A. of Normalville, Thomas H. of California, Pa., and Miss Ethel F., at home, a public school teacher at Brownsville. He was the last of his parents’ family. There are 13 grandchildren and three great- grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at the C. B. Brooks funeral home at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will be in Mount Nebo Cemetery. Rev. Martin Bell will conduct the service.
Death notice for Grace M. Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, September 9, 1908. Complete text is not currently available.
Greenbury 'Greene' C. CRAIG ( -1973)
Greene C. Craig - Of 185 Oliver Road, Uniontown died in the Uniontown Hospital Monday, November 26, 1973. He was a veteran of World War 1, Company F, 319 Infantry, 80th Division. He was a member of the Third United Presbyterian Church, the Laurel Lodge No. 651 F & A M, Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and Menallen Grange No.1091.
Surviving are his wife Mabel Keys Craig; one sister, Edna Craig and one brother, Irwin Craig, both of Uniontown.
Friends will be received in the J. Harry Johnston Funeral Home, 65 N. Gallatin Ave. this evening from 7 to 9 and Wednesday, November 28 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 1 p.m., the hour of service, with Rev. Karl W. Bowman, Jr. and Dr. Earl P. Confer officiating. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. Menallen Grange No. 1091 will conduct services this evening at 8. Laurel Lodge 651 F & AM will hold services Wednesday at 7:30p.m.
Harland Ramsey CRAIG
(1890-1909)
Death notice for Harland Ramsey Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, May 6 & 8, 1909. Complete text is not currently available.
MRS. DAVID H. CRAIG
Mrs. Hazel E. Craig, 74, of 408 S. Hickory St., Scottdale, died at 5 a.m. today in Frick Community Hospital, Mount Pleasant, where she had been admitted Sunday evening. She was born July 10, 1899, in Bellefonte, a daughter of the late William C. and Molly Saylor Kelley. She was a former secretary of Atty. Mier Morris of Scottdale, prior to her retirement in 1923. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Scottdale, its Philathea Class, the Monday Music Club and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Thomas Lewellyn American Legion Post 240 of Scottdale. Surviving are her husband, David H. Craig, a niece and three nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Margaret T. Anderson, in 1966, and a brother, Col. Edgar C. Kelley (Ret.) in 1968.
CRAIG— The family of Mrs. David H. (Hazel E.) Craig of 408 S. Hickory St., Scottdale, who died Monday, April 22, 1974, requests visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the James Murphy Memorial Home, 308 Pittsburg St., Scottdale. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church of Scottdale, with the Rev. Richard C. Hampton Jr. of Scottdale officiating. Interment in Scottdale Cemetery. Visitation will conclude in the memorial home.
Helen K. Craig, age 89 of Brownsville, Pa., died Thursday, March 19, 2009. She was born on September 23, 1919 in Seville, Illinois, daughter of Charles and Florence (Pettingell) Beaird. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband Clyde Craig, brothers: Charles and Marvin Beaird and sisters: Dorothy and Betty. She is survived by her Daughter Janice Zavodnick and Husband Martin of Uniontown, Pa.; Son Ronald Craig and Wife Cynthia of Hiller, Pa; Grandchildren: Kelli Helfer, Daniel Craig, Benjamin Craig and Maggie Craig; Great Grandchildren: Kyle Smith and Kristen Smith; Special Nieces: Debbie Kissinger and Alice Childress and Loving Caregiver Jennifer Over. Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park St., Brownsville, Pa. on Friday from 2 - 8 p.m. where a Funeral Service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. David Chin officiating. Interment in LaFayette Memorial Park. A special thank-you to the Three Rivers Hospice.
Hubert S. Craig, son of the late Marshall and Maude Craig, died Aug. 14, 2000, in New York. He was born in Connellsville Dec. 26, 1915. He was a graduate of Connellsville High School and the University of Southern California. He was a veteran of World War II and a former member of the Connellsville Christian Church; also a member of the Masonic Order. He is survived by two brothers, Robert L. Craig of Chester, Conn., and Richard S. Craig of Connellsville; a sister-in-law Virginia Craig of Riva, Md., and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, James C. Craig. There will be no viewing or visitation. Interment will be private.
Ida Craig
Newell
Ida (Cedel) Craig, 93, of Newell, went home to heaven on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the Country Care Manor, Fayette City. She was born on February 24, 1915, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late Gustave and Pauline Grunwald Cedel. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William T. Craig, in 1980, and three brothers and two sisters. She was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Brownsville. She is survived by two daughters, Sally (James) Garrison of Sharpsville, and Susan (John) Kopp of Newell; a brother, John Cedel of Tennessee; seven grandchildren, 15 great- grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild. Friends will be received Friday from 6 until 9 p.m. in the ELEY/McCRORY FUNERAL HOME.INC, Fayette City. Friends will meet at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Brownsville, on Saturday for a funeral service at 11 a.m., with Pastor Jack Hernstrom officiating. Interment will follow in the Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela. www.eleymccroryfuneralhome.com
Isabelle Fisher CRAIG ( -1909)
DESPONDENT FROM
ILLNESS SHE SUICIDES
Mrs. William Craig of North Union
Township Drank Carbolic
Acid Yesterday.
Despondent from a long illness from stomach trouble, Mrs. William Craig, aged 60, wife of a prominent North Union township farmer, drank carbolic acid yesterday and died an hour later. Mrs. Craig rose from the dinner table and went outside. When found a short time later the burns about her mouth were mute evidence of her awful deed. Although Dr. J. D. Sturgeon of Uniontown administered all the aid he could, Mrs. Craig expired an hour after taking the poison. She is survived by four sons and one daughter, besides her husband.
James Harold CRAIG (1911-1988)
James Harold Craig, 77, of Mount Pleasant, R.D. 4, Mount Pleasant Township, died Tuesday at Frick Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. He was born June 7, 1911 in Bullskin Township, a son of the late George and Anna Chapman Craig. He was a retired stonemason. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Waide (Anna Marie) Hayes of Fairmont, W.Va.; and Mrs. Peggy Colon of Mount Pleasant, R.D. 4, Mount Pleasant Township; five grandchildren; two great-grandsons; three brothers, L.E. Craig of Tampa, Fla., Thomas Craig of Scottdale and Ross Craig of Tracy, Calif., and three sisters, Bertha Bell Harrold of Hunker, Muriel Craig of Uhron, Ohio, and Ruby Craig. He was predeceased by his wife, Marie Owasky Craig, a son, James A. Craig; an infant daughter, Eva Ruth Craig; five sisters, Thelma Craig, Sarah Craig, Elizabeth Myers, Lorrine Swartz and an infant sister.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
James L. Craig
White, male, 6 months old
Cause of death–Paralysis
Born–January, 1893
Died–July 12, 1893, Uniontown
Father–Charles Craig
Mother–Lillie Craig
Jane Springer CRAIG
(1804-1890)
Death notice for Jane Springer Craig, wife Of John Smilie Craig appeared in the Genius of Liberty, Uniontown, PA, September 9, 1890. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Jasper Craig, who was killed in the Keister Mine, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, October 25, 26, 28, 1901. He was 39 years old and employed as a machinist. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for John Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, July 9, 1908. Complete text is not currently available.
DIED
CRAIG— John D. Craig died at his residence, Laurel Hill on Friday, April 8th and was buried in the cemetery at that place on the following Thursday. Deceased was well known in Franklin and the adjoining township of Dunbar and was noted for his honesty in business transactions, holding the position of Tax Collector of Dunbar township for thirteen years. He made a will leaving his property to the Laurel Hill Presbyterian church after his widow has had the use of it during the remainder of her lifetime.
JOHN S. CRAIG
John S. Craig, one of the best known residents of Uniontown, died Sunday night at his home following a lingering illness. He was formerly with the Fayette County Gas company and later with the Uniontown Water company.
Death notice for Joseph Huston Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 5 & 6, 1907. Complete text is not currently available.
Kathleen June Lambing CRAIG (1927-1995)
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Kathleen June Lambing Craig, age 68, of Connellsville. She was born June 1, 1927 at Alverton, O. and died in the University of Pittsburgh Hospital, September 19, 1995. She was the owner of Craig’s Appliance Store in Connellsville. She was the wife of Eugene C. Craig, the daughter of Alva and Jesse Gartley Lambing, and the mother of Terrie Craig Frey, Aland Craig, and Barry J. Craig.
Leonard E. Craig
Clarksfield, Ohio
Formerly of Mount Pleasant
Leonard Edwin Craig, 92, of Clarksfield, Ohio, formerly of the Mount Pleasant area, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2002, at his home. He was born June 15, 1909, in Wooddale, a son of the late George and Anna Chapman Craig. Leonard was raised in Bridgeport and moved to Lorain, Ohio, in 1947. He had lived in Clarksfield, Ohio, since 1973. Prior to his retirement, he worked for U.S. Steel Corp. for 25 years. He was a member of Clarksfield United Methodist Church. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Florence Eutsey Craig; three sons, Gerald Craig and his wife, Rosetta, of Yorktown, Va., Earl M. Craig and his wife, Rosemarie, of Huron, Ohio, and Kevin Craig of Clarksfield, Ohio; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Tom Craig of Melcroft and Ross Craig of Amherst, Ohio; and a sister, Ruby Craig of Huron, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Harold Craig; and three sisters, Lorain Swartz, Bertha Harrold and Muriel Craig. Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 406 E. Washington St., Mount Pleasant, Saturday from 12 to 1 p.m., the hour of a funeral service, in the funeral home with the Rev. Doug Burns officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in the Greenlick Cemetery, Bullskin Township
Margaretta Ruth CRAIG ( -1920)
Death notice for Margaretta Ruth Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, June 9, 1920. Complete text is not currently available.
Death notice for Mary A. Craig appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 7, 1907. Complete text is not currently available.
Mary Elizabeth Craig, 82 years old, widow of Jacob K. Craig, died yesterday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock at the home of her son Aubrey M. Craig, 512 Mace street, Greensburg. Mrs. Craig was a former resident of Scottdale, but for the past 12 years had made her home with her son, Aubrey. She was a member of the Evangelical Church for 64 years.
She is survived by three sons, Charles and Aubrey M., of Greensburg, and David H, of Scottdale; one grandson, Morris Ray, and two brothers, John Dumbald, Deshler, Ohio; and C. , E. B. Dumbald of Champion.
The funeral service will be held at the Aubrey Craig residence Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, in charge of Dr. Roger H. Williams and Rev. J. D. Hammer, pastor of the Evangelical Church. Interment is private at Calvary Cemetery, near Champion, Thursday morning.
Mrs. Rachel Craig, 80 years old, widow of Samuel K. Craig, died Saturday night at 11 o'clock at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mrs. H.M. Chorpenning, with whom she had resided with since the death of her husband three years ago. She had been in ill health for several years and confined to her bed for the last three months. She was born near Champion, October 29, 1857, a daughter of the late Eli and Catherin Pritts Reese, and was married to Mr. Craig when she was but 17 years old. They continued to live in the Champion community until 17 years ago when they moved to Scottdale where they resided until the death of Mr. Craig.
Mrs. Craig is survived by the following children: Mrs. Harry Hough, Mrs. Charles Culler and Mrs. Omer Fox, all of Charleroi; Ira S. Craig, Labtrobe; Mrs. H.M. Chorpenning, Connellsville; Harry and George, Indian Head; Mrs. Ross Kalp and Frank Craig, Scottdale. One sister, Mrs. Maria Sleasman, Indian Head, also survives.
A short funeral service will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Chorpenning home, followed by the full service at 3 o'clock at the Church of God at Mount Nebo, of which Mrs. Craig was a lifelong member. Rev. F.O. Eakin of Indian Head and Rev. G.R. Krupp, pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Connellsville, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery, with Funeral Director Clyde b. Brooks of Indian Head in charge.
Thomas H. Craig
Thomas H. Craig, 90, of Uniontown, died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 1995, in Uniontown Hospital. He was born Aug. 28, 1905, at Indian Head, a son of the late George Kalp and Eliza Adams Craig. He attended and graduated from Saltlick Township schools, California Normal School, Susquehanna University and the University of Pittsburgh. He taught in Saltlick Township, Brownsville Township, and West Brownsville Schools from 1923 to 1943. He retired from Kurtz Brothers as a school supply salesman in 1974. He served as mayor of California from 1969- 73. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, Asbury Men’s Class, United Methodist Men, Monongahela Valley Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory and Syria Temple. He is survived by a son, Thomas H. Craig Jr. and his wife Linda of East Millsboro; a daughter, Eleanor J. Curry and her husband Charles of Uniontown; five grandchildren, Patricia Lee Craig, Barbara Jane Walsh, Susan Ann Hart, Elizabeth Jane Curry and Anne Craig Curry; and three great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Jane Hill Craig, on Sept. 21, 1991; and by five brothers and two sisters. Friends will be received in the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 80 Morgantown St., Uniontown, from 7 to 9 p.m. today, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, the hour of service, in the Asbury United Methodist Church with Rev. David F. Keller officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Nebo Cemetery, Indian Head.
William H. Craig, 57,
Hampton, Va., Dies
William H. Craig Sr., 57, of Hampton, Va., formerly of Uniontown, died suddenly this morning in Charles Town, W. Va., Hospital. He was in the real estate business in Hampton. Members of his family own the Craig Auto Parts firm. Funeral arrangements will be under direction of the Oats Funeral Home, Uniontown.
Mr. Craig
Rites Told
William H. Craig Sr., 57, of 316 S. Second St., Hampton, Va., died yesterday in a hospital there. He was a former resident of Uniontown. Mr. Craig owned and operated a real estate business and was associated with Craig Auto Parts Stores. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth C. Bell Craig; two sons, William H. Jr., Clarksburg, W. Va.; Robert C., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Paul (Susan) Anderson Jr., Uniontown; Mrs. William (Helen) Meck, Clarksburg, W. Va.; one brother, Wallace D. Sr., Clarksburg, W. Va. Friends will be received this evening after 7 and from 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Saturday in the Oats Funeral Home, Union town, where services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. J. Robert Gray, officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Hannah CRALL died in 1893. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
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CRALL, MRS. HANNAH (GASKILL)
At Monongahela, November 5th, 1893, Mrs. Hannah (GASKILL) CRALL, wife of Charles
H. CRALL, deceased, aged 91 years. Courier Fri. 11-24-1893
Ada H. Cramer, 81, of Mineral Ridge, Ohio, and formerly of Leith and Fairchance, Pa., passed away Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, in Glen View Manor, Austintown, Ohio. She was born Jan. 6, 1923, in Dunbar, daughter of the late Paul Robert Smith and Anna Catherine Moyer Smith. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Roy E. Cramer; a daughter, Polly Cramer; a son, Edward Cramer; two sisters, Ethel Gais and Levina Mitchell; and a brother, Paul Smith. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Roy E. Cramer Jr., and wife, Ethel of Niles, Ohio; five grandchildren, Leann Weese and husband, Todd of Niles, Ohio, Christina Scott of Columbus, Ohio, Roy Cramer III and wife, Chrissy of Ann Arbor, Mich., Danielle Welch and husband, Dan of Perrysburg, Ohio, and Jodi Leberknight and husband, Shawn of Columbus, Ohio; and two great-grandchildren, Megan Weese and Alexander Welch. Ada had been a member of Brownfield United Methodist Church. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME of Hopwood, today from 6 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with the Rev. Roger Howard officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. View Memorial Cemetery, Brownfield.
Alberta M. Cramer, 88, of The Woodlands, Texas, formerly of Republic, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2005, in The Woodlands, Texas. She was born March 11, 1917, in North Beaver, Pa., a daughter of the late Walter and Elizabeth Schurg Logsdon. Alberta had been a resident of Texas since 1973. Prior to her retirement she worked as a Retail Clerk for the G.C. Murphy Company in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. She had been a member of the First Christian Church of Republic, when she had lived in Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Eastern Star in Uniontown. Alberta is survived by her loving daughter, Carol Phillips and her husband, John, of Conroe, Texas, her grandchildren: Terry Lynn Murray, of Houston, Texas, and Kelly Hanley, of Rowlett, Texas; her great-grandchildren: Kristin Murray and Jenna and Ryan Haley and her sisters-in-law: Lois Lewis of Fountain City, Indiana, and Nora Cramer, of Uniontown. In addition to her parents Alberta was predeceased by her husband, Everett Cramer in 1983 and four sisters and a brother. Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 East Green Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the hour of a funeral service in the funeral home, with the Rev. Doug Burns officiating. A Committal Service and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville. To sign the on line guest registry please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com
Mrs. Alpha Cramer died at 3:50 o’clock this morning at her home in Vanderbilt, R.D. She was born in Flatwoods and resided in that vicinity all her life. Mrs. Cramer was a daughter of the late David S. and Bertha COOPER and was a member of the Vanderbilt Christian Church.
Surviving are two sons, J.C. Cramer of Vanderbilt, R.D. and Allen F. Cramer of Flatwoods; two daughters, Miss Emma M. Cramer, Connellsville elementary school teacher, and Miss Viola C. Cramer, both at home; two grand-children; one brother, Charles L. Cooper of near Flatwoods and one sister, Mrs. Maude Murphy of Smock, R.D., a patient in Connellsville State Hospital, where she is undergoing an operation today.
The funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Frank B. Galley & Son Funeral Home, Vanderbilt, where the body has been removed. Burial will be made in Flatwoods Cemetery.
Amanda Bluebaugh CRAMER ( -1954)
Mrs. Amanda Cramer, 90, of Kingwood, died Monday in her home. She was a resident of the community all of her life and was the daughter of Alexander and Susan Bluebaugh. Her husband, Henry C., died in 1918. Deceased was a member of the Fairview Church of the Brethren.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ella Saner of Rockwood, Mrs. Etta Hostetler of Connellsville, Miss Sadie Cramer at home; 17 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 28 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Thursday in the Church of God at Kingwood. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Rockwood.
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Mrs. Anna Cramer, wife of Benjamin Cramer, died at her home on North Broadway on Thursday, May 19, from heart trouble. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 1:30 at the late residence, with interment in the Scottdale cemetery. Deceased was 28 years of age.
Augusta Watson CRAMER (1892-1967)
Mrs. Augusta Cramer, 74, of Indian Head, died at 7:30 am Thursday in Connellsville State General Hospital after an extended illness. She was born Nov. 16, 1892 at Bridgeport, a daughter of the late Elza and Mary Alice Lane Watton (corrected-Watson), and had been a lifelong resident of the Indian Creek Valley. She was a member of the Indian Head Church of God, the Ladies Bible Class of the Sunday school, and the Indian Head Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Surviving are two sons, George R. and John R. of Indian Head; four daughters, Mrs. Marguerite Miller and Mrs. Leo (Wilma) Schoff of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Eugene (Eleanor) Miller of Indian Head and Mrs. Joseph (Betty) Sondey of Louisville, Ky., 19 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. John (Ruth) Myers of Dorseyville.
Her husband, George C., died in October 1946, and a son, Harold, was killed in World War II action in January 1944.
The body will be at the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head after 4 p.m. today. A prayer service will be held there at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, followed by additional rites at 2 p.m. in the Indian Head Church of God, with Dr. G. Marion Smith officiating. Interment will be in Normalville Cemetery. Viewing will be concluded at the funeral home.
Catherine Barnhart CRAMER ( -1911)
Old Resident of
Vanderbilt Dies
The remains of the late Mrs. Catherine Cramer, who died yesterday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock at her late home at Vanderbilt, were brought to the West Side yesterday afternoon and removed by Funeral Director C. C. Mitchell to the home of Smith Dawson, Sr., on North First street, West Side. Funeral services will be held from the Dawson residence Sunday afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Rev. R. C. Wolf, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, will officiate. Interment in Chestnut Hill cemetery. Pall bearers will be veterans of the civil war.
Mrs. Cramer was 85 years old and was the widow of the late Joseph Cramer, a sergeant in the civil war. His death occurred about 37 years ago. Mrs. Cramer was born in Dunbar township and was a daughter of the late Nicholas and Susan Barnhart. Her father died November 9, 1881, at the age of 83 and her mother who died January 31, 1890, was in her 82nd year. Mrs. Cramer last summer was overcome by the heat. She fully recovered from the prostration however and enjoyed good health up until last Tuesday when she suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Cramer lived alone at Vanderbilt for the past three years and was alone when she was stricken.
She was the mother of nine children, two of whom survive. They are Theodor Cramer of Briar Hill and Abraham Cramer of the West Side. One sister, Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Cleveland, O., and a brother, Col. J. J. Barnhart of Dunbar township, 17 grandchildren and a large number of great grandchildren also survive. Deceased was a member of the Methodist Protestant church of Connellsville and resided in Connellsville for a number of years. She was a sister-in-law of Smith Dawson, Sr., of the West Side.
Charles Francis CRAMER (1877-1973)
CRAMER, CHARLES FRANCIS---Age 96 years, of 78 South Hills Terrace, Brownsville, formerly of Grindstone, died in his home at 5:54 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 1973. He was a retired coal miner of the Colonial 3 Mines and a member of the First Baptist Church of Brownsville. He was born in Blair County, March 28, 1877, a son of the late Peter and Rachel Cramer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lydia Stickle Cramer on February 24, 1954.
Surviving are three daughters, four sons and one brother, James Cramer of Uniontown. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown.
Charles H. 'Hick' CRAMER (1929-1989)
CHARLES H. "HICK” CRAMER, age 71, of 506 Willow Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, PA. Retired from B&O RR with 36 years of service. A member of the Greenwood Methodist Church.
Notes from contributor:
Born–August 29, 1929, Greenwood, PA
Died–July 27, 1989
Father–Pleasant Cramer
Mother–Maude Cramer
Spouse–Betty Jeanne Gaul Cramer
Sibling–Kathryn Cramer Marker
Charles L. Cramer, 85, of New Centerville, died Thursday in Meyersdale Community Hospital. He was born June 12, 1883, in Owensdale, a son of the late John and Elvina Christner Cramer.
Surviving are his widow, the former Anna Ferner; five children, Mrs. Emma Gilmore, John C. Cramer, Allen Cramer, and Miss Viola Cramer all of Vanderbilt, and Dale Cramer of New Centerville; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Mrs. Georgia Hair of Tarentum, Mrs. Lucy Cipperley and Mrs. Orpha Bowman of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Blanche Nichol of Elyria, Ohio, Mrs. Ruby Lohr of Connellsville, Mrs. Olive Frink of Hudson, Ohio, and Mrs. Gladys Manes of Barberton, Ohio, and a brother, Edgar Cramer of Republic. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
He was a member of the Knights of Malta, Teutonic Commandery No. 320, of Meyersdale, the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren.
Charles T. Cramer, 78 years of age, one of the city's best known and most highly respected residents, was found dead in his third flloor apartment in Fayette Title and Trust building at 3:30 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, by a messenger of the Second National Bank who had called at the apartment to deliver some checks. Death was the result of a paralytic stroke believed to have been suffered a half an hour before. Just a year ago Thursday Mr. Cramer had a stroke and was removed to Uniontown Hospital where he remained for several weeks.
Mr. Cramer was born in Fairchance, October 12, 1855. He moved to Uniontown when a young man and became closely identified with the business and civic development of the community. For five terms he served as city tax collector. During the past few years he had confined his business activitives to those of a notary public.
Mr. Cramer was married twice. His first wife was Miss Virginis M. Beeson, who died some 30 years ago. His second wife was Miss Ada V. League, who succumbed August 6, 1932. Surviving are two daughters, Mary and Mrs. Frances Transue of Bucks County Pennsylvania.
The body was removed to the J. Harry Johnston mortuary. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
UNIONTOWN, Aug. 25--Charles Thomas Cramer, 78, for years tax collector of county, borough and school taxes and one of the best known citizens, was found dead in the bathroom of his apartment in the Fayette Title & Trust Building at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. Death was due to a stroke.
The body was discovered by a bank messenger who had taken some business papers to the apartment. Death had occurred about two hours before, according to Coroner S. A. Baltz. Mr. Cramer, a notary public, had handled all protested checks of the bank.
Charles Thomas Cramer, aged 78 years, for many years tax collector of county, borough and school taxes and one of Uniontown's best known and highly respected citizens was found dead in the bathroom of his apartment in the Fayette Title and Trust building at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. Death was due to a stroke.
The body was discovered by Frank Whiteman, messenger at the Second National Bank, who had taken some business papers to the Cramer apartment. Death had occurred at least two hours prior to the finding of the body, it was stated by Coroner S. A. Baltz, who was summoned.
For a number of years Mr. Cramer, who was a notary public had handled all protested checks of the banking house. His health and a stroke just a year ago had made it necessary for the papers to be delivered daily to his apartment to receive the official seal.
Upon reaching the apartment Whiteman found the front door open. He knocked and receiving no response walked into the apartment. There he saw the former tax collector's hat and coat hanging on the wall and found the radio playing and a pot of coffee on the stove boiling over.
His search led him to the bathroom where he found the ??? form lying sideways on the floor, partly under the bathroom sink. He hurriedly spread the alarm and summoned aid.
Mr. Cramer had been down town at noon, partaken of a hearty lunch and had conversed with friends and relatives. He had suffered a stroke August 23 of last year and had been joking with his friends regarding his health, stating that he had not been given long to live at that time but that it would be many years before his death. He was not seen again until the lifeless body was found.
At 3:30 p.m. a colored messenger boy who daily took stock reports to the dead man and who is employed at the John Jenkins barber shop in the bank building had gone to Mr. Cramer's apartment. He had opened the door and not seeing his employer about had left, believing the man, even at that time lifeless in an adjoining room, had gone down street.
The body was removed to the Johnston mortuary on North Gallatin avenue where it will remain until members of his immediate family arrive here from the east today. Telegrams were immediately dispatched to his children and funeral arrangements will not be made until their arrival.
Born near Fairchance, October 12, 1925, deceased was a son of Godfrey and Jemima Cramer. His early life was spent in that vicinity when he removed to Uniontown where he had spent his entire life.
Early in life Mr. Cramer engaged in the merchandise business, conducting a store at the corner of Main and Morgantown streets in the Thompson-Ruby building. When he sold this business he engaged in other occupations and was for many years connected with the offices of the Charles Seaton Real Estate Company. In the '90s he was elected tax collector, at that time collecting the county, borough, and school taxes. He held this office for several terms.
During his tenure of office he was known for his kindnesses to those in distress and he gained a county-wide popularity and friendship that has lasted through the years. During those years he also served as school director. His term of tax collector was during the period prior to Uniontown becoming a third class city.
Since relinquising the tax collectorship Mr. Cramer had engaged in the notorial business and for many years handled all of the protested checks that accumulated in the business of local banking houses. He belonged to several fraternal organizations.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Virginia Beeson Cramer, who passed away October 12, 1906, and by his second wife Ada League Cramer who died August 7, 1932. Several brothers also preceded him in death.
Surviving are one son, Charles H. Cramer of Buckingham, two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Transure, (formerly Miss Frances Cramer) of Lumberville and Mrs. Henry Eastwood, (formerly Miss Mary Cramer) of Pineville and one grand niece, Mrs. Robert Sincock of Uniontown.
Funeral services for former tax collector Charles Thomas Cramer, who was found dead in his apartment in the Fayette Title and Trust building Friday afternoon, August 24, 1934, will be conducted in the Johnston Mortuary chapel at 65 North Gallatin avenue, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Services will be in charge of Dr. W. Blake Hindman, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
Pallbearers selected are R. J. Arnett, Robert Sincock, Clarence Wilson, Clyde B. Miller, William Gilchrist, Charles Messmore and Robert Powell. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
Charles 'Smokey' T. CRAMER, Sr. ( -1976)
CRAMER, CHARLES T. SR. (SMOKEY)--Age 73 years of House 97, Continental 1, died Wednesday, May 20, 1976 at 8:30 a.m. at the house of Eugene Eberhart, New Geneva. He was born in Hopwood and was the son of the late John and Henrietta Stickle Cramer.
He was predeceased by a son, Walter Ray, and two brothers, Clarence and Kenneth, and a sister, Betty. Surviving is his wife, Mabel Whalen Cramer.
Interment in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown.
Charles T. CRAMER, Jr. (1927-2005)
Charles T. "Junior" Cramer Jr., age 77, of Smithfield, Pa., died Friday, January 7, 2005, in Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Pa. He was born August 3, 1927, son of Charles T. "Smokey" Cramer Sr. and Mabel Whalen Cramer. He had been employed for many years as a truck driver for Crimbly Trucking and also Marsolino Construction until his retirement. Charles was predeceased by two sons, Thomas and William Cramer, great granddaughter, Alyssia Morgan, grandson, Charles "Charlie" Morgan, and his parents. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Shirley A. Harmon Cramer; seven children: Cindy Whoolery and husband Chuck, Uniontown, Pa., Ronald Cramer, Smithfield, Pa., Nancy Morgan and husband Timothy "Al" Morgan, Markleysburg, Pa., Linda Morgan, Fairchance, Pa., Tom Cramer and companion Marla, Hagerstown, Maryland, Tracy Boyer, West Virginia, and Louann Snyder, Fairchance, Pa.; 20 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers and sisters: Richard Cramer, Uniontown, Pa., Gerald Cramer and wife Norma, Cleveland, Ohio, Glenn Cramer and wife Rose, South Bend, Indiana, Naomi Eberhart and husband Vernon, Fairchance, Pa., Devonna Porto and husband Walter, Uniontown, Pa., Thelma Minor and husband Blaine, Crystal Rivers, Florida, Roberta Cooper and husband Jerry, Dilliner, Pa., and Martha Sharp and husband David, Uniontown, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, January 11, until 10 a.m., the hour of Service with the Rev. Roland O'Brien officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park, Brownfield, Pa.
Clarence A. CRAMER, Sr.
(1905-1946)
CRAMER, CLARENCE A., age 41 years, died in the Cresson State Hospital, Friday morning, October 4, 1946 at 5 o’clock. He was the husband of Hannah Cramer of Hopwood.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by three sons, Clarence A. Jr., stationed in Italy, Henry and Wallace at home. His parents, John and Henrietta of Hopwood and seven brothers, Charles of Robena, James of Oliphant Furnace, Clyde of Hopwood, Harry of Smithfield, Roy, John and Kenneth all of Hopwood, six sisters: Agnes Cramer of Hopwood, Mrs. Marie Dice of Fairchance, Mrs. Carrie Robinson, Water Street, Smithfield, Mrs. E. Cooley of Oliphant Furnace, Mrs. Nellie Herring of Meadowbrook and Lois Riggar of Hopwood.
He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, No 828 (?) of Uniontown and the B.F.O. Elks No. 370 of Uniontown. Friends will be received at the main residence in Hopwood after 11 o’clock Saturday, October 5. Funeral arrangements in charge of the Gleason Funeral Home will be announced later where brief services will be conducted Monday, October 7, at 1:45 p.m. and followed by additional services in the Hopwood Methodist Church with Rev. John O’Brien officiating. Interment in the Hopwood cemetery under the direction of the Gleason Funeral Home, Uniontown.
Clyde P. 'Bucky' CRAMER (1913-1995)
Clyde P. "Bucky" Cramer, 81, of Uniontown passed away Sunday, March 19, 1995, at his home. He was born July 26, 1913, in Uniontown, Pa., son of the late John T. and Henrietta Stickle Cramer. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his wife, Marie Savage Cramer; two children, Phillip Eugene Cramer and Barbara Ann Cramer; five brothers and six sisters: Charles T. "Smokey" Cramer, Clarence "Buzzy" Cramer, Roy George Cramer, John T. "Pap" Cramer, Jr., Kenneth Cramer, Agnes McKnight, Marie Dice, Elsie Cooley Spaw, Carrie Robinson, Nellie Herring, and Betty Jean Cramer. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. David (Joan) Stefanini and Mrs. Ronald (Jean) Ditmore, both of Hopwood, Pa.; seven grandchildren; 13 great- grandchildren; two brothers, James "Boney" Cramer of Brownfield and Harry "Bingo" Cramer of Smithfield; and a sister, Mrs. Ivan (Lois) Riggar of Alliance, Ohio. Mr. Cramer was a retired coal miner, member of UMWA, and a veteran of World War II. Friends will be received in the Donald R. Crawford Funeral Home, Hopwood, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday, March 22, until 11 a.m., the hour of service. Rev. Frederick MONK will officiate. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Brownfield.
Daniel C. “Dee” Cramer, 74, of Scottdale R.D. 1 (East Huntingdon Township), died Thursday in the Edgewood Nursing Center, Unity Township, near Youngstown. Surviving are his wife, Isabella P. Altman Cramer; three sons, Daniel C. Cramer and Ricky D. Cramer, both of Scottdale R.D. 1, and Carl A. Cramer of Westminster, Md.; 10 grandchildren; one great- granddaughter; two sisters, Lola Jean Schuster of Texas and Mrs. Carl (Gayle) Burkey of Wooster, Ohio. Arrangements are under the direction of the Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, 105 Spring St., Scottdale.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–July 10, 1920
Died—–September 15, 1994
Doris Cramer
CONNELLSVILLE
Doris Cramer, 68, of Connellsville (Springfield Township), died Thursday, June 28, 2012, at her home. She was born Dec. 24, 1943, in Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of the late Earl and Hazel Brown Kinneer. Mrs. Cramer was a 1961 graduate of Connellsville High School. She is survived by her husband, Ronald "Shorty" Cramer; two sons, William Cramer and his wife, Mary Jayne, of Apollo, and Patrick Cramer, of Connellsville; and two grandchildren, Ben Cramer and Alexa Cramer. Mrs. Cramer was the last surviving member of her immediate family. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by two brothers, Albert and Glenn Kinneer. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., Ill E. Green St., Connellsville, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. Dr. Marvin Watson officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Joy Cemetery. To sign the guest registry please visit www.brooks funeralhomes.com.
Death notice for Drusilla Cramer appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, April 30, 1904 and May 5, 1904. Text is not currently available.
Cramer, Edgar H.—Age 81 years of Thompson No. 1, was dead on arrival at the Uniontown Hospital Wednesday, November 6, 1968 at 7 p.m. The son of the late John W. and Elvina Christner Cramer, he was born August 30, 1887 in Somerset County. A resident of Thompson No. 1 since 1930, he was a retired coal miner, having been employed by the H.C. Frick Coal Co.
Surviving are two sons; Everett A.J. of Thompson No. 1 and Gerald M. of Uniontown; a daughter, Mrs. John (Lois) Webster of Richmond, Indiana; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and seven sisters, Mrs. Georgia Hair of Tarentum, Mrs. Lucy Cipperty and Mrs. Orpha Bauman, both of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Blanche Nicol of Elyrin, Ohio, Mrs. Olive Frink for Huston, Ohio, Mrs. Ruby Lohr or Connellsville, and Mrs. Gladys Manes of Akron, Ohio.
He was predeceased by his wife, Edna Cramer in 1938 and a son John W. in 1943. Friends will be received in the Brooks Funeral Home, 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, after 7 p.m. today, where services will be conducted Sunday at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. Earl P. Cantor officiating. Interment will be in the Dickerson Run Cemetery.
MRS. CORA E. CRAMER
Mrs. Cora E. Cramer, 80, of Champion, R. D. 1, (Indian Head) died at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at her home. She was born Oct. 8, 1894, in Middlecreeek Township, Somerset County, a daughter of the late Josiah and Katherine Hostetler Miller. She had lived at Indian Head since 1940 and was a member of the Millertown Community Church. She was survived by two sons, Charles M. of Hunker, R. D. 1, and John R. of Champion, R. D. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Lottie) Johnson and Mrs. Eugene (Shirley) Fencil, both of Champion, R. D. 1; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Annie Miller of Jones Mills, Mrs. Bessie Nicholson of Clinton and Mrs. Hazel Nicholson of Acosta; a half-brother, Ray Miller of Levittstown and a half-sister, Ethel Skelton of Connellsville. She was predeceased by her husband, John G. Cramer in 1930; a son, Oscat in 1918; two brothers, Charles and Lester; a sister, Mrs. Mary Singo; a half-brother, Roy and half-sister, Mrs. Dorothy Henry.
CRAMER— Friends of Mrs. Cora E. Cramer of Champion, R. D. 1 (Indian Head) who died Thursday, July 31, 1975, may call at the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Rte. 711 at Melcroft, until 1 p.m. Sunday, and in the Millertown Community Church until 3 p.m. Sunday, the hour of services there with Pastor David Huey officiating. Interment will be in Mount Nebo Cemetery.
Ellie CRAMER died in 193. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(18)
MRS. ELLIE CRAMER:
Mrs. Ellie Cramer, 86, died Monday at the home of her son, John Boring, West
Leisenring. Death was attributed to complications.
In addition to Mr. Boring, a son from a previous marriage, the deceased leaves
the following children. Elsie Pritts and Mrs. Minnie Boring, both
of Indian Head and Ed Cra--- of Ruffsdale.
The body has been removed to the home of Mrs. Minnie Boring at Indian Head where
it may be viewed by friends until the time of the services.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Church
of God at Indian Head. Rev. Elkins will be in charge. Burial will be at
Mt. Zion cemetery at Indian Head.
(Stamped Herald Sep 27 '3?)
Elmer E. Cramer, abt 42 years old, a former resident of Vanderbilt, was killed Wednesday (9 Dec 1936) morning in a coal mine at Browntown, West Virginia where he was employed as a coal cutting machine operator. It was said that he was demonstrating a new machine when he lost his life under a fall of slate.
Besides his wife who was Miss Eunice Strickler, Mr. Cramer is survived by one son J.F. Cramer and three brothers and sisters; Mrs. Glenn Goe of Vanderbilt, Mrs. Samuel Hair of Dickerson Run, Mrs. C.W. Lohr of Connellsville, Charles L. Cramer of Centerville, Edgar H. Cramer of Merrittstown, Mrs. James Bird of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. I.N. Cipperley and Mrs. Clarence Bauman of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. A.D. Nicol of North Bloomfield, Ohio and Miss Olive Cramer of Chicago, Illinois.
The body was removed by the undertaking firm of Ira Blair & sons of Perryopolis to the home of this mother, Mrs. Elvina Cramer at Vanderbilt where the funeral service will be conducted on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Interment will be made in Dickerson Run Union Cemetery.
ELMER R. CRAMER
Elmer Ray Cramer, 35 years old, died Saturday at his home at Colonial No. 3 after an illness of several weeks. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Cramer, four brothers, Donald of Brownsville, and George, Russell and Paul of Grindstone; three sisters, Mrs. Linnie Adams of Connellsville, and Esther Cramer and Mrs. Frances Kirkpatrick at home. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the home with Rev. Theodore Gould of Grindstone officiating. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery at Uniontown.
Emma Kathleen CRAMER (1942-2004)
Emma Kathleen Cramer, 61, of Connellsville, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2004, at her residence. She was born Dec. 22, 1942, in Connellsville, a daughter of the late Albert G. and Agnes Strothers Shahan. Kathleen was Baptist by faith, a member of the Rockettes Bowling League in Connellsville and enjoyed playing bingo. She is survived by four sons, Charles Cramer and wife, Anne, of Star City, W. Va., George Cramer and wife, Michelle, of Brownsville, Ronald Cramer of Connellsville and Arnold Cramer and wife, Tina, of Uniontown; five daughters, Donna Cramer and husband, Jim, of Morgantown, W. Va., Diana Layhue and husband, George, of Filbert, Betty Cramer of Connellsville, Patricia Faust and husband, Adam, of Lemont Furnace and Viola Cramer and fiancé, Roger, of Uniontown; 33 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, Delbert Shahan and wife, Barb, of Vanderbilt, and James E. Shahan of Perryopolis; two sisters, Nancy Aders and husband, George, of Tile City, Ind., and Frances Nagy and husband, Thomas, of Perryopolis. In addition to her parents, Kathleen was predeceased by a daughter, Sharon “Tootie” Cramer, two brothers and a sister. Friends will be received in the VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, 123 S. First St., West Side, Connellsville, from 6 to 9 p.m. today, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and until 11 a.m. Monday, the hour of the service with the Rev. Dr. Marvin C. Watson officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Joy Cemetery.
Eunice 'Una' Valetta Dean CRAMER (1885-1972)
CRAMER, UNA V. DEAN— Age 86 years, of 506 Connellsville Street, died in the Laurel Rest Home on Thursday, February 24, 1972 at 10:10 a.m. She was a member of the Uniontown Free Methodist Church and the Women’s Bible Class of the Church. She was the daughter of the late George W and Elizabeth Johnson Dean. Surviving are her husband, James B Cramer; three sons; Arthur R of Uniontown; Ivan B of Louisville, Ky., Robert O of Akron, Ohio; seven daughters; Mrs. Carl (Beatrice E) Childs, Mrs. Lavina M Jaynes; Mrs. Eva V Roby, all of Uniontown; Mrs. Lena L Rush of Pontiac, Michigan; Mrs. Laoma A Pike of Akron, Ohio; Mrs. Daisy Harford of Uniontown; Mrs. Della R Vercamen of Akron, Ohio; twenty three grandchildren; fifty great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; one brother Richard Dean of Uniontown; a sister Mrs. Cecil Martin, of Uniontown. Friends are being received in the Jerome W Shell Funeral Home, 164 S Mt. Vernon Avenue today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., where services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Floyd McFarland officiating. Interment in Park Place Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Fund.
FLOYD CRAMER
DEAD; QUAKER CITY
MAN HAS BROKEN PELVIS
Floyd Cramer, aged 25, of near Listonburg, two miles from Addison, was fatally injured and five others hurt in an automobile accident at the Newberry school house, half way between Addison and Somerfield, at 11:30 o’clock Saturday morning.
The car driven by Cramer crashed with a car driven by Herbert
Bambach, aged 22, 430 East Locust avenue, Philadelphia. Bambach
suffered a fractured pelvis and is in a serious condition.
Two cars were traveling east and a third traveling west when the
crash occurred. The Cramer and Bambach cars were badly damaged.
The injured are:
Herbert Bambach, Philadelphia, fractured pelvis.
Paul McMillan, of Somerfield, taken to his home.
James Snyder, Emil Kaminsky and Elizabeth Bambach, all of
Philadelphia, suffering from bruises and shock.
Cramer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Cramer of Listonburg. McMillan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMillan of Somerfield. Miss Elizabeth Bambach is a sister of Herbert Bambach, who was driving the Bambach car, Mr. Snyder and Miss Kaminsky being their companions. The injured, except McMillan, were hurried to Dr. Frantz’s hospital at Confluence by Cramer died a few minutes after being admitted.
Patrolman McKee of the Uniontown sub station of the State Highway Patrol, hurried to Addison to conduct an investigation of the accident.
Frank A. Cramer, age 71, of Champion, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Saturday, November 5, 2005, in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. He was born April 2, 1934, in Indian Head, Fayette County, Pa., son of Henry G. Cramer and Alice Phillippi Cramer. Frank was a lifelong resident of the Indian Creek Valley, Fayette County, Pa. He graduated from Connellsville High School, Fayette County, Pa., with the Class of 1953. Prior to his retirement after 38 years of service, Frank worked as a Pulp Splitter for the now former Anchor Hocking Corporation Closure Division in South Connellsville, Pa. For the last 15 years he had been co-owner of Jerry's Western Shop in Champion. Frank was a member of the Indian Head Church of God. He loved the outdoors and his favorite hobby was hunting.
Frank was predeceased by his parents, a brother, Elwood Cramer, and a sister, Ruby Cramer Goron. Frank is survived by his loving family: his wife, Geraldine M. Ritenour Cramer with whom he would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on Thursday, November 24, 2005; his children: Cathy Sue Johnson and her husband, David, of Normalville, Pa., David Cramer and his wife, Tammy, Jerry Cramer and his wife, Laura, and Brian Cramer and his wife, Darla, all of Indian Head; his brother-in-law, Jerry Ritenour of Acme, Pa., whom he helped raise and was a like a son to him; 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren; his brother, George E. Cramer of Indian Head; and his sisters: Aletha Boltendahl of Connellsville, Pa., and Mazie Emanuel of Turtle Creek, Pa.
Family and friends will be received in the CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., ROUTE 711, MELCROFT, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. where a Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, November 8, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dennis Arndt officiating. A Committal Service and interment will follow in the Mount Nebo Cemetery, Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pa. To sign the on line guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com
Body Brought to Vanderbilt
The body of George Cramer, who was killed in a railroad accident at Akron, Ohio, arrived at Vanderbilt today at noon and was removed to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cramer at Vanderbilt, from which place the funeral will take place.
George Crawford CRAMER ( -1946)
George C. Cramer, 55, died Oct. 29, 1946 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell of Connellsville RD2. He had been a resident of Connellsville for 9 years and was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
Surviving are his widow and the following children- Mrs. Marguerite Miller and Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Pittsburgh, George Ray of Normalville, J.R., Wilma June and Betty of Indian Head, 6 grandchildren, his mother and 4 sisters, Mrs. Harry Hostetler of the Country Club Road, Mrs. Bertha Swarner and Mrs. George Sanner of Rockwood and Mrs. Sadie Cramer of Kingwood.
Friends were received at the home of his brother in law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hostetler of the Country Club Road. Services were at the Kingwood Church of God, Rev. Alice Sell of the Mount Pleasant Church of the Brethren officiating. Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery at Kingwood.
George Earl CRAMER (1920-2006)
George Earl Cramer
Indian Head
Formerly of Connellsville
George Earl Cramer, 86, of Indian Head, formerly of Connellsville, died Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born Jan. 20, 1920, in Saltlick Township, a son of the late Henry G. and Alice Phillippi Cramer. Mr. Cramer was employed by the Western Maryland Railroad for many years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during World War II in the European Theatre of Operations. He was a lifetime member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and a lifetime member of the Confluence VFW Post No. 7250. He is survived by his son, Robert E. Cramer, of Indian Head; a stepson, William Kaylor. of South Connellsville; three step-grandchildren, Brocc, Bart Lee and Kara Dawn Kaylor; step-great-grandchild, Kaylor; a sister, Mazie Emanuel, of Turtle Creek; two sisters-in-law, Geraldine Cramer, of Champion, and Naomi Shaffer, of Stoystown; a brother-in-law, Florian Goron, of Connellsville; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Mary Ellen Kaylor Cramer in 2005; a son, James Edward Cramer; two sisters, Ruby Goron and Aletha Boltendahl; and three brothers, Elwood, Clifford and Frank Cramer. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 9 p.m. Friday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC, 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Dennis Arndt officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Nebo Cemetery. To sign the guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com.
The funeral service for George M. Cramer, 66 yrs old, who died Monday (17 Feb 1930) night at his home near Rockwood, will be held at Middlecreek Church of the Brethren Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Rockwood.
Death resulted from a complication of diseases. Mr. Cramer had been at the Johnstown Hospital for a week of observation and treatment and had been removed to his home a few days before his death. Mr. Cramer was a lifelong resident of the Rockwood community. He was the last of 10 children of Charles and Catherine Whipkey Cramer and had spent his entire life within a few miles of his birth place.
He is survived by his wife Mrs Angie Kreger Cramer. He was a brother of the late John Cramer of Dickerson Run. Mrs M.F. CADDEN of Sycamore St., Connellsville, is a cousin and Mrs Harry Hostetler of the same street is a neice, as is Mrs C.W. Lohr of Poplar Grove.
Mr. Cramer was a member of the Church of the Brethren. Automobiles will meet trains at Rockwood to convey relatives and friends to the funeral.
George Ray Cramer, 58 of Indian Head died Saturday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Indian Head. He was born, June 23, 1918 at Stewarton, a son of the late George and Agusta Walton Cramer. He lived in the Indian Head area most of his life and was a former heavy construction carpenter. He was a veteran of the U S Marine Corps during World War II, a member of the Milton L Bishop Post No 301, and the Indian Head Church of God.
He is survived by two sons, Donald of Indian Head and Merritt of Mount Pleasant; seven grandchildren, one brother, John R. of Melcroft, and four sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Miller of Atlantic City, N.J. Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Indian Head, Mrs. Wilma Schoff of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Betty Sondey of Louisville, Ky.
He was predeceased by a brother Harold .W Cramer during World War II.
Roy Cramer, 75, of Indian Head, died at 5:35 p.m. Thursday in Somerset Community Hospital, after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 27, 1890, at Indian Head, a son of the late Cassimer D. and Martha Reese Cramer, and had been a lifelong resident of Indian Head. He was a retired carpenter. Surviving is a brother, William J. of Indian Head. The body will be at the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. G. Marion Smith, D. D., officiating. Interment will be in Mount Nebo Cemetery.
Note from contributor:
Name–George R. Cramer on census with parents.
Glenna E. Wilson CRAMER (1933-2010)
Glenna E. Cramer, 76 of Fairchance, Pa. passed away on Monday, May 17, 2010. She was born September 25, 1933 in Bobtown, Pa. daughter of the late Herbert Wilson and Cora Virginia Graham Wilson. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, James O. "Sonny" Cramer and children, Randy, Johnathan and Retha. Surviving are her 11 children, Jim Cramer and wife Diana, Canton, Ohio, Tim Cramer and wife Judy, Martin, Pa., Penny McCord and husband Dave, Galloway, WV., Susie Churby, Smithfield, Pa., Terry Cramer and wife Tena, Spokane, Washington, Butch Cramer and wife Beverly, Anadarko, Oklahoma, Kathy Whitcomb and husband Wayne, Cleveland, Ohio, Rick Cramer and wife Kay, Masontown, Pa., Glenn Cramer and wife Chrissy, Scottdale, Pa., Bobby "Skeeter" Cramer and wife Dawn, Lemont Furnace, Pa. and Mary Jane Cramer and fiancée, Jim Steinmiller, Masontown, Pa.; 34 grand-children; numerous great-grandchildren and two brothers, Bill Wilson, Quaker City, Ohio and Art Wilson, Greensboro, Pa. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa. today from 6-8 p.m., Thursday 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and on Friday, May 21, 2010 until 11 a.m. the hour of service with the Rev. Roland O'Brien officiating.
Death notice for Godfrey Cramer appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, December 19 & 20, 1903. Text is not currently available.
VANDERBILT MAN KILLED
BY TRAIN NEAR UNIONTOWN
Discovery of Arm Leads to
Finding of Body of Henry Cramer
WAS PAINTER BY TRADE
Discovery by a train crew at Redstone Junction this morning of the arm of a man lying along the track led to the finding in Redstone creek, nearby, of the body of Henry Cramer, 40 years old, a painter of Vanderbilt. The belief is that the man was ran down by a train while walking on the bridge Tuesday night. The body was removed to Johnston’s morgue in Uniontown. Mr. Cramer is survived by his mother, Mrs. Magdalene Cramer, and a brother, Alex.
Harold Willard CRAMER (1925-1944)
The body of Private Harold W. Cramer, 19, son of Mrs. Augusta Cramer of Indian Head and the late George C. Cramer, has been returned here for reburial and will be removed this evening to the Clyde B. Brooks funeral home at Indian Head.
The funeral service for the soldier, who was killed in action in Italy on January 18, 1944, will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the funeral home with Rev. G. Marion Smith, pastor of the Indian Head Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made in Normalville Cemetery with, military rites at the grave.
Private Cramer, who was inducted into the Armed forces March 29, 1943, served with Company K, H3rd Infantry, 30th Division. He was graduated from Connellsville High School with Class of 1943, shortly before induction. The soldier was born December 12, 1925, in Indian Head and resided there all his life. Surviving besides his mother are four sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Miller and Mrs. Eleanor Miller of Pittsburgh and Wilma and Betty Cramer at home, and two brothers, George R., of Normallville and J. R., at home.
Harry 'Bingo' CRAMER (1915-2005)
Harry "Bingo" Cramer, 89, of Smithfield, Fayette County, Pa., died Tuesday, November 29, 2005, in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born December 10, 1915, in Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa., the son of the late John T. Cramer and Henretta Stickle Cramer. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his loving wife, Virginia Pearl Victor Cramer, seven brothers and six sisters. "Bingo" was a coal miner for 35 years retiring form United States Steel Robena Mine. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America Robena Local 6321, Order of Eagles of Uniontown 828, attended the Fairchance Free Methodist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class.
Surviving are his sister, Lois Riggar and husband, Ivan of Sebring, Ohio and special nieces and nephews who were an important part of his life: Lori Victor, Michelle "Shelley" and Keith Taylor, Harry "Butch" and Colleen Victor, Joan and Dave Stefanini and Jean and Ron Ditmore.
The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa., on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, December 3, 2005, until 10 a.m. the hour of Service with his Pastor, Rev. Paul Lesher officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park, Brownfield, Fayette County, Pa.
Henrietta Stickle CRAMER ( -1960)
CRAMER, HENRIETTA STICKLE,wife of John T. Cramer, died in her home, 53 Braddock Street, Thursday, May 26, 1960 at 1:30 p.m.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Agnes McKnight at home; Mrs. Marie Dice, Fairchance; Mrs. Elsie Spaw, Tustan, Calif.; Mrs. Carrie Robinson, Smithfield; Mrs. Nellie Herring, Uniontown; Mrs. Lois Riggar, Kent, Ohio; six sons, Charles, Allison; James, Brownfield: Clyde, Uniontown; Harry, Fairchance; Roy and John Cramer Jr., Brownfield; also a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by one daughter, Betty Cramer and two sons, Clarence and Kenneth Cramer. She was a member of the Hopwood Methodist Church and Abbie Hopwood Sunday school Class.
The family will receive friends today from 3-5 and 7-9 in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette Street, where services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. W.C. Krause officiating. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery.
CRAMER HOMER T.— Friends are being received in the Dearth Funeral Home, New Salem today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until 8:30 a.m. Requiem High Mass will be intoned at 10 a.m. at St. Casimir’s R.C. Church, Keisterville with Rev. Fr. John B. Cagnliggi as celebrant. Interment will be in LaFayette Memorial Park. The Parish Rosary will be recited this evening at 8:30. Military Rites will be accorded at the graveside by the American Legion Post 763 of New Salem.
MRS. IDA CRAMER
SCOTTDALE, Feb. 1— Mrs. Ida Cramer, 69 years old, died last evening at her home at Tarr. She was the widow of J. J. Cramer and is survived by two children.
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ISAAC H. CRAMER DIES AT ALVERTON
SCOTTDALE, Feb 3— Isaac H. Cramer, ?? years old, died at 2:30 o’clock this morning at his home at Alverton. He was a resident of the town for over 40 years and a Frick pensioner. Besides his wife, Mrs. Emma Cramer, he is survived by two daughters, Sarah, at home and Mrs. Anna Wilkinson of Youngwood. The funeral service will be Saturday at 2 o’clock at the Church of God at Alverton. Burial will be in Alverton Cemetery.
Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for two Alverton’s well known residents. At 2 o’clock services were held in the Church of God, Alverton, for Isaac H. Cramer, with the pastor, Rev. Eugene Eakin, in charge. Interment followed in the Alverton Cemetery.
Ivan B. Cramer, 80, of 7393 Olde Nantucket Court, Louisville, KY 40215, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995. He was a retired employee from Louisville Gas and Electric Company. He was predeceased by his parents, James and Eunice Dean Cramer. He is survived by his wife, Loraine Cramer; a brother, Robert Cramer of Sebring, Fla.; sisters, Eva Roby of Uniontown, Pa., Laoma Pike of Akron, Ohio, Daisy Harford of Uniontown, and Lena Rush of Sebring, Fla.; and a godchild, Marsha Key of Louisville, Ky. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m. in the ARCH HEALY FUNERAL HOME, Louisville, Ky. Burial will follow in Louisville Memorial Gardens West.
JACOB A. CRAMER
Jacob A. Cramer, aged 22, of Masontown, died December 31, 1926, in Somerset hospital where he had been a patient for some time. He is survived by his father and mother, John W. and Mrs. May Allaman Cramer. Nine brothers and two sisters also survive. Funeral services were held at the Christian church, New Salem, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
CRAMER, JAMES B.— Age 90, a resident of 506 Connellsville St., died in the Uniontown Hospital on Saturday, June 29, 1974 at 12:10 a.m. He was a retired coal miner, and a member of the Uniontown Free Methodist Church, and Sunday School Class 1 of the Church. He was a son of the late Peter and Rachel Campbell Cramer. He was also predeceased by his wife, Una V Dean Cramer, on February 24, 1972, and one brother, Charles Cramer, in 1973. Surviving are three sons, Arthur R of Uniontown, Ivan B of Louisville, Kentucky, Robert O of Akron, Ohio; seven daughters, Mrs. Carl (Beatrice E) Childs, Mrs. Lavina M Jaynes, Mrs. Eva V Roby and Mrs. Daisy Harford, all of Uniontown, Mrs. Lena L Rush of Pontiac, Michigan, Mrs. Laoma A Pike and Mrs. Della R Vercamen both of Akron, Ohio; twenty three grandchildren; fifty great grandchildren; nine great-great- grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Jerome W Shell Funeral Home, 154 S Mt. Vernon Ave., today until 1 p.m., the hour of service with Rev. Harry E Stevick and Rev. Floyd McFarland officiating. Burial will follow in Park Place Cemetery.
STRUCK BY AUTO,
LAD SUCCUMBS
Run down by an automobile on June 12, as he darted across the road near his home as a funeral procession passed, James B. Cramer, Jr., aged five years and seven months, was so badly injured that he died Friday morning. His death was due to shock and an injury to his head. The accident occurred near the Park cemetery. James stood and watched the funeral procession pass and then started to run across the road. A car coming in the rear of the funeral struck him, cutting a large gash in his head and otherwise injuring the little fellow. The machine was driven by William Myers. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
James C. Cramer, 92, of Big Brownfield, Pa., died Friday, December 12, 2003 in UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born November 24, 1911 in North Union Township, Fayette County, Pa., son of John T. Cramer and Henrietta Stickle Cramer. James was a Veteran of World War II who served in the United States Army. He was a member of General George C. Marshall AMVETS Post 103 in Hopwood, Pa., and Alfred Wilson Memorial V.F.W. Post 7219, Fairchance, Pa.
His wife, Marie Cupplo Cramer, five brothers, six sisters, parents, and his special companion, Edna L. Hughes, preceded him in death. Surviving are two children: James J. Cramer, Glen Burnie, Maryland, and Cindy Wrona, Uniontown, Pa.; two grandchildren; brother, Harry "Bingo" Cramer, Smithfield, Pa.; sister, Lois Riggen, Cleveland, Ohio; nieces; nephews; and the family of Edna L. Hughes.
The Family will receive Friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. Wayne Sawyer officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park, Hopwood, Pa.
Death notice for Jemima H. Cramer appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 14 & 15, 1906. Text is not currently available.
JESSE CRAMER
Jesse Cramer, 35 years old, died Thursday night at the emergency hospital at York Run of influenza-pneumonia.
Jessie Forsythe Bayne Brownfield CRAMER
(1887-1938)
JESSIE CRAMER
Following a lingering illness, Mrs. Jessie Cramer, wife of J. C. Cramer, died at 5:30 o’clock, Saturday morning, at her home in Morgantown road. In addition to her husband, she leaves the following children: Joseph J. Bayne, Charles and Alice Marie Brownfield, all at home, Allen E. and Lee Brownfield of Philadelphia. Two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Magargie, Philadelphia, and Mrs. C. D. Roseberry, Uniontown, and a brother, John N. Forsythe of St. Louis, Mo., also survive. Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home. Rev. James C. Clark, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Pallbearers will be Emmett Hanna, H. C. Robinson, John White, H. C. Dils, Charles Mossburg and S. R. Nixon. Mrs. Cramer was a member of the Third Presbyterian church and of the Bethany Class of that Sunday school.
Ensign John F. Cramer who is in the Navy is stationed at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut in the capacity of an instructor. A former resident of Vanderbilt, he is the son of the late Elmer Cramer. His wife, the former Miss Jean Presteen and daughter, Karen Ann, who had been residing in Cleveland, Ohio, left Saturday to join him in Connecticut. The ensign, who reentered the service about a year ago, had previously served a four year enlistment. He was commissioned about three months ago at Fort Trumbull and thane was assigned to service there. He ranked fifth in a class of 122. He is the grandson of Mrs. Elvine Cramer Vanderbilt.
Cramer, John---Aged 84, 53 Braddock Street, Uniontown, died in his residence Sunday, March 10, 1963 at 11 p.m. He was a retired coal miner of the U.S. Steel Corp. and a member of the UMWA District 4.
He is survived by these children; Charles, Greensboro; James, Brownfield: Clyde, Uniontown; Harry, R.D. Smithfield; Roy and John Cramer Jr., Brownfield; Mrs. Marie Dice, Fairchance; Mrs. Agnes McKnight, Uniontown; Mrs. Elsie Spaw, Santa Clara, Calif.; Mrs. Carrie Robinson, Smithfield; Mrs. Nellie Herring, Uniontown; Mrs. Lois Riggar, Kent, Ohio; fifty grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Charles Cramer, Brownsville; James Cramer, Mrs. Ethel Didemore(?) and Mrs. Mary E. Boyd, all of Uniontown.
He was predeceased by his wife Henrietta Cramer in 1960, two sons, Clarence in 1945, Kenneth in 1955 and one daughter Betty in 1926(?).
Friends will be received after 2 p.m. today in the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance, where services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Davis W. Harris will officiate. Interment will be in Mountain View Memorial Park.
John P. "Jack" CRAMER, Sr. (1925-2003)
John P. "Jack" Cramer Sr., 78, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003, in his home. He was born June 9, 1925, in Footedale, Pa., son of the late Charles and Mabel Whalen Cramer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and James "Sonny" Cramer; and a son, John P. "Smokey" Cramer Jr. Mr. Cramer served in the U.S. Marines and U.S. Army for 21 years. He retired from Maple Creek Coal Mine after 15 years. He was a member of Hutchins Sportsmen's Club, AMVETS Post 103, American Legion Post 51, and North Union V.F.W. Post 8543. Surviving are his loving wife of 44 years, Janet E. Shaffer Cramer; three sons, Walter "Dusty" Cramer and wife, Beverly of Uniontown, Pa., William "Bill" Cramer and wife, Melissa of West Virginia, and Charles Cramer of Uniontown, Pa.; five daughters, Diane Taylor of Ohio, Virginia "Ginny" Hanan and husband, Mac of Uniontown, Pa., Dawn Shaw and husband, Bill of Uniontown, Pa., Patricia "Patty" Pearson and husband, Ed of Virginia, and Mabel Thorpe and Mickey Hart of Uniontown, Pa.; a son-in-law, Dave Clark of West Virginia; four brothers, Glenn Cramer and wife, Rose of Indiana, Jerry Cramer and wife, Helen of Ohio, Charles Cramer and wife, Shirley of Smithfield, Pa., and Richard Cramer of Uniontown, Pa.; five sisters, Devonna Porto and husband, Wally of Uniontown, Pa., Martha Sharp and husband, Dave of Uniontown, Pa., Thelma Miner and husband, Blaine of Florida, Naomi Eberhart and husband, Vern of Fairchance, Pa., and Roberta Cooper and husband, Jerry of Dilliner, Pa.; 18 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, today from 7 to 9 p.m., on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Sunday until 1 p.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. Roland O'Brien officiating.
John ‘Billy’ W. CRAMER (1893-1973)
John W. (Billy) Cramer, 80, of Indian Head, died at 6:10 a.m. today in Connellsville State General Hospital, after an extended illness. He was born April 28, 1893 at Saltlick Township, a son of the late Cassimer and Martha Reese Cramer. He had been a resident of Saltlick Township all of his life and was a former coal miner. He was a former tax collector of Saltlick Township for a number of years, and presently had been auditor of Saltlick Township. He was also a member of the Indian Head Church of God.
He is survived by his wife, Carrie Sleasman Cramer; one son, James C. Cramer; one daughter, Mrs. Lester (Frances) Miller of Latrobe, and three grandchildren.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Roy and Clayton Cramer and one sister, Mrs. Carrie Porterfield.
CRAMER, JOHN JR. (PAP) – Age 55 years of Brownfield, PA., died suddenly Tuesday evening, June 22, 1975, at 11:30 p.m. in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born in Uniontown and was the son of the late John and Henrietta Stickle Cramer.
Surviving is his wife, Hazel, Brownfield; four sons, John E., Oliphant Furnace, Roger E., Donald Lee, and Harry Paul, all of Brownfield; a daughter Mrs. James (Lois Jean) Grimes, Continental No. 1; six grandchildren; four brothers, Clyde Cramer, Uniontown, James Cramer, Brownfield, Harry Cramer, Fairchance, and Roy Cramer, Uniontown: six sisters, Mrs. Agnes McKnight, Hopwood, Mrs. Marie Dice, Fairchance, Mrs. Elsie Spaw, Santa Ana, California, Mrs. Carrie Robinson, Hopwood, Mrs. Ivan (Lois) Riggar, Sebring, Ohio and Mrs. Sam (Nelli) Herring, Uniontown.
He was predeceased by three brothers Clarence, Kenneth, and Charles T. Cramer Sr., and a sister Betty. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Hutchinson Sportsman Club. He was a Carpenter by trade.
Friends are being received in the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance, today until 1 p.m. the hour of service, Dr. Earl P. Confer will officiate. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Brownfield Alfred Wilson Memorial Post No. 7219 VFW, Fairchance, will conduct military rites at the graveside.
Josephine CRAMER died in 1879. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
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On last Wednesday afternoon about four o’clock, as Josephine, daughter of
J. E. and Catherine Cramer, aged nine years, was crossing O’Possum Run on
a foot log just below the mud pike bridge, she lost her balance and fell into
the rushing water below. The water was very high, owning to the late freshet,
and the child was carried rapidly down the stream, only being seen once after
her fall, and ten only for a second, by Mrs. Newcomer, who gave the alarm. Soon
hundreds of people were gathered along the shore searching for the lost one.
Darkness coming on, torches were procured and a line formed through the stream
by joining hands, in this way, starting from the point where the child was last
seen, the party made their way down the creek. A short distance above Robisons
falls quite a quantity of drift had collected, and among this rubbish the remains
of the unfortunate one was discovered. The funeral will take place today at 10
o’clock.
The Keystone Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Aug 8 1879
Kenneth W. Cramer, 36, of Brownfield, died of injuries received when he was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at 2:15 a.m. Sunday near Brownfield. The mangled body was found along the tracks after engineers halted the westbound freight train. Train 95 was traveling from Fairmont to Connellsville, B & O officials said. A spokesman in the office of W.D. Hunt, yardmaster in Connellsville, said this morning the investigation was continuing.
Sunday’s tragedy occurred two and one half miles east of last week’s B & O accident, when a 107 car freight train crashed into a string of empty cars. A railroad official in Pittsburgh said an employee apparently neglected to close a switch on a spur near a grade crossing, permitting the heavy freight to enter.
Cramer is survived by his parents, John T. and Henrietta Cramer, three sons, Kenneth, Jesse James and Jackie Cramer of Ohio; three daughters, Betty Jane of Brownfield, Barbara Jean and Darlene of Ohio; six brothers and six sisters.
The body is at the Wagner-Cooley funeral home at Fairchance where the funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Hopwood Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for a 36 year old Brownfield father of six children who was killed when struck by a train early yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Kenneth W. Cramer. He was walking along Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Brownfield at 3:10 yesterday morning when he was struck by a diesel powered freight train. Although railroad officials in Connellsville had not received the report of the train crew late this morning, it was said that the victim died instantly when crushed beneath the wheels of the train.
A veteran of World War II, his body was removed to the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance. Railroad officials said the train was No. 95 and was bound for Connellsville from Fairmont, W. VA. Engineer on the train was identified as N.L. Davis of Connellsville. The train was believed to be traveling about 25 miles per hour.
He is survived by his parents; John T. and Henrietta Cramer of Uniontown; three sons, Kenneth, Jesse James and Jackie, three daughters, Barbara Jean and Darlene, all of Ohio, Betty Jean of Brownfield. Six brothers, Charles, in Greene County; Clyde F. of Uniontown, Harry, of Haydentown; Roy, John and James of Brownfield; six sisters, Mrs. Elsie Spawl, of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Marie Dice, of Fairchance; Mrs. Carrie Robinson, of Smithfield; Mrs. Nellie Herring and Agnes Cramer of Uniontown, Mrs. Lois Riggar, of Cleveland, Ohio.
He was predeceased by a brother Clarence in 1946 and a sister Barbara in 1925. Friends will be received in the funeral home after 7 o’clock tonight with services to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will follow in Hopwood Cemetery.
Lee C. Cramer — Age 81, of Dunbar R. D. 1 (Little Summit) died at 9 p.m. Monday in his home. He had been seriously ill since June. He was born Dec 29, 1881, in Saltlick Twp., a son of the late Samuel D. and Mary Reese Cramer, and had lived at Little Summit for the past 17 years. Previously he lived for 34 years at South Connellsville, where he had been a borough councilman. He was a retired blacksmith for the United States Steel Corp., retiring in 1946. At one time he owned and operated a blacksmith and wagon shop in Scottdale, and also he was a former school teacher in Saltlick Township. Since retirement he had produced bulbs and cut flowers on his acreage in Little Summit. He had voted in every primary and general election since reaching voting age and was a member of the Millertown Community Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Cartha Davis Cramer, with whom he observed their 54th wedding anniversary on June 2; a daughter, Mrs. Ray (Mary) Duke at home and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Sanner of South Connellsville and Mrs. Alva (Lida) White of Indian Head.
The body will be at the Brooks Funeral Home from noon Wednesday until noon Friday, when it will be taken to the Millertown Community Church at Indian head to lie in state until 2 p.m., the hour of service. Pastor David Huey and the Rev. Harold Brown will officiate. Interment will be in Mt. Nebo Cemetery.
Human Interest Angle
Sidelights and Comment on Happenings
Here and There
Days of Old Cramer Band and Its Work
On Memorial Day Recalled by member.
Years ago—many of them, as Lee Cramer of South Connellsville recalls it—his father, the late Samuel D. Cramer of Indian Head, organized the Cramer Band. Every year on Memorial Day the band visited cemeteries in Saltlick and Springfield townships, decorated graves of service men of several of the Nation's wars and, where there was need, cleared off grass and weeds. Many of the flowers were raised by the elder Cramer. Others were solicited from the mountain folks. There was always a generous quantity. A flag was planted on every grave.
Since the death of his father in 1928, at the age of 77, Lee Cramer has been attempting to carry on the work thus started. The band has long since disbanded, but Lee makes the rounds as the band did of yore. He's at it this year--has been for three weeks, utilizing his spare hours.
Cemeteries embraced in the beautification program are the old Lutheran along Back creek, the Sparks Cemetery at Indian Head, Mount Zion United Brethren between Indian Head and Little Fork, Mt. Nebo, the old Reformed along Back creek.
It was customary for the band to visit the burial grounds in the Indian Head region mornings, then join in the annual services at Normalville afternoons. Lee recalls that two Civil War veterans-John Shultz, who lost a leg in battle, and John K. Grim conducted the services for years. Both rode horses, Comrade Shultz was a cavalryman. Their homes were "in the country" from Normalville.
Soldiers of the Revolution, the War of 1812 and the Civil War are buried in the cemeteries mentioned; also some veterans of the World War. Lee's grandfather, David K. Cramer, lies in the Sparks Cemetery. His great-grandfather, John Cramer, served in the War of 1812, his great-great grandfather in the Revolution. The later two rest in an old cemetery not far from New Centerville, Somerset County. John Cramer was wounded in the battle of Tippecanoe.
The old band was financed largely by its organizer, Samuel D. Cramer. Samuel D. played a snare drum. His brother David C. Cramer, was director. H. M. Chorpenning of Connellsville played a fife; Lee Cramer, a snare drum; David C., now member of the tax adjustment board in Greensburg, a fife; H. E. Cramer of the Frick offices in Uniontown was bass drummer; Robert Reese, now at Mammoth, also was a snare drummer. Peter R. Snyder, now dead, was among the fifers. Isaac Snyder played a snare drum, as did Charles Dumbald, who was killed two years ago by falling from a haymow at his home near Melcroft.
Besides contributing to the observance of Memorial Day—or as they generally called it, Decoration Day—the band gave its services free of charge at picnics galore. There were no automobile roads those days, and few automobiles. Trips were made by horse and buggy.
Lee Cramer raised part of the flowers used in decorating graves. He has 90 clumps of peonies at his home in Pittsburg street, besides many other varieties.
Loretta J. Cramer, 77, of Greensburg, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2010 at her home. She was born July 23, 1933 in Dunbar, a daughter of the late John and Marie Agusta (Oswald) Nebraski. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmer Cramer in 1999 and several sisters and brothers. Surviving are her children: Marie Garlits, Stephen Cramer, Dianna Cronin and Tina Colarusso and her two sisters: Mildred Sepski and Donna Rogers along with eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Family and friends will be received today 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. in the KEPPLE-GRAFT FUNERAL HOME, INC., 524 North Main St., Greensburg. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Bartholomew Church, Crabtree on Wednesday, at 10 AM. Interment will follow in the Westmoreland Co. Memorial Park. Terence L. Graft, Funeral Director entrusted with the arrangements.
Lydia Stickle CRAMER (1878-1954)
Mrs. Lydia Stickle Cramer, aged 75, a well known resident of Knoxville, addition to Brownsville, Pa., for the past eleven years, and a former resident of Colonial #3, Pa., and Uniontown, Pa. died Wednesday, February 24, 1954 at 4:15 p.m. in her home. Born June 27, 1878 in Coolspring, she was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Inks Stickle. She was a member of the Primitive Methodist Church, Rowes Run, Pa.
Survivors are her husband, Charles F. Cramer; three daughters and four sons, Donald, R.D. #1, Brownsville, Pa.; Mrs. James (Linnie) Adams, Connellsville, Pa.; George H., Colonial #3, Pa.; Russell M., Canton, Ohio; Mrs. Frances Kirkpatrick, at home; Paul K., Colonial #5, Pa.; Mrs.Alex (Esther) Russell, Grindstone, Pa.; twenty-seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. John (Etta) Cramer, Uniontown, Pa.
She was predeceased by two sons, Ellsworth C., in 1914 and Elmer R., in 1940. Friends are being received in the home of her son, George H. Cramer, 241 Colonial #3, Pa., where services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Reverends John Evans and Kenneth Nottingham officiating. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa., under the direction of Kisinger Funeral Home, Brownsville, Pa.
MRS. CHARLES CRAMER---Lydia Cramer, 75, of Knoxville, near Brownsville, died at her home at 4:15 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. She was a former resident of Colonial No. 3 and Uniontown. She was born at Coolspring, June 21, 1878, a daughter of the late John and Sarah Inks Stickle, and was a member of the Primitive Methodist Church at Rowes Run.
Surviving are her husband, Charles F Cramer; three daughters and four sons, Donald of Brownsville, Mrs. Linnie Adams, Connellsville, George H. of Colonial No. 3, Russell M. of Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Frances Kirkpatrick at home, Paul E. of Colonial No. 3, and Mrs. Esther Russell of Grindstone; 27 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Etta Cramer of Uniontown.
Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery.
Mabel M. Whalen CRAMER (1904-2002)
Mabel M Whalen Cramer, 97, of Uniontown, PA, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, in Joella's Personal Care Home. She was born November 10, 1904, in Vanderbilt, PA, the daughter of Peter and Salona Whalen. Mabel was a member of Masontown Church of the Brethren. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Charles T. "Smokey" Cramer, two sons, Walter, in infancy and James O. Cramer, one brother, Frank Whalen and three sisters, Helen Corbert, Nell O'Brien and Alberta Beach. Surviving are ten children: John P. "Jack" Cramer and his wife Janet, Uniontown, Charles T. Cramer, Jr. and his wife Shirley of Smithfield, PA, Richard L. Cramer of Uniontown, Gerald "Gerry" Cramer and wife Norma of Cleveland, Ohio, Glenn H. Cramer and his wife Rose of South Bend, Indiana, Naomi Eberhart and her husband Vernon of Fairchance, Devonna Porto and her husband Walter of Uniontown, Thelma Minor and her husband Blaine of Crystal River, Florida, Roberta Cooper and husband Jerry of Dilliner, PA and Martha Sharp and her husband David of Uniontown, numerous grandchildren and her sister Ruby Wheeler of Masontown. Interment in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown.
Margaret 'Peggy' CRAMER (1932-2009)
Margaret "Peggy" Cramer, 76, of Rowe’s Run, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Monday, March 2, 2009, in the Cherry Tree Nursing Center, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. She was born March 24, 1932, in Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Pa., daughter of George Cramer and Irene Franks Cramer. Margaret worked for many years as a Billing Clerk at Brownsville General Hospital, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa. She also was a member of the former Primitive Methodist Church, in Rowe’s Run, Pa. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, and by a brother, George Cramer, Jr. She will be sadly missed by her sister, Betty Hurlburt, of Rowe’s Run, Pa.; her brother, Robert Cramer and his wife, Margaret, of Rowe’s Run, Pa.; and by several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME 515 Front Street Brownsville, Pa., on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m., and Thursday, March 5, 2009, until 11 a.m., the hour of Service, with Pastor Jason Woods from Morning Star Baptist Church, in Newell, Fayette County, Pa., officiating. To sign the on line Guest Book or to record a personal condolence, please log on to www.novakfuneralhome.net
Margaret M. CRAMER (1914-2010)
Margaret M. Cramer
Monroeville
Formerly of Uniontown
Margaret M. Cramer, 95, of Monroeville, formerly of Uniontown, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Monroeville. Margaret was born April 13, 1914, in West Newton, the daughter of the late Wesley and Cora DuShane Beadling. Margaret was a lifetime member of the Eastern Star, a member of the Uniontown Service League, an avid reader, and beautiful watercolor painter. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, William R. Cramer; and a brother, Wesley Beadling. She is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Dunham, of Union City, Ind., and Cheryl Augustine and husband, Carmen, of Level Green; seven grandchildren, Lauren Clever (Dave), Melissa Kipp, Leslie Lawther (Julian), Eric and Stephen Kridle, Lori Scholl and Doug Dunham; and six great-grandchildren, David Clever, Hannah Kipp, Brittany and Caroline Kridle, Paxton and Alex Scholl. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, in Asbury United Methodist Church, 20 Dunbar St., Uniontown. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Asera Care Hospice, 1500 Ardmore Blvd., Suite 501, Pittsburgh PA 15221. The JOHN M. DOBRINICK FUNERAL HOME INC., 702 Seventh St. (Route 130), Trafford, 412-372-3111, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Margaret Hone CRAMER (1898-1970)
MRS. MARGARET CRAMER
Mrs. Margaret Hone Cramer, 72, of Dickerson Run, died at 8:15 a.m. Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Sanner, at Dickerson Run after a lingering illness. She was born July 23, 1898, at Broad Ford, a daughter of the late Thomas Morrison and Mary E Herrington Morrison and had lived most of her life at Blain Hill at Elizabeth. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alice Johnson, at Elizabeth; Mrs. Margaret Etta Sanner of Dickerson Run; one stepson, Arthur M. Cramer of McKeesport, Robert Hone of Dawson, Albert Hone and Donald Hone of Dawson, one brother, Thomas Morrison of Fayette City, and three sisters, Mrs. Edna Enos of Dawson, Mrs. Bertha Fullem of Connellsville and Mrs. Dora McManus of Brownsville; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
CRAMER, MARIE IDA (CUPPLO)---Age 59, wife of James Cramer of Brownfield, died in the Uniontown Hospital on Thursday, January 24, 1974 at 8:30 p.m. She was born at Oliphant Furnace, and was predeceased by her father, Louis Cupplo, in 1957, and her mother, Nancy Palo Cupplo, in 1967.
Surviving in addition to her husband, are one son, James J. Cramer of Baltimore, Maryland; one daughter, Mrs. David (Cynthia) Wrona of Uniontown; two grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph Cupplo of Mansfield, Ohio and Harry Cupplo of Baltimore, Maryland; four sisters, Mrs. Tony (Yolanda) Glevis of Smithfield, Mrs. Retha Polito of R.D. Uniontown, Mrs. Adeline Crossland of Baltimore, Maryland and Mrs. Dom (Martha) Polito of Hopwood. She was a member of St. Therese R.C. Church, Uniontown, and the Gladys Rebekah Lodge No. 103, Brownfield.
Friends are being received in the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance, today and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St. Theresa R.C. Church at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, with Rev. Fr. Nicholas Thomas as celebrant. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Brownfield. Uniontown Council Knights of Columbus No. 9275 will recite the Rosary Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
CRAMER— at the residence of her father, Mr. John Robinson, in George's tp., on the 4th inst., of consumption, Martha, wife of Robert P. Cramer, in the 27th year of her age.
"When we at death must part,
How keen, how deep the pain.
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again."
MRS. MARY A. CRAMER
Mrs. Mary A. Cramer, 83 years old, died Sunday afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. C. Kuhns in Uniontown of paralysis. The deceased is survived by one daughter and three sons.
Mary Ellen Kaylor CRAMER (1920-2005)
Mary Ellen Cramer
Connellsville
Formerly of Markleton
Mary Ellen Kaylor Cramer, 84, of Connellsville, formerly of Markleton, died Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, in Harmon House, Mount Pleasant. She was born Aug. 23, 1920, in Connellsville, a daughter of the late Herman and Alice Cecelia Moran Kaylor. Early in her life, Mrs. Cramer worked at Anchor Glass from 1938 to 1947. In 1947, she married George Earl Cramer, who was employed by the Western Maryland Railroad. They lived in Markleton, Somerset County, from 1947 to 1984. They resided in Connellsville since 1984, until Mrs. Cramer entered Harmon House in 1999. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, George Earl Cramer; two sons, William Kaylor, of South Connellsville, and Robert E. Cramer, of Indian Head; three grandchildren, William Broce Kaylor, Bart Lee Kaylor and Kara Dawn Kaylor; a great grandchild, Kaylor Kaylor; a brother, John Raymond Kaylor and wife, Connie, of South Connellsville, and three sisters, Dolores L. Miller and husband, Blaine, of Connellsville, Theresa Gaynor and husband, Harry, of Hawaii, and Anna Murray, of Connellsville. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by a son, James Edward Cramer in 1964; two brothers, Charles Edward Kaylor and wife, Margaret, and George Robert Kaylor and wife, Betty, and two sisters, Frances Wujcik and husband, Ted, and Agnes Pittsman and husband, John. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville. Funeral services will be announced when completed. To sign the guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com.
Mary Jane Cramer
Dies In Homewood
Word was received here by friends last night of the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Cramer, wife of George E. Cramer, at 4:30 o'clock, in the family residence, 7150 Race street, Homewood, Pa. Death terminated an illness of six months. Mrs. Cramer, who was 77 years of age last June, spent her girlhood and early life in Uniontown, being the oldest daughter of Henry and Anne E. Archibald McClay of Uppermiddletown, and had a wide circle of friends throughout the county.
Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. R. D. Hunter of Covington, Ky.; two sons, George E. Cramer, Jr.; of Homewood and Harry P. Cramer, of Rochester, N. Y. Also surviving are one grandchild, R. D. Hunter, Jr., and a great-grandson, R. D. Hunter, III, of Detroit, as well as a brother, George S. McClay of McKeesport, and two sisters, Mrs. Clark Rankin and Mrs. Prentice Beeson, Washington, D.C.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday evening 7:30 o'clock D. S. T. at the Felzer Funeral Home, 1100 Homewood avenue, Homewood, Pa. Burial will be in Covington, Ky., final resting place of other members of the family.
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Mary Virginia Beeson CRAMER ( -1906)
Death notice for Mary Virginia Beeson Cramer appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, October 13 & 15, 1906. Text is not currently available.
Matthew Eugene CRAMER (1980-2011)
Matthew Eugene Cramer, 31, of Chestnut Ridge, Pa. formerly of Ronco, passed away March 14, 2011 as a result of an auto accident in Somerset County, Pa. He was born in Uniontown, Pa. on February 14, 1980, son of Marshall and Vickey (Warnick) Cramer of Ronco. He was a graduate of Albert Gallatin High School Class of 1999. He served in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War and was presently employed as a welder at Merit Contracting in Monongahela, Pa. He was a member of Masontown Pal's Club and loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and especially camping. He was predeceased by grandparents, Viola and Adam Clark, Jr. and Edith Warnick and Russell Cramer, brothers, Donald Swaney, Jr., Michael E. Cramer and Russell E. Cramer. In addition to his parents, left to cherish his memory are his wife, Monica (Fedutes) and daughter, Madalyn Elizabeth Cramer; brothers: Marshall E. Cramer, Jr. and wife, Charlotte, Mark E. Cramer and Martin E. Cramer; several aunts, uncles, nephews, one niece, father- in-law, Larry Fedutes and sister-in-law, Megan Fedutes. Friends and family will be received in the JOHN S. MAYKUTH, JR. FUNERAL HOME, 7 River Ave., Masontown, PA. today 6 - 8 p.m., Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and Friday until 10 a.m., the hour of service in the Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert L. Warnick, III officiating. Interment follows in the Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Pa.
Brownsville Woman Dies
Miss Mattie Kramer, formerly of Uniontown, died yesterday at the home of her sister at Blairsville.
Merle D. Cramer
Mt. Pleasant
Merle D. Cramer, 74, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, in the Harmon House, Mt. Pleasant. He was born May 29, 1931, at Indian Head, a son of the late Beacher and Nancy Barkley Cramer. Mr. Cramer was a carpenter and a member of the Carpenter Union Local. He had also previously been employed at the former Volkswagen of America in New Stanton and Laidlaw Bus Lines. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during the Korean conflict. He was a member of the VFW and American Legion, both of Mt. Pleasant. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by four brothers, Palmer, Messemore, Harrison and Wilmer Cramer; and a sister, Rebecca Hill. He is survived by his wife, Joan D. Keto Cramer; two stepchildren, Timothy Piper and his wife, Mary Ellen, of Mt. Pleasant RD5, and Rose Keefer and her husband, Greg, of Scottdale; four step-grandchildren, Joshua and Justin Piper and Rory and Jaydra Ann Keefer; two brothers, Ronald "Shorty" Cramer and his wife, Doris, of Connellsville, and Robert Lee Cramer and his wife, Margie, of Uniontown; a sister, Margaret King, of Ohio; and four sisters-in- law, Naomi Cramer, of Mt. Pleasant, Lena Mae Cramer, of Conneautville, Pa., Loretta Cramer, of Greensburg, and Emma Cramer, of Mt. Pleasant. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 406 E. Washington St., Mt. Pleasant, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Dr. Marvin Watson officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Joy Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the graveside by the American Legion and VFW Post Honor Guard, of Mt. Pleasant. To sign the guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com
Messmore D. CRAMER (1924-1970)
MESSMORE CRAMER
SCOTTDALE — Messmore D. Cramer, 46, of Box 42, Mount Pleasant, R. D. 5, died Tuesday, at 4:45 p.m., in the H. C. Frick Community Hospital, Mount Pleasant, where he had been admitted Monday. He was born January 26, 1924, in Indian Head, a son of the late Beacher and Nancy Barkley Cramer. He was employed as a truck driver for the Leonard Brothers Trucking Co. of Greensburg for five years, and belonged to Teamsters Local No. 3. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Naomi Cramer; three sons, Larry W. Cramer and Danny W. Cramer of Mount Pleasant, R. D. 5, and Ralph E. Cramer of Mount Pleasant; two daughters, Mrs. John (Linda) Cook of Mount Pleasant, R.D. 5, and Mrs. Paul (Joyce) Trout of Pleasant Unity; five grandchildren, six brothers, Palmer Cramer of Mount Pleasant, R. D. 4, Harrison Cramer and Ronald Cramer of Connellsville, Merle Cramer of Scottdale, Wilmer Cramer of Crabtree, and Robert Cramer of Walterboro, S. C.; two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Hill and Mrs. James (Margaret) King of Ohio.
CRAMER— Messmore D. Cramer, 46, of Box 42, Mount Pleasant, R.D. 5, died Tuesday, April 28, 1790. Friends will be received in the James Murphy Memorial Home, Scottdale, from 7 until 10 p.m. today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, when the funeral service will be held with the Rev. John M. Geary of Mount Pleasant officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Joy Cemetery.
Naomi P. Cramer
Mt. Pleasant
Naomi P. Cramer, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant. She was born May 10, 1925, in Connellsville, a daughter of the late William and Matilda Levingston Smith. Mrs. Cramer was retired from Frick Hospital, where she worked in the central supply department. She was a member of the Acme Open Bible Church. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Messmore Cramer; an infant granddaughter; a sister, Ann Strothers; and stepsister, Judy Ovitsky. She is survived by her children, Linda Cook, of Scottdale, Larry Cramer and his wife, Joann, of Mt. Pleasant, Ralph Cramer and his wife, Rose, of Mt. Pleasant, Joyce Janitor and her husband, Robert, of Mt. Pleasant, and Danny Cramer and his wife, Teri, of Latrobe; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Lou Verba, of Perryopolis; two stepsisters, Carolyn Porter, of Scottdale, and Lois Johnson and her husband, Leroy, of Owensdale; and a stepbrother, William D. Smith and his wife, Sara, of Rillton. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 406 E. Washington St., Mt. Pleasant, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Russell Dunaway officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Joy Cemetery. To sign the guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneralhomes.com.
Death notice for Olga Spangler Cramer appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, August 11, 1915. Text is not currently available.
Information taken from the obituary published in the local newspaper.
Ora Walls Cramer
Age 86, of Masontown, member of Uniontown Free Methodist Church
Born–April 3, 1908
Died–March 22, 1995
Father–William Samuel Walls
Mother–Anna Mary Kephart Walls
Spouse–Arthur Cramer
Children–Bill J., Richard, Betty Ritchie, Dorothy Sampey
Siblings–Goldie Whitby, Eva M. Craft, Avis Rockwell,
Edna Nicely, Ray, Orian G., and Roy W. Walls
Buried– Layette Cemetery, Brier Hill
Palmer G. Cramer, 75, of Mt. Pleasant RD5, died Tuesday, March 13, 2001, in Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg. He was born Dec. 8, 1925, in Indian Head, a son of the late Beacher and Nancy Barclay Cramer. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a carpenter in heavy construction, and was a member of the Carpenters Union Local 2274 of Pittsburgh. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the following brothers and sisters: Messemore Cramer, Rebecca Hill, Harrison Cramer and Wilmer Cramer. He was the loving husband of 40 years to his wife, Emma G. Pyle Cramer; the following children: Glenn R. Kalp and his wife, Renny, of Mt. Pleasant RD1, Palmer G. Cramer Jr. of State College, Lonna R. Hoffman of Mt. Pleasant RD5, and also Patricia Crabtree, Sara Lou, Connie McIlwain and Bonnie Tandarich; 14 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the JAY A. HOFFER FUNERAL HOME, Norvelt, Thursday and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. His funeral service will be held in the funeral home Saturday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Byron T. Eisaman officiating. Entombment will follow in the Westmoreland Co. Memorial Park, Hempfield Twp. Sandra L. Hoffer, funeral director.
Death notice for Peter Cramer of North Union Township appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, April 20,1909. Text is not currently available.
Mrs. Rachel Cramer, 90, Dies;
155 Descendants Surviving
Mrs. Rachel Ann Cramer, aged 90, highly-respected resident of Braddock avenue, died in her home at 3 p.m. Monday, September 24, 1945. The widow of Peter Cramer, who preceded her in death 36 years ago, she leaved 155 descendants. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mary Boyd, Mrs. Sarah Dean, and Mrs. Ethel Densmore, all of Uniontown, and four sons, Charles F. Cramer, Brownsville; John T. Cramer, Hopwood; James B. and William Cramer, both of Uniontown. She also leaves 45 grandchildren, 101 great- grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Friends will be received in the home after 5 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held there at 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Rev. P. T. Diddle, pastor of the Free Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Hopwood Cemetery under the direction of the Gleason Funeral Home.
RICHARD CRAMER
Richard Cramer, 71, of Indian Head, died at noon Wednesday in the Emerson Nursing Home, Dunbar, after an extended illness. He was born Jan. 25, 1897, at Champion, a son of the late Messmore and Anna Schmuck Cramer, and spent most of his life in this area, living for several years at Youngwood and Scottdale. He had been a miner and farmer. Surviving are two sons, Ward C. of Indian Head and Arthur H. of Belle Vernon, R.D. 1; three grandchildren and two brothers, Russell of Connellsville, R.D., and Nathaniel of Mount Pleasant. His wife, Mrs. Edith Barnhart Cramer, died Dec. 13, 1933, and two daughters died in infancy.
CRAMER— Friends of Richard Cramer of Indian Head, who died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 1969, may call after 7 p.m. today at the Brooks Funeral Home, Indian Head, where the funeral will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday with the Rev. Samuel Weible officiating. Interment in Mount Zion Cemetery near Indian Head.
Robert E. Cramer
Uniontown
Robert E. Cramer, 66, of Uniontown, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. He was born Jan. 2, 1944, in Mt. Pleasant, the son of Beacher and Nancy (Barkley) Cramer. In addition to his parents, Robert is preceded in death by a sister, Anna Rebecca Ruffing; five brothers, Messmore, Palmer, Harrison, Wilmer and Merle Cramer. He is survived by his loving wife, Marjorie Ann (DeWalt) Cramer; three daughters, Linda Combe and her husband, Richard, of Mississippi, Nancy Wilson, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Elizabeth Workman and her husband, Gary, of Uniontown; seven grandchildren, Bill Johnson, Chris Johnson and his wife, Dashanda, Dustin Workman, Emily Wilson, Madison Wilson, Olivia Wilson and Angelia Workman; four great-grandsons, Ryan, Alan, Kyle and Tyler Johnson; a brother, Ronald Cramer and his wife, Doris, of Connellsville; a sister, Margaret King, of Grand Rapids, Ohio; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the THOMAS M. DOLFI FUNERAL HOME, 136 N. Gallatin Ave., Uniontown, with the Rev. Gary R. McFadden. Military Rites will be accorded by Amvet 103 Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Uniontown Hospital Building Fund, 500 W. Berkley St., Uniontown, in Robert's name.
Roy CRAMER 27 Oct 1890—27 Jan 1966
Roy Cramer, 75, of Indian Head, died at 5:35 p.m. Thursday in Somerset Community Hospital, after an extended illness. He was born Oct. 27, 1890, at Indian Head, a son of the late Cassimer D. and Martha Reese Cramer, and had been a lifelong resident of Indian Head. He was a retired carpenter.
Surviving is a brother, William J. of Indian Head.
The body will be at the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head after 7 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m. Sunday with the Rev. G. Marion Smith, D. D., officiating. Interment will be in Mount Nebo Cemetery.
Note from contributor: Shown as George R. Cramer on census with parents.
Ruth P. Cramer
Flatwoods
Ruth P. Cramer, of Flatwoods, passed away on Aug. 7, 2007, at Hillside Manor. She was born in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, in August 1915, and graduated from McKeesport High School in 1933. After obtaining her teaching certificate from California State Teachers' College in 1935, Ruth taught grade school for seven years in the Elizabeth Township School District. She and Allen F. Cramer married in 1943. In addition to her dedication to her husband and children, Ruth's passions were the study of the Bible, personal devotion to following in the footsteps of Jesus and sharing the Gospel message with those interested. Her inspiration was based on her conviction that God has a beautiful plan of salvation for everyone who has ever lived. Preceding Ruth in death were her husband Allen F.; parents David M. Patterson and Mabel Phillips; three sisters, Cora Henry, June Colbert, Jane Kober; and one brother, David T. Patterson. Surviving are four children, Duane (and Judy) Cramer, of Vanderbilt, Randall (and Karen) Cramer, of Smock, Virginia Cramer, of Vanderbilt, and Wesley (and Toni) Cramer, of Monongahela; six grandchildren, Shari (and Brad) Rogers, of Lemont Furnace, David Cramer, of Smock, Scott Cramer, of Smock, Brent (and Jennifer), of Pittsburgh, Ryan (and Stacey) Cramer, of Dawson, Brian Cramer, of Camp Hill, and two great-grandchildren, Allison Cramer and Emily Cramer; and one sister, Blanche Fox, of Elizabeth. Friends will be received in the RALPH E. GALLEY FUNERAL HOME, Railroad and Laughlin Streets, Dawson, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9 and from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 10, the hour of service, Robert G. Wiggins officiating. Interment will be in the Flatwoods Bowman Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Albert Gallatin Home Care & Hospice.
Samuel D. Cramer, the most respected citizen of Indian Head, and known throughout the northeastern section of Fayette County, died at the Connellsville State Hospital last night. His death came as the end of a vigorous fight waged by him against disease which had its inception several months ago. Early in the spring Mr. Cramer suffered injuries while shoeing a horse and on June 5, was admitted to the Melcroft Hospital. While there, on July 12, his many friends of the Valley remembered him on his 78th birthday, by calling and leaving flowers. Subsequently, on August 6, he was admitted in the Connellsville Hospital. While there, he underwent two operations, the last about two weeks ago. He withstood both with courage and seemed to rally after each, but the impairment of his health had been so severe that he was unable to regain his strength, and the end came to him last night with that peace that had been his hope for the final closing of his life.
Samuel D. Cramer was born near Scullton, Somerset County, July 12, 1851. He was a son of the late David K. and Catherine Cramer. His father moved to Indian Head in 1856 at which place Samuel has since lived, being engaged in the conduct of a blacksmith and repair shop. Mr. Cramer came from pioneer stock. His great-grandfather, Christian Cramer, a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, was engaged in the transportation business. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he enlisted in the army, placing his wagon train at its disposal. He served eight years under General Washington. After the war he settled in Somerset county, near Centerville. John Cramer, his son and the grandfather of Samuel, served in the War of 1813(sic), and was severely wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe. Samuel’s father served in the Civil War.
Mr. Cramer was always active in civic affairs of his home neighborhood, especially interested in the public schools, serving as director for many years. He was a Democrat in politics. He was a member of the Sons of Veterans and Mag_e Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, and a member of the Baptist Church.
He is survived by the following children: Robert Cramer of Mammoth, Leo Cramer and Mrs. D. T. Sanner of Connellsville, and Mrs. Alva White of Indian Head. Charles Cramer, a son, died in infancy. He is also survived by a brother D. C. Cramer of Latrobe and the following sisters: Mrs. J. A. Downs of Scottdale; Mrs. M. C. Cadden of Connellsville and Mrs. F. D. Lantz of Everson. Mrs. Cramer preceded him in death on April 4 last.
The funeral services will be held at the home of the deceased at Indian Head on Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, followed a half hour later by services at Mount Nebo Church. The body was removed to Indian Head today by Undertaker Brooks of Indian Head. The Junior Order United American Mechanics will have charge of the services. Rev. E. H. Stevens of the First Baptist Church of Connellsville will deliver the funeral sermon, assisted by Rev. Gonson of the Indian Head Church of God. The interment will be at Mount Nebo Church.
SARAH COOK CRAMER
Mrs. Sarah Cook Cramer, aged 43 years, wife of J. C. Cramer died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Weiher, of 28 Walnut street, Sunday night, July 18, 1926, at 9:55 o’clock of a complication of diseases. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Mrs. Weiher and Viola at home; her mother, Mrs. Hannah Walters; two brothers, John Cook of Gates and Homer Walters of Gates and one sister, Mrs. Robert Hart of Brownsville. Funeral services will be held at the home of Mrs. Weiher, Tuesday afternoon, July 20, 1926, at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
THEODORE CRAMER
Theodore Cramer, 67 years old, died Wednesday at his home at Vanderbilt following a lingering illness.
Thomas W. CRAMER, Sr. (1924-2010)
Thomas W. Cramer Sr., 86, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania died Saturday, April 17, 2010 in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born April 9, 1924 in Masontown, Pennsylvania. Mr. Cramer was a veteran of World War II who served honorably in both the United States Army and Navy. Thomas had been a Stonecutter for the Wahler Monument Company and later retired from Marshall Monuments. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church. Thomas was the last living Charter Member of The Coolspring Athletic Club and former member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 47. Preceding him in death were his parents, John and Jane Cramer; and brothers, Joseph Cramer and George Cramer. Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Dorothy Marie Powers Cramer; a son, Thomas W. Cramer Jr. and wife Elizabeth of Uniontown; grandchildren: Jennifer Smith, Rebecca Cooper, Melinda Miller and husband Ben, and Thomas W. Cramer III and wife Michelle; also six great grandchildren: Robbie Cooper, Calvin Cooper, Kylie Miller, Lori Miller, Misty Miller, Loralie Cramer; and a brother, John Cramer of Canton, Ohio. Friends will be received in the JEROME W. SHELL FUNERAL HOME at 164 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Services will be held at 8 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Lohr officiating. Private interment will be held Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Walter Elmer CRAMER (1924-1924)
CRAMER SERVICES
Funeral services for Walter Elmer Cramer, aged five months, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cramer, of Revere, were held Monday afternoon from the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Whalen. The little one died Saturday evening, May 3, 1924, following a short illness of bronchial pneumonia. The Rev. T. W. Colhouor, pastor of the Second M. P. church, had charge of the services. Interment was in Park Place cemetery.
Airman Mark A. CRAMPO ( -1996)
Airman Mark A. Crampo, 21, of Charleroi, Pa., died Tuesday, April 9, 1996, in the Willard Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home, Fayette City, Pa.
Eva Mae Shreve CRAPP (1929-2011)
Eva Mae Shreve Crapp, age 81, Uniontown, Pennsylvania and formerly of Allison Two, Pennsylvania died on Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Uniontown Hospital. She was born on Tuesday, October 1, 1929 in Grindstone, Pennsylvania the Daughter of Reginald Shreve and Sarah Walker Shreve. She was predeceased by her Parents; her Husband, Walter A. Crapp; a Daughter, Gloria Jean McGaw; and Son, Walter E. Crapp. She is survived by her Daughter, Jamie Boyer and husband Alan of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Grandchildren: Jennifer, Melissa, Carla, Michael, Deron and Johnny; six Great Grandchildren; a Son-in-Law, John McGaw; and a Daughter-in-Law, Rebecca Crapp. Friends will be received in SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park Street, Brownsville, Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. when a Prayer Service will be held. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11:30 a.m. in The Historic Church of Saint Peter in Brownsville with Rev. Father Micah E. Kozoil as Celebrant.
Walter 'Wally' Edgar CRAPP (1953-2008)
Walter "Wally" Edgar Crapp, 55, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2008 at his home with his loving family by his side. He was born March 30, 1953, in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., the son of Eva Mae Shreve Crapp and the late Walter Albert Crapp. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his sister, Jean McGaw. Walter was a veteran of the United States Air Force, serving during the Vietnam War.
In addition to his mother, he will be sadly missed by his wife, Rebecca Pearson Crapp, of Brownsville; sons: Michael Crapp and wife, Heather, of Charleroi, Washington County, Pa., and Deron Crapp, of Brownsville; his precious granddaughter, Serah Crapp; sister, Jamie Crapp Brame, of Allison # 2, Fayette County, Pa.; four nieces; two nephews, and his cat, Snowball.
Friends will be received in the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front Street, Brownsville, Pa. tomorrow, Saturday from 1:30 4 p.m. and 7 9 pm. The funeral service will be held at 9:00 p.m. in the funeral home, with the Reverend John Pipp, officiating. Military Rites will be accorded at 2:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home, by American Legion Posts 940, 838, and 295.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers contributions can be made in Walter's name to the American Cancer Society Fayette, 140 N Beeson Blvd., Rm 401, Uniontown, Pa., 15401. To sign the on line guest book or to record a personal condolence, please log on to www.novakfuneralhome.net .
Violet McCormick CRATTY ( -1922)
MRS. B. F. CRATTY
Mrs. Violet McCormick Cratty, aged 34, died Friday, March 17, 1922, at her home in Toledo, Ohio, death resulting from a complication of diseases. She is survived by her husband, B. F. Cratty, and daughters, Margaret and Myrtle. Her mother, Mrs. C. F. McCormick, three brothers, James A., Harry C., and Arthur F. McCormick, and one sister, Mrs. O. J. George, all of whom reside in this city, also survive. Funeral notice later.
FUNERAL OF MRS. CRATTY
The body of Mrs. Violet McCormick Cratty, aged 34 years, who died at her home in Toledo, O., Friday, March 17, 1922, of a complication of diseases, will arrive in Uniontown today and will be taken to the home of her mother, Mrs. C. F. McCormick, of 161 South Mt. Vernon avenue, where funeral services will be held, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Dr. J. S. Bromley officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Mrs. Cratty was born and reared in Uniontown, but moved to Toledo several years ago. She is survived by her husband, B. F. Cratty and two daughters, Margaret, Myrtle; her mother, Mrs. C. F. McCormick and the following brothers and sisters, Arthur F. McCormick of Carmichaels; James A. McCormick, and Harry J. McCormick and Mrs. O. J. George, all of Uniontown, also survive.
Aaron A. CRAWFORD died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Years of intense suffering and affliction ended Tuesday night at 10;30 when Aaron
A. Crawford, 73, of Barton Mill road, slept peacefully away to a better reward.
He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nellie Thomas, with whom he
had made his home for years. Death was due to a complication of diseases.
For many years the body of the once active and stalwart man was convulsed in
pain but he endured it uncomplainingly. Always cheerful he was more concerned
about others than himself. He stoically faced the end which he realized
was impending.
Mr. Crawford died one year, a week, and a day after beloved wife, Mrs. Haddie
Steele Crawford succumbed. The time of their deaths was within five minutes.
For years Mrs. Crawford was a teamster contractor and previous to that time was
employed by W. R. Barton I the Hygeia ice factory. He had been unable to
work for the last 10 or 15 years.
(Genius - Aug 26, 1931)
Ada May CRAWFORD died in 1928. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.
The Morning Herald
7/5/1928
Mrs. Samuel Crawford, aged 66 years, 79 Braddock street, died yesterday , July 4, 1928, at 4:35 p.m. in her home, after a lingering illness. S ervices will be held in the home Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with a dditional services in the Percy Methodist Prodestant Church. The Rev. W . H. Main will officiate. Burial will be in Percy cemetery. Mrs. Craw ford is survived by her husband, five sons, William of Canton, Ohio; Ar thur of Filbert; Fuller, Frank and Albert of Uniontown; three daughters , Mrs. Wayne Guess, Mrs. Olive McLaughlin, and Mrs. J.H. Babbony also o f Uniontown; 19 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
*Ada May Yauger Crawford
Alice D. Crawford, 82, of Scottdale R.D. 2 (East Huntingdon Township), died Tuesday morning, June 13, 1995, in Frick Community Hospital and Health Center, Mt. Pleasant. She is survived by her loving husband of 49 years, Alvie L. Crawford, whom she married on Jan. 1, 1946; one daughter, Deborah L. Crawford of Scottdale; and one sister, Jennie B. Tatters of Trafford. Friends will be received in the Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, today from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of service.
Alvin CRAWFORD, Sr. (1919-2003)
Alvin A. Crawford Sr., age 83 years, of Point Marion, Pa., died Thursday, March 27, 2003 in Preston Memorial Hospital, Kingwood, West Virginia. He was born June 15, 1919 in Brownsville, Pa., son of Alvin Crawford and Sylvia (Faye) Crawford. He was a member of Oak Grove Christian Church, Lake Lynn, Pa. His wife, Mary Louise (Rizer) Crawford, died July 10, 1995. Also deceased are two sons, Roger Dale Crawford and Donald Crawford, two sisters, Grace and Irene, and his parents.
He is survived by one daughter, Mary Belle Crawford, Arthurdale, West Virginia; four sons: Alvin Crawford Jr., Masontown, Pa., Ronald Crawford, Hagerstown, Maryland, Randy Crawford, Point Marion, Pa., and Charles Crawford, Carmichaels, Pa.; 11 grandchildren: Robert Hewitt, Lorinda Crawford, Ronnie Crawford, Jennie Crawford, Johnny Crawford, Christina Crawford, Randy Crawford, Marie Frederick, Donald Myers, Frank Myers, Grace Myers; and six great grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the LOUIS E. RUDOLPH FUNERAL HOME, 15 Main Street, Point Marion, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, March 31, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Brian Young officiating. Interment will follow in Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Pa. Visitation was also held Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Amanda E. Crawford, 83, of Monongahela Avenue, Westover, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, Sept.4, 2002. She was born Sep 15, 1918 in Point Marion, the daughter of late Benjamin Jacob and Isa Evelina Neighbors Staup. She was a loving mother and grandmother and a longtime member of the Riverside Apostolic Church. Amanda had been involved with her late husband Ralph in the church bus ministry and she also taught Sunday school for over forty years. Her great love in life was serving God and going to church.
She is survived by three sons and their spouses, Robert & Bonnie Crawford of Ohio, Donald & Sherry Crawford of Florida and David & Sally Crawford of Westover, one daughter Linda Abersold of Alabama, one sister Martha McGee of Brookhaven, fourteen grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her late husband Ralph E. Crawford in 1998 four sisters and one brother.
Friends may call at the Riverside Apostolic Church on Friday from 3-9p.m. and Saturday from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Service with the Rev. David Hudson officiating. Burial will follow at Beverly Hills Cemetery.
AMZI CRAWFORD
Amzi Crawford, 77 years old, of Cove Run, near Mount Braddock, died at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night at Uniontown Hospital of complications. He had been at the hospital several months. Mr. Crawford was born at Uniontown and had spent practically all of his life in the Cove Run district. He was a boiler man for the H.C. Frick Coke Company. Surviving are three children; William Edward, Arthur and Mrs. Ruth Harvey, at home; seven grandchildren, and one brother, James Crawford of Coshocton, Ohio. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Cove Run Free Methodist Church in charge of the Burhans Funeral Service of Dunbar with Rev. W.A. Rambo officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
Arthur CRAWFORD died in 1973. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.
The Evening Standard
5/19/1973
Arthur Crawford- of Dunbar, died Friday, May 18, 1973. He was born in Cove Run,
a son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Amzi Crawford. Friends will be r eceived in
Burahns Funeral Home, Dunbar, on Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m., wh ere funeral services
will be conducted Monday at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. M aybelle Johnson officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Capt. Benjamin F. CRAWFORD (1871-1963)
CRAWFORD, CAPT. BENJAMIN F. — Aged 92, High St., Brownsville, died Sunday, December 29, 1963 at 1:48 p.m. in his home. Born September 5, 1871 in Maxwell, he was a son of William W. and Georgetta Mcclelland Crawford and was a life resident of the McClellandtown area. He was superintendent of Carnegie Steel River Transportation for twenty two years and was boat captain for forty nine years. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; Fayette City Lodge 252 F & AM; Lodge of Perfection, Caravan 9, Uniontown; Consistory and Syria Shrine, Pittsburgh; Royal Arch Chapter; Knights Templar, Monessen; BPO Elks 1344, Brownsville; Hopewell Grange, and has an honorary Hiller Fireman.
He is survived by his wife, LaVenia Bawlard Crawford; one daughter, Mrs. Charles Smith, Erie; three sons, Benjamin F., Clifford, Jr., Belle Vernon; Clifford T., Washington, D.C., Lawrence M., Marced, Calif.; nine grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends in the Ross Funeral Home, 125 Front St., Brownsville, today from 7 to 9, Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 until Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., the hour of service. Rev. Carl Hughes will officiate. Interment will be in Beallsville Cemetery.
Cassandra Madison CRAWFORD
(1850-1929)
Following an illness of more than five years, Mrs. Cassandra Crawford, 79 years old, died Saturday at her home in Uniontown. She fell about seven years ago and fractured both her arms. About a week ago she was stricken with paralysis. She was the widow of John R. Crawford.
Born in Ursina, February 10, 1850, where her father, the Rev. John Poole, was pastor of the Baptist Church, she was motherless from birth. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bird adopted her when she was only three weeks old and she was reared in that Somerset county home, although she never lost contact with her father and visited him as he moved from church to church. While on such a visit to her father, then at LaMar, Mo., during her sixteenth year, she met and was married to James Madison McGee and went with him to his home in Indianola, Ia. In 1871, Mr. McGee died, leaving her with the two daughters that survive.
Returning to Pennsylvania, she located at Confluence, but in 1885 she was married to John R. Crawford, a native of Uniontown, but who at that time was living in Scottdale. The next few years were spent in Scottdale. About 1887 the family moved to the little red brick house that used to stand in the hollow formed by the railroad and West Fayette street, Uniontown, but for the last 33 years they have lived at the present home in South Mount Vernon avenue.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Don Garvey of New Kensington and Miss Dell McGee of Uniontown.
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL
That the death of Charles Crawford, who was killed by a West Penn car near Lemont about a week ago, was purely an accident was the verdict of a coroner's jury on Thursday afternoon. Stricken with a sudden illness Crawford had fallen across the track and Motorman Joseph Hornbeck did not see him until the big "700" car was within about 100 feet of him, making it impossible to stop the car in time to prevent the accident. The motorman testified that the sun was shining against the car window in such a manner that it was impossible for him to distinguish the body sooner.
Charles H. CRAWFORD (1911-1967)
Charels H. Crawford, 54, of 230 South Eighth Street, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon in Connellsville General Hospital. He was born November 24, 1911, in Connellsville, a son of John and Lavina Crawford. He was employed by the Baker Machine Company and was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. He was a WWII veteran with service in the U.S. Army.
Surviving are his widow Emily Jaros Crawford, a daughter, Mrs. Charles (Sandra) Bager of Lakewood Ohio; two grandchildren; a brother, Russell of Connellsville; and two sisters, Mrs. Annabell Wilson of Harmony and Mrs. Joseph (Helen) Garvis,of Ohio.
The body will be at the Fink Funeral Home today after 7:30 p.m. The funeral will be held there Wednesday with the Rev. H. Wahl Piefer, officiating. Internment in the Mount Auburn Cemetery.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Monday, October 14, 1967, page 15, column 5
Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <SFFoster at aol.com>
CRAWFORD, CHARLES R., 61, 47 Race St. Brownsville, died Sept. 5, 1970 in his home. He was a veteran of WWII with service in the China-India Burma theater of operations and was employed in the shops of the Monongahela Railway Co. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Freda Crawford, a son, William E. Pearson; two daughters, Mrs. Muriel Elias and Mrs. Norma Fortuna; three brothers, Joseph, George, and William and a sister, Mrs Laura Hamilton; two great grandchildren; Darci Lynn Fortuna and Garrick Newsome. Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park under the direction of the Andrew J. Skirpan Funeral Home, Brownsville.
CRAWFORD, CHARLES W., Age 64 years, of Keystone, West Virginia, died Wednesday, August 18, 1971, in the University Medical Center, Morgantown, W. Va. Surviving are two sisters and one brother; Mrs. Alberta Lloyd Green of Edenborn, Mrs. Geneva Goodwin of Philadelphia, and Fred Crawford of Bishop, Virginia; and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Friends will be received in the Carl A. Lantz Funeral Home, 297 E. Main Street, Sunday after 4 p.m. and in the Mallory Chapel AME Church on Monday from 12 noon to 2 p.m. the hour of service with rev. Margarite Henderson, officiating, assisted by Rev. John Copeland. Interment in Greendale Cemetery, Masontown.
Daniel CRAWFORD died in 1908. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(33)
Daniel Crawford, aged 78 years, died at 1:45 o'clock Thursday morning, September
24, 1908, at the home of his son, Charles. The deceased had been in poor health
for some time and suffered a stroke of paralysis Tuesday night from which he
did not recover consciousness.
Mr. Crawford was born near Brownsville and was a son of the late William Crawford.
He was a laborer during a great part of his life, but served as justice of the
peace in North Union township for a number of years, being elected on the Republican
ticket. During the civil war he was a member of Battery K, Sixth Pennsylvania
Heavy Artillery. He was a member of the G.A.R. and of the M.P. church.
The deceased married Miss Frances Cooper of Uppermiddletown and she died about
10 years ago. There are eight sons surviving, John, William, and James, Ohio;
Charles, Lemont; Daniel B., Swissvale; Samuel C., Uniontown, Amzi and Smith,
Lemont.
Funeral notice later.
Debra Lynn CRAWFORD (1958-2003)
Debra Lynn Crawford, 45, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away suddenly Tuesday, December 10, 2003, in her home. Born August 1, 1958, in Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Robert H. Crawford and Norma Ball Crawford.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased in death by her sister, Barbara Crawford. Debra was a member of St. Paul's A.M.E. Church on Morgantown Street., Uniontown.
She is survived by her children, Monica Lynn Fedutes and Meghan Ann Fedutes of Newell, Pa., Alexandria Klamer and Helena Klamer, both of Brownsville, Pa., and Jeffrey Swaney and Michael Swaney, both of McClellandtown, Pa.; brothers and sisters, Robert N. Crawford of Chicago, Ill, William P. Crawford of Pittsburgh, Pa., David A. Crawford of Fayette City, Pa., Terry A. Novak and Patty Ferrari, both of Newell, Pa., Betsy McVeal of Michigan, and Alica Poling of Perryopolis, Pa., and numerous nieces and nephews and her fiancé James Lincoln.
Friends will be received in the STEPHEN E. KEZMARSKY III FUNERAL HOME AT 71 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., Uniontown, Pa. on Friday morning from 9 to 11 a.m., the hour of service. Interment is private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Debra's name to the Kezmarsky Funeral Home at 71 Pennsylvania Avenue, Uniontown, Pa. 15401.
Dorothy J. Griffith CRAWFORD
(1921-2008)
Dorothy J. Griffith Crawford, 87, of Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. She was born April 29, 1921, in Somerfield, Pa., daughter of Charles Victor Griffith and Rebecca Jane Wright Griffith. Dorothy was a life long member of Hopwood United Methodist Church. She recently attended her 69th Class Reunion, South Union High School, in Fayette County, Pa.
She was predeceased by her parents, husband, Glenn A. Crawford, two brothers and two sisters, her twin Dane V. Griffith, Glenn W. Griffith, Mary Lou Grimm and Nancy J. Griffith, and great nephew, Tyler J. Grimm.
Surviving are two sisters: Maxine M. White, of Hopwood, and Helen L. Blough, of Canfield, Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews, great nephews and great nieces.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., where her Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Madison Stringfellow, officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Uniontown.
Dr. Crawford, a native of Fayette county, Pa., as hung by lynchers near Berkley Springs, W. Va., last week. He had poisoned a man and had been sweet with the ladies.
CRAWFORD, EDWIN R. "MUTT", 61, of Wethersfield, Conn., formerly of Brownsville, died of a heart attack at his home, Aug. 19, 1965. He was a son of the late Howard J. and Caroline Acklin Crawford and was born in Brownsville, Oct. 7, 1903. He was active in Boy Scout Circles and was a former desk clerk at the Brownsville Police Station. Survivors include his wife, Roseann Morrow Crawford, a daughter, Joanne, and a son Malcolm; and a brother, Wilbur. Burial in the Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, CT.
Eleanor L. CRAWFORD (1938-2005)
Eleanor L. Crawford, 66, of West Brownsville, Pa., passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon, May 31, 2005, at Brownsville General Hospital, Brownsville, Pa. She was born Nov. 17, 1938, in Brownsville, Pa., the daughter of Charles and Kathryn Carey. Eleanor enjoyed camping at Lake Erie, where she had many special friends. She was also a member of Brownsville Eagles. She graduated from Brownsville Senior High School in the Class of 1957.
She was preceded in death by her son, Larry J. Gelotti and her parents. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Ernest J. Crawford, Sr.; her children, Sandra Boyd and husband, Doug of West Pike Township, Lu Ann Bubar and her husband, Bruce of West Brownsville, Pa., Ernest J. Crawford Jr., and his wife, Dawne of Denbo, Pa., Charles Crawford of Belle Vernon, Wayne Crawford of West Brownsville, and Scott Crawford and his wife, Judy of McKeesport, Pa.; beloved grandchildren, Lori Bubar, Joel and Travis Crawford, Doug and Cameron Boyd, Christopher Crawford and Wyatt Crawford, Shanna and Larry Gelotti; sisters, Lois Petroff and her husband, Russ of Brownsville, Pa., and Betty Coyle and husband, Jack of Lore City, Ohio; her mother-in-law, Dorothy Crawford of West Brownsville, Pa.; and several nieces and nephews and special friends, Vicki and Pam.
Family will receive friends in the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, (formerly Confer Funeral Home), 515 Front St., Brownsville, Pa., on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., the hour of service.
Eliza Jane Dean CRAWFORD ( -1936)
Mrs. Eliza Jane Dean Crawford, 66 years old, widow of Frank M. Crawford, died Sunday morning at the home of a sister, Mrs. Minnie McCann of Lemont. She is survived by one son, James H. Crawford of Republic, two daughters, Mrs. Paul Roby of Uniontown and Mrs. Matthew Louden of Lemont, a sister, Mrs. Minnie McCann, two brothers Warren Dean of Keisterville and Charles Dean of Uniontown. Fifteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. The funeral service will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock at the Jones home. Burial will be in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown.
Elizabeth M Ardenhart CRAWFORD ( -2009)
Elizabeth M. (Adenhart) Crawford, 75, passed away, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at home in Eatontown, N.J., under the care of Homeside Hospice. She resided in Mt. Braddock, Pa., before moving to Eatontown, 55 years ago. A loving mother and homemaker, she was a member, Sunday school teacher for 13 years and service coordinator for 35 years at the Calvary Baptist Church in Oceanport. She was a past president of the Meadowbrook School PTA, former member of Eastern Star Chapel No. 266, and a former Brownie and Girl Scout leader of troop No. 61.
She was predeceased by her parents, James Adenhart and Elizabeth Coleman Adenhart. Surviving are her husband of 59 years, Lloyd L. Crawford; her son, Alan Crawford and his wife, Janice, and their children, Daniel and James Crawford of Tinton Falls; her daughter, Lori Phillips and her husband, Steve and their daughter, Dana of Brick, and their son, Steven Phillips, Jr. of Eatontown; her brother, James Adenhart and his wife, Miranda of Mt. Braddock, Pa., her sister, Daisy Landman of Lemont Furnace, Pa., and her sister and brother-in-law, Bessie and Ray Wolfe of Mt. Braddock, Pa.; and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held on Friday, March 27, 2009, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in BRAUN FUNERAL HOME, 106 Broad Street, Eatontown, New Jersey. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at the Funeral Home. Interment will be private. A Chapel Service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2009, in LaFayette Memorial Park in Brier Hill, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to, Homeside Hospice, Attn: Butterfly Wishes, 67 Walnut Avenue, Suite 205, Clark, NJ 07066.
Eugene B. CRAWFORD (1915-2005)
Eugene B. Crawford passed away on Friday, April 22, 2005, in icago, Illinois. He was born November 8, 1915, in Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, to Harry L. Crawford and Josephine (Graham) Crawford. He was retired from General Motors, Pontiac, Michigan. Eugene served in World War II with the Combat Engineers and saw action in the European Theatre. He is a descendant of James Crawford (Quaker, ferryman, extensive land owner), one of the first settlers around 1762 in what is now Fayette and Washington counties, Pa.
Eugene was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Betty (Moore) Crawford, his parents, two brothers, Harry and Paul Crawford, and one sister, Alice Crawford.
He is survived by his two loving daughters: Diane Crawford, Chicago, Illinois, and Jeanette Ward, Montgomery, Vermont; brothers: Charles of Tucson, Arizona, and Lloyd of Eatontown, New Jersey; sisters: Margaret Bowers, Fairchance, Pa., Elsie Crayton, Hudson, Ohio, and Ada McNatt, Lemont Furnace, Pa.; four grandchildren: Jordan Crawford Atlas, Nathan Atlas, Heather Ward and Donovan Ward; one great-granddaughter; and many nephews and nieces.
Memorial Service will be held in Troy, Michigan, and interment in White Chapel Memorial Cemetery, Troy, Michigan.
EMMET E. CRAWFORD
Emmet E. Crawford, aged one year, one month and 19 days, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford, died at the family home in Footedale Saturday morning, March 5, 1927, at 11:50 o’clock following an illness of pneumonia. In addition to his parents, he is survived by eight brothers and sisters, Paul, Harry, James, Eugene, William, Robert, Ruth and Olive, all at home. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock, followed by burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
Eugene J. "Gene" CRAWFORD
(1904-2010)
Eugene J. "Gene" Crawford, 92, of Uniontown, PA, died Tuesday Nov. 19, 1996 in Lafayette Manor, Uniontown. He was born August 13, 1904, in Dunbar, PA. Mr. Crawford was a retired conductor with the Monessen Southwestern Railroad. He was a member of the Central Christian Church and was a lifetime elder of the church. He received a citation from former President George Bush for his volunteer service with the elderly; and he also received membership in the 1000 Points of Life Organization.
Surviving are nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Carrie Crawford in 1980; his wife Rachel Crawford in 1985.
Friends will be received at the BURHANS-Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville Street, Dunbar. Internment in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
Frances CRAWFORD died in 1898. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(33)
Mrs. Daniel Crawford
Mrs. Frances E., wife of Daniel Crawford, died at 4 a.m., on Friday, July 8,
1898, at their home at Lemont, of paralysis, aged 68 years. Deceased was a daughter
of the late John Cooper of Uppermiddletown. She leaves a husband and eight sons.
Funeral on Sunday at 10 a.m., interment in Percy Methodist graveyard.
Mrs. Frances Crawford, wife of Ross W. Crawford, died Tuesday, May 16, at the family home in Hedrick, Ia. Mrs. Crawford was a daughter of the late Kennedy and Harriet Bonner Bryson, former residents of Fayette county.
Frank McDonald CRAWFORD (1863-1929)
Frank McDonald Crawford, aged 65 years five months and 12 days died at this home at Evans Station, Monday, January 7, 1929, at 9:40 p.m., after an illness of two years. He is survived by his widow, Lydia Dean Crawford; three children, Mrs. Paul H. Roby of Uniontown, Mrs. Matthew Lowden of Evans Station and James R. Crawford of Republic. Seven sisters, two brothers and 12 grandchildren also survive. He was preceded in death by two sons and two daughters. Funeral notice will be announced later.
FRANK M. CRAWFORD FUNERAL - Funeral services for Frank M. Crawford, who died Monday evening, January 7, 1929, at 9:40 o’clock, will take place at the Free Methodist church, Evans Street, this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The funeral party will meet at the Crawford home in Evans street at 1:30 and proceed from there to the church. Burial will be in Park Place cemetery.
Freda Pearson CRAWFORD (1904-1975)
CRAWFORD, MRS. FREDA PEARSON, 70, of 47 Race St. Brownsville, died March 1, 1975 in Brownsville General Hospital. She was born Oct. 26, 1904 in Millsboro, the daughter of the late William and Mae Blackburn Carter. She was preceded in death by two husbands, C.R. Pearson and C.R. Crawford. Survivors include three children, William Pearson, Mrs. Muriel Elias, and Mrs. Norma Fortuna; a brother, Melvin Carter, and a sister, Lillian Plut. She was also predeceased by a grandson, Anthony Fortuna and a sister, Thelma Hupp. Burial in LaFayette Memorial Park under the direction of the Andrew J. Skirpan Funeral Home, Brownsville.
Genevieve L. CRAWFORD (1909-2000)
Genevieve L. Crawford, 90, of Perryopolis, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at 3:55 a.m. in Uniontown Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1909, in Layton, daughter of the late John and Mayme House Stimmell. Genevieve was a member of Layton United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one daughter and three sons, Mrs. Edgar (Jeannine) Churby of Perryopolis, James E. Essington and wife, Gail of Perryopolis, Glenn A. Crawford and wife, Lana of Uniontown and Terry L. Crawford and wife, Darlene of West Newton; 10 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Clarence (Dot) Hutchinson of Perryopolis.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Essington; her second husband, Glenn H. Crawford; three sisters, Nell Piper, Marie McKelvey and Nancy Stimmell and one grandson, James Churby.
Friends will be received in the BLAIR LOWTHER FUNERL HOME INC. 106 E. Independence Street, Perryopolis today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 2 p.m. the hour of service. The Rev. Brock R. Beveridge will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Washington Cemetery, Perryopolis.
Funeral services for George Crawford, former Fayette county resident who died last week in California will be held Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock DST at Greensboro. The body will arrive here Friday.
Grace Crawford, 84, formerly of Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., died Monday, July, 14, 2008.
She is survived by her daughter, Anita Crawford, of Jersey City, N.J.; son, Robert Crawford, living in Puerto Rico; Susan Crawford, of Olney, Md.; and two grandchildren, Joseph and Kelly Crawford, of Maryland. Grace is also survived by sister, Louise Grisi; brother, Nick Lullo; and brother and sister-in-law, Fred and Rosemarie Lullo, all of New Jersey. She is also survived by family members in the area, Elsie Sechrist, of Perryopolis, Fayette County, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crawford, of South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa.
Grace lived in Connellsville for more than 35 years before moving to Jersey City three years ago. She was a member of IC Church, Connellsville, and also volunteered in the church's elementary school for many years.
Funeral services were held in Friday, July 18, 2008, in Jersey City.
Grace A. Crawford, 88, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Sunday, June 4, 2006, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. She was born February 23, 1918, in Brownsville, Pa., the daughter of the late Abiel and Blanche Bonnell Markley.
She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Jean Crawford, four brothers: Irvin, James, Duane, and infant brother, William Markley, and three half brothers, Clifford, Harry, and George Markley.
She will be sadly missed by her son, James D. Crawford and wife, Jeannie, of Brownsville, Pa.; two daughters: Judy Kishel, of Brownsville, and Gail Pitek and husband, Gary, of Brownsville; four grandchildren: James C. Crawford and Robyn, of Brownsville, Scott A. Crawford and his wife, Elizabeth, of Orville, Ohio, Stephanie Grace Kishel and Franklin Fauskey, of Brownsville, and Douglas E. Pitek, of Brownsville; two great grandchildren: Benjamin and Marissa Crawford, both of Orville, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the NOVAK FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front Street, Brownsville, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to9 p.m. and Thursday, June 8, 2006, until 10 a.m. the hour of Service with the Rev. Paul Sandusky officiating. Interment will be in LaFayette Memorial Park, Route 40 East, Brier Hill, Fayette County, Pa. Visitation was also held on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Hamilton 'Ham' CRAWFORD ( -1931)
Word has been received by Uniontown friends and relatives of the death, in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Thursday, April 16,1931, of Hamilton "Ham" Crawford, aged 55 years. He is survived by his widow and six children. The body will be brought to Summerfield where funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the cemetery at Addison.
CRAWFORD, MRS. HELEN L.— Aged 72, South Connellsville, died Thursday evening, April 4, 1963, in the Connellsville State General Hospital. She was born December 13, 1890 in Accident, Md. She was a member of the Albright EUH Church. She is survived by these children, Ray, Elyria, O.; Russell, San Rafael, Calif.; Melvin, Bellmead, Md.; Robert D. Avon Lake, O.; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters. She was predeceased by her husband, George W. Crawford. Friends are being received in the Brooks Funeral Home, 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, where services will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Proves Fatal to Henry CRAWFORD
Just as the day was dawning on Tuesday morning, the dead body of Henry Crawford, a stone cutter who resides at Gibson, was found lying near the railroad track near the cattle guard just this side of the latter place by Ross Balsley and Samuel C. Goodwin. Both were on their way to work, the former going in the direction of Gibson and the latter coming this way. They at once gave the alarm, and several residents of Gibson identified the remains. Squire Lytle Joseph Soisson, George H. Mathiott, R.A, McIlvaine and William Keffer, was impaneled. They proceeded to the spot, viewed the dead body and adjourned until the following day.
The remains were then removed to the late residence of the decease from which they were subsequently interred. At the hearing Wednesday afternoon Ross Balsley testified to the finding of the body. Car Inspector Sheck, of the Baltimore and Ohio road, swore that he saw Crawford on his way to Gibson about midnight, Monday evening, and that he was considerably under the influence of liquor. Several others testified to the position of the body, which was lying about three feet from the end of the ties, with face upturned and legs and arms outstretched. His hat lay some little distance off and was partially filled with water from the heavy rains of that night.
There were no marks of violence whatever on the body and the jury learned from Dr. Phillips, who had been the physician of the deceased, that he had been afflicted by stimulants. Taking all these matters into consideration it was evident that Crawford was overtaken with an acute attack of his malady while on his way home, fell down by the side of the track and expired. The jury accordingly rendered a verdict of death from natural causes.
Deceased was an Englishman by birth, and was about thirty-three years old. He had been employed as a stone cutter in the quarries of the Porter Brothers, at Fayette station, for the past five years. He leaves a wife and several small children.
Isabelle Stroud CRAWFORD (1841-1921)
MRS. ISABELLE S. CRAWFORD
Mrs. Isabelle Stroud Crawford, 80 years and six months old, widow of James Crawford, died this morning at 1:45 o’clock at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pierce, in Crawford avenue, West Side. Mrs. Crawford made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Keefer of South Connellsville, but had been visiting at the Pierce home for the past week. Two weeks ago while visiting at the home of her daughter at Latrobe, Mrs. Crawford contracted a severe cold, which with complication of diseases, resulted in her death. Deceased was born in Steubenville, O., May 8, 1841, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Stroud. For the past 50 years she had resided in Connellsville. In addition to Mrs. Pierce and Mrs. Keffer, she is survived by the following children: Mrs. William W. Clotfelty, Mrs. Jennie Halbritter and John B. Crawford, all of Connellsville; Frank Crawford, Uniontown; Mrs. Nettie Sheu, Filbert; William Crawford, Gibsonia; Mrs. Bert Phillips, Alliance, O., and Mrs. Carrie McClement, Latrobe, and three sisters, Mrs. John Storey of Connellsville, Mrs. Emma Duncan of Dunbar and Mrs. Rachel Woods, Uniontown; 41 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Mrs. Crawford was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church and was held in high esteem by her many friends. The body was removed today by Funeral Director Charles C. Mitchell, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keffer at South Connellsville, where funeral services, the time to be announced later, will be held. The interment will be made in Oak Grove cemetery, Uniontown.
Died in a Fit
James Crawford was found dead along the Southwest road, near the fairgrounds, at Uniontown, on Thursday last. It is supposed that he died in an epileptic fit. He was subject to those fits and had had one that morning not long before he had started down the railroad. Coroner Barton impaneled a jury, who rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts mentioned above. After the inquest the body was removed to the residence of Mrs. Sembower, who is a sister of the deceased, whence the funeral took place on Saturday. Crawford leaves a wife and 13 children, who live in Dunbar. Owing to disagreements he has not lived with his family for some time.
James McKay CRAWFORD (1866-1953)
James M. CRAWFORD
James M. Crawford, 86, retired James B. Clow & Sons Co., employee died at 1:45 a.m. today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joe Kimball, 705 John St., following a short illness. He was born Feb. 15, 1866, at McKeesport, Pa., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Crawford. The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Kimball, and Mrs. Commodore Fields, Fairchance, Pa.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Lulu Barrick and Mrs. Mayme Elder, Coshocton; a stepson, Roy Matthews, Coshocton; 39 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. One son and one daughter are deceased. Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Dawson funeral home with Rev. A. B. Johnson in charge. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and Monday until time for the services.
JAMES R. CRAWFORD
James R. Crawford, 79, of 6-A Greenwood Heights, formerly of Republic, was dead on arrival at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at Connellsville State General Hospital. He was born Oct. 9, 1892, in Dunbar, the son of the late Frank and Lydia Dean Crawford, and had lived in Connellsville for three years, having resided in Republic prior to that.
A retired coal miner with Republic Steel, he was a member of the UMWA 668, Clyde Local of Fredericktown, the Juniors, Dunlap Council 48 of Merrittstown; the Youghiogheny Lodge 340, United Transportation Union, the Greenwood United Methodist Church and formerly was a member of the Christian Church at Tower Hill 1.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret E. Hampshire Crawford; three sons, James R. Crawford, Jr., of South Carolina, Robert E. Crawford of Lanham, Md., and Tech Sgt. William L. Crawford of the Forbes Air Force Base, Topeka, Kan, one daughter, Mrs. Ivan (Betty Louise) Gore of South Connellsville; eight grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and two sisters, Mrs. Paul (Rhea) Roby and Mrs. Matthew (Luea) Lowden, both of Uniontown. He was predeceased by a daughter, June, in 1919, a brother, Frank Crawford, Jr. and two sisters, Mrs. Edna Gough and Mrs. Lillian Lowden.
FUNERAL NOTICES
CRAWFORD—Friends of James R. Crawford, of 6-A Greenwood Heights, who died Sunday, Oct 24, 1971, may call after 7 p.m. today at the Samuel C. Brooks Funeral Home, 111 East Green St., where the funeral service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Roland M. O’Brian and the Rev. Robert Critchlow in charge. Interment in LaFayette Memorial Park.
James W. Crawford, 74, of Uniontown, a retired West Penn Power employee died Wednesday at his home. He was employed at the Uniontown substation for 25 years and was a member of Asbury Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow Mabel Miller Crawford; one son, J. Vernon Crawford, director of the Union Vocational School of Uniontown; one daughter, Mrs. Daniele J. (Lucille) Mosser of Uniontown; two sisters, Mrs. Alene Murtland of Butler and Mrs. R. B. Mathews of Uniontown; two brothers, Ira D. of Shady Grove and Robert C. of Butler and three grandchildren.
Predeceased by a brother, Paul and a sister, Mrs. Clara Murtland. Interment in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
According to the census of 1910 Mabel was born in Illinois, her father in Germany and her mother in PA. In 1910 they lived in Menallen Twp. James W. was 27 and was a carpenter in a coke works. Mabel was 24. They had been married for a year and Vernon was 4/12 years old.
In 1930 the census still says Mabel was born in Illinois, but says both of her parents were born in PA. They now lived in Uniontown.
In the May 26, 1934 Daily Courier it says that J. Vernon Crawford earned a Batchelors of Science in Industrial Arts Education from California State Teachers College.
The Daily Courier Feb 18, 1936 says that Mrs. Vernon Crawford of the Flatwoods district attended the Flatwoods World Wide Guild meeting at Uniontown. This was in connection of the Flatwoods Baptist Church. She was very active in this organization.
June 1, 1944. Vernon Crawford and Danie? Mosser were ushers at the wedding of Lucile Pritts and Lt. Wllace Custard at the Asbury Methodist Church.
Oct. 4, 1946 J Vernon Crawford was presidnt of the Uniontown Exchange Club.
James W. Crawford, age 84 years, died at his home in Uniontown on Saturday, Aug. 9, 1975. He was born in Uniontown Jan 25, 1891, the son of Richard and Sarah Minerd Crawford. Survived by his wife Phoebe (Crum) Crawford; 4 sons, Dick E. Crawford of Manteca, Calif; J. Robert Craford of Connellsville, Charles W. and Ronald E. both of Uniontown; 4 daughters, Mrs. Wade (Sarah) Mahoney, Miss Jean B. Crawford, Mrs. Fred (Vivian) Thomas, and Mrs. Edward (Sandra) Sohyda all of Uniontown, 21 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. Interment in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Succumbs to Pneumonia After Short Illness
John C. Crawford, 83, of 2207 26th St NE, died Sunday in the home from pneumonia. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Melissa Crawford; two sons, W.M. Crawford of Waynesburg and D.B. Crawford of Canton; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Hoge and Mrs. Ida Grace, both of Canton, and two brothers, Amzi of Uniontown, Pa., and James Crawford of Coshocton. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the home in charge of Rev. W.C. Roark. The body is at the Earl Jack & Son parlors and will be taken to the home tonight.
Joyce Marie Mickens CRAWFORD
( -2012)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND
Joyce Marie (Mickens) Crawford
Joyce Mickens Crawford daughter of Kenneth “Pete” Mickens, died on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, after a long illness. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her home in Landover, Md. She was predeceased by her mother, Wilma; a son, Marlin and a brother, William Mickens. She leaves to cherish her memory, husband, Henry; two children Aaron (Jessica) Crawford and Tiffany Crawford, Landover, Md.; ten grandchildren; three sisters, Patricia (Norman) Brown of Oxon Hill, Maryland, Linda (Michael) Etheridge, Fairchance, Pa. and Karen Mickens, Greenbelt, Md. She is also survived by mother- in-law, Vivian Crawford; sister-in-law JoAnn Mickens, along with a host of relatives and friends. Friends will be received at the LANTZ FUNERAL HOME, Uniontown, Pa. for viewing on Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. until the Homegoing Service at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Lana Jean Burks CRAWFORD (1948-2008)
Lana Jean Burks Crawford, 60, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., died Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in the Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was born March 24, 1948 in Uniontown. Preceding her in death was her father, Warren E. Burks, April 13, 1995. Lana was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church and was a loving wife, mother, daughter, and grandmother. Surviving are her husband Glenn Crawford; her mother June Harned Burks, of Uniontown; a son, Daniel Crawford, and granddaughter, Meagan Crawford, whom she loved and adored.
Friends will be received in the JEROME W. SHELL FUNERAL HOME, 164 S. Mt. Vernon Ave., Uniontown, Pa., on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m., on Sunday from Noon to 3 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Monday until 11 a.m., the Hour of Service, with the Reverend Dr. Joong W. Koe, officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, in Uniontown.
Luther. S. CRAWFORD died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Funeral services for Luther S. Crawford, 40, former mayor of Uniontown, who was
drowned in Lake Lynn, three miles above the Ice's Ferry bridge Sunday afternoon
about 2 o'clock, will be held Wednesday. Arrangements for the services
will be completed following the arrival this afternoon of a sister, Miss Edith
Crawford, who resides in New York.
Crawford had served the city as mayor from 1928 to 1932 and was one of the community's best known young business men. Since leaving the mayor's office, he had been engaged in the wholesale beer business, handling the products of a Pittsburgh brewery from his West south street warehouse.
Crawford was a member of a party enjoying a Sunday outing on Lake Lynn, and the party had engaged a canoe for the day. The former mayor is understood to have been riding in the light craft when it became beached at a point known as Squirrel Run, and Crawford got out and sat on a large rock.
A paddle of the canoe got loose and began floating out on the lake. Crawford, wearing a bathing suit, called to his friends that he was going after the paddle. He plunged into the water, and a moment later, his friends heard him call for help.
"I've got a cramp," he called, and then sake below the surface. Other members of the party went to his rescue but their efforts were futile, because of the 60-foot depth of water at that particular spot.
An alarm was spread quickly and rescue efforts started. West Virginia state police and Morgantown firemen answered emergency calls, and together with aid from Sunset beach, worked until 9:30 last night before the body was recovered 75 feet from where the former mayor disappeared from view. Lights had been rushed to the scene from Sunset beach to aid the rescue parties in their work.
A boat carrying a group of five men with grappling hooks had remained at the scene after many other rescuers had given up their efforts and it was this group that??
... Clarence Satterfield, of Morgantown; P. C. Stainaker, Clark Linnie and Melvin Fazenbaker, Morgantown firemen, and Paul McKinney, a postoffice clerk of Morgantown.
The body was later removed to the mortuary of J. Harry Johnston & Sons, of Uniontown, where it was prepared for burial.
Luther Seabright Crawford was born June 14, 1895, and reared in Uniontown. He was a son of Luther L. Crawford, deceased, and Mrs. Auberta Rush Crawford, with whom he made his home. He was graduated from the Uniontown high school with the class of 1913, and during the World War served his country overseas three years in the Department of Criminal Investigation, in which he had enlisted.
Returning to Uniontown at the end of the war, he became associated with his father in Crawford's drug store, later entering the auto accessories business.
In 1928, he was a successful candidate for mayor, served four years, was a candidate again in 1932, and lost his fight for re-election by only a few votes to Mayor William C. Hatfield.
He had planned becoming a candidate for election this fall, and his cards and other campaign literature were all ready for distribution.
Crawford was one of the charter members of Lafayette Post No. 51 Drum and Bugle corps, and of the post itself. He was also a member of the Elks, Moose and Eagles lodges.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, Albert, and a sister, Edith L. Crawford, who has been residing in New York. His widow, Mrs. Hazel Ross Crawford, and three children, Ross, Homer and Joane, also survive.
(Standard - 7/15/1935)
Myrtle CRAWFORD died in 1899. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(5)
CRAWFORD, MYRTLE
At the home of her parents, John and Lavina CRAWFORD, Myrtle CRAWFORD of North Connellsville, aged 4 years, Saturday evening, January 28, 1899. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Services were conducted at the home of the parents by Rev. J. B. Risk. Interment in Hill Grove Cemetery.
CC Fri. 2-3-1899
O. J. Crawford
Orville J. Crawford, 79, of Brownsville, died in Uniontown Hospital. He was born in New Salem, son of late Pierson and Mary Liston Crawford, and had been a lifelong resident of Fayette County. He was a member of the First Brethren Church of Uniontown. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Helen Harn Crawford; four daughters, including Mrs. Clarence (Edna) Coughenour of Uniontown, R. D. 3, and Mrs. James (Elizabeth) Parks of West Brownsville: a son; 13 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; a brother, Harry of Shady Grove, and five sisters, including Mrs. Etua Thornton and Delia Shepler of Brownsville, Minervia Graham of Belle Vernon and Bertha Barber of Balsinger.
Pearl E Miller Howard CRAWFORD (1910-1994)
Pearl E. Miller Howard Crawford, age 84, of Uniontown died Thursday, April 14, 1994 in Uniontown Hospital. She was born January 30, 1910 in Summerville, PA, a daughter of the late Walter and Molly Wilson Miller.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Allen (Janet) Clingan of McMurray, PA and Mrs. Robert (Martha) Saluga of Uniontown, and one son, Norman "Champ" Howard of Uniontown, with whom she made her home, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her first husband Norman Howard, one son, Donald Howard, one daughter-in-law, Bernice Howard and two brothers, Fred and William Miller.
Interment in Park Place Cemetery Uniontown.
Ralph Erskine CRAWFORD (1913-1998)
Ralph Erskine Crawford, 85, of 90 Monongahela Avenue, Westover, died Sunday Nov. 22, 1998, at his home. He was born May 3, 1913, in Venetia, PA, son of the late Elmer Holland and Josephine Crawford. He worked as a supervisor at Dupont and Madison until 1958 and retired as a self employed painting contractor in 1980. He was along time member of the Riverside Apostolic Church, where he served as a Sunday School Superintendent, song leader and Director of the Bus Ministry.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Amanda E. Staup Crawford; three sons and spouses, Robert L & Bonnie Crawford of Castalia, Ohio, Donald R. and Sherry Crawford of Orlando, Florida and David R & Sally Crawford of Westover; a daughter, Linda S. Abersold of Montgomery, Al; a sister Dorothy Richardson, of Monongahela, PA; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother Homer Crawford, and a sister Virginia Zadalac.
Friends may call at Riverside Apostolic Church, Dents Run Blvd., from 7-9 p.m. Monday 3-5 & 7-9 p.m. Tuesday Service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 25 with pastors David M. Hudson and Paul Walker officiating. Entombment will be in Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens Chapel of Tranquility.
Scottdale — Ralph O. Crawford, 86, of Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa., passed away at 5:58 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa. Ralph was born Jan. 14, 1922, in Belington, W.Va., a son of the late Ira and Florence Leslie Bennett Crawford. He married the former Edith R. DeWalt on March 14, 1946. Ralph was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He was a retired transformer repairman with the former West Penn Power Co., where he worked for 20 years. Previously, he was employed by the former Scottdale Casket Co. for 20 years.
Ralph was a faithful member of the Scottdale Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon, played on the dart ball team, and held membership in the Co-Strivers Sunday School Class. A World War II veteran, he served as a corporal in the Army's 769th Military Police Battalion. He served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and the Ardennes, and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal and European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars. He enjoyed his family and having breakfast daily at Tartals Restaurant.
Ralph will be sadly missed by his loving family; his wife of 62 years, Edith R. DeWalt Crawford; his three daughters, Marilyn Crawford Montgomery and husband, Dick, of Sacramento, Calif., Joyce Moore and husband, David, of Scottdale, and Christine Brewer and husband, Steve, of Vinton, Iowa; his five grandchildren, Michele Cerza and husband Scott, David Moore, Jr., and wife, Nancy, Megan Ohler and husband, Jared, Joshua Brewer, and Kyle Brewer; his two great-grandchildren, Matthew and Zachary Cerza; and several nieces and nephews.
He was the last surviving member of the Ira and Florence Leslie Bennett Crawford family. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Seaman; and three brothers, Alvie, Henry and Woodrow Crawford.
Personalized arrangements are under the professional supervision of the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, (724-887-5300/www.fergusonfunerals.com ). At the request of the deceased, there will be no public viewing. Family and friends will be received from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Scottdale Church of Christ, where a Celebration of Life service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, with Pastor Bob Chambers, officiating. Final resting place will be in Scottdale Cemetery, Scottdale. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Camp Christian, P.O. Box 230, Mill Run, Fayette County, Pa., 15464, in memory of Ralph O. Crawford.
Love Lasts Forever!
Raymond E CRAWFORD (1917-2003)
Raymond E. Crawford, 86, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., passed away Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, in Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born Sept. 2, 1917, in Morgan Station, Pa., son of the late Paul and Margaret Mae Crawford. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Lolita "Lad" Crawford, on Dec. 14, 2001.
Surviving are four children, Laurel M. Fait and husband, David of Youngwood, Paul Crawford of Uniontown, Phillip Crawford and wife, Patti Jo of Lemont Furnace, and Lisa J. Cupp and husband, Edward of Hopwood; four grandchildren, Edward A. Cupp II, Ashley E. Crawford, Hallie Taj Cupp and Mallory P. Crawford; two step-grandchildren, Scott Fait and Laura Mitchell; and one sister, Eleanor Jean Shaw of Mount Pleasant.
Raymond was a member of Fairview United Methodist Church. He served as Sunday school Superintendent at Percy United Methodist Church (Fairview United Methodist) for 50 years, and also taught Sunday school for many years. He graduated from North Union High School, Class of 1934, and California Normal School, Class of 1936, and he then started his teaching career at the age of 19 at Mt. Braddock Elementary School. He was inducted into the U.S. Army during World War II, and after leaving the military, he taught at North Union High School until 1965, and was Principal at Kennedy Elementary School until his retirement in 1980, with 42 years of service. In a lifetime dedicated to family, youth, church and community, he was a lifeguard at Shady Grove Park, a camp councilor at Camp Shaw (Y M C A) for two years, and was also the J.V. basketball coach at Laurel Highlands for many years. During his summers, he donated his time to painting the Cross at Jumonville Training Center for years. Raymond was responsible for the establishment of the Head Start Program in Laurel Highlands School District in 1965.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with the Rev. Jeffrey Popson officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Fairview United Methodist Church, Rosie Hill Road, Lemont Furnace, PA 15456.
Ronald Ray CRAWFORD, Sr. (1955-2006)
Ronald Ray Crawford, Sr., 50, of Hagerstown, Maryland, passed away Monday, October 9, 2006, at his home. He was born December 25, 1955 in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., son of the late Alvin A. and Mary Louise Rizer Crawford.
In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by two brothers, Roger Dale Crawford, and twin, Donald Crawford, and a special friend, Sherry Ayers.
Surviving are his wife, Lorinda Bates Crawford; four daughters, Lorinda Crawford, Jennie Shepard, Marie Frederick, and Christina Crawford, all of Hagerstown, Maryland; four sons, Robert Hewitt, of South Carolina, Ronald Crawford, Jr., John Crawford, and Randy Crawford, all of Hagerstown, Maryland; one sister, Mary Belle Crawford, of Arthurdale, West Virginia; three brothers, Alvin Crawford, Jr., of Hagerstown, Randy Crawford, of Morgantown, West Virginia, and Charles Crawford, of Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa.; and six grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, HOPWOOD, Fayette County, Pa., on Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday until 11 a.m., the Hour of the Service, with the Rev. Brian Young, officiating. Interment will follow in Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pa.
Rose 'Poochie' M. CRAWFORD
(1934-2003)
Rose M. (Poochie) Crawford, 69, of Maxwell, Pa., passed away on Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, at her home. She was born on November 4, 1934, in East Millsboro, Pa., the daughter of the late James A. and Mary Bukowski Lent, Sr. Mrs. Crawford was a member of St. James Roman Catholic Church of LaBelle, Pa. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Wilbur Crawford; one brother, Thomas Lent; and a sister-in-law, Geraldine (Gerry) Lent.
She is survived by three children, Arthur J. Crawford and his wife, Jaycie of Smock, Pa., Teresa Miller and husband, Brett of Brownsville, Pa., and Mary Kay Crawford, at home; five grandchildren, Howard Wingrove, Ashley Crawford, Patricia Crawford, Justin Crawford and Brett Miller; one great-granddaughter, Courtney Wingrove; three brothers, James "Fish" Lent of Maxwell, Arthur Lent and his wife, Gloria of East Millsboro, and Frank Lent and his wife, Robin of California, Pa.; one sister, Mary Grubaugh of Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in THE SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park St., Brownsville, Pa., on Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, from 2 to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, where a prayer service will be held at 10:15 a.m. followed by a funeral mass at 11 a.m. at St. James R. C. Church, LaBelle, with the Rev. Fr. James Petrovsky as celebrant. Interment will follow in Acklin Cemetery. A Vigil Service will be held on Friday at 7 p.m.
SAMUEL C. CRAWFORD
Samuel C. Crawford, aged 69 years, 11 months and 14 days, died at his home, 79 Braddock street, Saturday afternoon, September 14, 1929, at 3 o'clock of complications. He is survived by the following children: William of Canton, Ohio; Arthur, Fuller, and Frank of Uniontown; Albert of Liberty; Mrs. Wayne Guess, Mrs. Oliver Babbony of Uniontown. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive. Funeral services will be held in the home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Archer officiating. Burial will be in Park Place Cemetery.
Samuel M. Crawford, 88 years old father of Mrs. F. G. Robinson of Uniontown, died Thursday at his home at Aspinwall. He was a veteran of the Civil War.
SAMUEL M. CRAWFORD
Samuel M. Crawford, aged 88 years, father of Mrs. F. C. Robinson of Uniontown, died at his home in Aspinwall Thursday afternoon, March 28, 1929, at 5 o’clock. He was a veteran of the Civil war and was born in Armstrong county. Infirmities incident to age were given as the cause. Mr. Crawford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Crawford and the following son and daughters: H. M. Crawford of Phillippi, W. Va., Mrs. W. W. Beatty of Aspinwall and Mrs. Robinson of Uniontown. Funeral services will be held at the Crawford home in Center avenue, Aspinwall, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Sam'l. N. CRAWFORD died in 1853. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(17)
At his residence in Luzerne tp., on Tuesday the 5th inst., Mr. SAML. N. CRAWFORD,
aged about 58 years.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. July 28, 1853.
Crawford Child Dies in Hospital
Sharon Lee Crawford, one-year old daughter of Charles A. and Margaret Bartock Crawford, Smithfield R.D. 1, died in Uniontown Hospital at 4:30 yesterday morning. She is survived by a brother, C. Allen Crawford; and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Bessie Crawford, Brownfield. Friends are being received at the Gleason Funeral Home, where services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Rev. M. Guy West officiating. Burial will be in Sylvan Heights cemetery.
Smith CRAWFORD died in 1911. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(33)
Weekly Courier, Connellsville, PA Thursday, October 26, 1911
TWO MINERS KILLED
While Cutting Clay Vein in Hogset Company's Mine
Grief reigns in two homes at Lemont where two widowed women are mourning
the death of their husbands. Smith Crawford and Thomas Ridley who were
killed by a fall of slate Friday evening in the mine of the Hogsett Coal &
Coke Company.
The two men were cutting a clay vein and about 4 o'clock in the afternoon
the roof above them gave way, the men being pinned down by a large quantity of
slate
and earth. The mine was not running Friday on account of there being no eavs
so
there were no miners to discover the plight of the two buried men. As a
consequence they were not found until about 1 o'clock in the morning when the
night man
passed the way on his rounds. Part of both bodies were visible and Ridley was
still alive but death came about 4 A.M. Ridley was still conscious when found
and
talked to the fireboss.
Crawford did the posting in the mine and was a very competent man of long
experience. Pat Callahan is superintendent of the Hogsett mine and is
considered a very careful man. He was for six years mine foreman at Edenbern.
Crawford was about 40 years of age, and son of the late Daniel Crawford.
The sonmarried Isabell Zebley of Yauger Hollow and she and a little daughter
survive. There are also the following brothers; John, William, and James of
Ohio. Charles
and Amzi, Yauger Hollow and Samuel C., Uniontown. Deceased was a memeber of
the Free Methodist Church.
Thomas R. CRAWFORD (1921-2010)
Thomas R. Crawford, age 88, of Upper Tyrone Township, Mount Pleasant, and formerly of Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania passed away at 9:10 a.m. on Sunday, January 31, 2010 in Jo-Ella's Personal Care Home, Upper Tyrone Township. Born September 19, 1921 in Crafton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Ralph J. Crawford and Violet White Crawford. "Tom" was a loving father and grandfather. He was a retired educator, teaching for over thirty years as a physical education and health instructor at both East Huntingdon and Southmoreland High schools. "Tom" graduated from Dormont High School in 1940 and from both Waynesburg College and Slippery Rock College where he starred on the football teams.
During his teaching career, he also coached basketball, football, and track. He was a longtime member of Calvin United Presbyterian Church in Scottdale where he served as Treasurer of the dartball team. He also was a member of the Retired Christian Men and enjoyed gardening, fishing, traveling, and dining out. A veteran of World War II, he served as a Coxswain in the United States Navy on the U.S.S. Chester and the U.S.S. Barrier as minesweepers in the Aleutian Island.
"Tom" was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Corrine Baker Crawford on May 23, 1974; his second wife Shirley E. Tillotson Crawford on October 13, 2008; and an infant daughter.
"Tom" will be sadly missed by his devoted family: his four children, Alan Crawford and companion Cheryl of Uniontown, Kathy Little and husband Gary of Mount Pleasant, Gary Crawford and wife Helena of Leesburg, Virginia, and Karen Collins and husband Stan of Lima, Peru; his two step-sons: Alan Brannaka and wife Patty of Ruffs Dale and Gary Brannaka and wife Debbie of Hunker, Pennsylvania; and his nine grandchildren: Matthew Crawford, Spencer Crawford, Brian Little, Jennifer Little, Megan Little, Grant Brannaka, Tabitha Wentzell, Kelly McClelland and husband Drew, and Andrea Kalich and her husband Craig.
Personalized arrangements are under the professional supervision of the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 Spring Street, Scottdale, PA 15683 (724.887.5300 www.fergusonfunerals.com/ GPS: N40 degrees 06.136, W769 degrees 35.278). Family and Friends will be received today from 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday from 1 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home chapel where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 with Rev. Dr. Jane L. Young officiating.
Graveside committal service and interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville, Bullskin Township. Memorials may be made to: Calvin United Presbyterian Church, Scottdale, PA 15683 or @ 724.887.9880. Love Lasts Forever! TM
William CRAWFORD died in 1961. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.
The Daily Courier
5/22/1961
William Crawford
William Crawford, 65, of Lemont Furnace, died Sunday. He was born March 7 , 1896,
at Hopwood, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amzi Crawford. Sur viving are a
brother, Arthur, and a sister, Mrs. Ruth Harvey, both of U niontown. The body
will be at the Cove Run Free Methodist Church from n oon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, the
hour of the funeral service. The Rev. R.L. W hoolery will efficiate. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Dr. William B. CRAWFORD ( -1973)
DR. CRAWFORD Is Dead At Age 82
Dr. William B. Crawford of 515 High St., Brownsville, a physician in the community for 56 years, died yesterday. He was 82. A former chief of staff at Brownsville General Hospital, Dr. Crawford was a graduate of Bucknell University and the Jefferson Medical College and was a member of Alpha Kappa Kappa. Dr. Crawford was a 55-year member of Brownsville Lodge 60, F&AM, various Masonic bodies including the Syria Temple in Pittsburgh and the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church. Survivors include two children, Mrs. William (Betty) Colbert of Sewickley; Robert B. of Longwood, Fla.; four grandchildren. His wife, Fran Ross Crawford, died in 1972. Family will receive friends in the Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville, Sunday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m., where services will be held Monday at 3 p.m., with Rev. Donald J. Dilley officiating. Burial will be in Redstone Cemetery.
William Henry CRAWFORD (1854-1927)
William Henry Crawford died last evening at 9:30 o'clock at the family home, 116 Chester avenue, after an illness of more than two years. He was born April 8, 1854, at Newark, coming to Mansfield about 18 years ago and since that time residing here. Mr. Crawford was a member of the Mayflower Memorial Church, and also a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Barnsville. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Lee Crawford, of this city; also, four brothers, John C. Crawford, of Canton, Samuel C. Crawford, of Uniontown, PA., Amzi N.G. Crawford, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., and James M. Crawford, of Coshocton, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the family home, conducted by the Rev. D.G. Blair, of the Mayflower Memorial church. Interment will be in the Mansfield cemetery.
William I. Crawford, 59, of Central Valley, N.Y., formerly a resident of Hopwood, died Friday at his home, according to word received here. No details were given in the message. Lillian Clark Crawford, the widow and two sons, Francis, of Newburg, N. Y., and Pearson, at home, survive. Two sisters, Mrs. M. E. Allison of Greensburg, and Mrs. Alf Bryner, of Columbus, O., and one brother, Smith Crawford, of Hopwood, also are among the survivors. Mr. Crawford was buried Monday afternoon at Central Valley. Mrs. Allison of Greensburg attended the services.
James R. CRAY died in 1937. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
The truly biggest men in history have been just plain men: Abraham Lincoln
and Andrew Carnegie are examples. This is true likewise in the narrower
restrictions of individual communities, and especially so in cities like Uniontown.
Such a man was James R. Cray and it is perhaps a finer tribute to his memory
to record it than to set down the long list of professional and business successes
his biography reveals. A fine man, upright, honest, honorable, kindly, just and
always approachable. Mr. Cray will be remembered with friendly affection
by thousands for just these virtues when his professional and business honors
are forgotten.
Yet he achieved honors at the law, his profession, and the unique distinction
of being partner in a law firm that at the time of the death of its senior member,
the late Daniel W. McDonald in 1931, was the oldest continuous law partnership
in Pennsylvania. It was formed just three days after Mr. Cray's admission
to practice in 1892 and continued without interruption or dissension of any kind
for nearly 40 years.
A Democrat politically, Mr. Cray was honored by his party as its candidate for
judge at a time when being a Democratic candidate was solely an honor. He appeared
often in the courts and with such conspicuous success that his counsel was eagerly
sought and highly esteemed.
He was a successful business man judged by the standards of business, and he
was a successful banker, judged by the rules of the financial world. But
his greatest achievement - and his finest tribute - was that he never lost his
rugged sense of proportion and never forgot an old friend.
And that's why his old friends will never forget him, and never cease to sorrow
for his absence.
(Standard - December 13, 1937)
Frank CRAYTON died in 1893. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(5)
CRAYTON, FRANK
At Broad Ford, November 15th, 1893, of consumption, Frank CRAYTON, of Hopwood, aged 25 years.
Courier Fri. 11-24-1893
FRANK CRAYTON
Frank Crayton, 94, of Mount Braddock, died at 5:45 a.m. Monday in Washington, Pa., Hospital, after a prolonged illness. A lifelong resident of Mount Braddock, he was a retired miner and a lifetime member of I.O.O.F. Surviving are three sons, William of Phoenix, Ariz., and Earl and Frank of Mt. Braddock; two daughters, Mrs. Anthony (Mae) Jenaway of Fredericktown and Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Kennedy of Dunbar; 27 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle Hazen Crayton, in 1963; a son, Raymond, and a daughter, Mrs. Minnie Hanna.
CRAYTON— Friends of Frank Crayton of Mount Braddock, who died Monday, July 8, 1968, may call after 7:30 p.m. today and from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Victor A DeCarlo Funeral Home, 136 North Gallatin Ave., Uniontown. The body will lie in state in the Mount Braddock Methodist Church from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Thursday, the hour of the funeral, with the Rev. Ray A. Snair, his pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Percy Cemetery, Mount Braddock.
Notes from contributor:
Born–Feb 1874, Cove Run
Father–John H. Crayton
Mother–Mary Matilda Maust Crayton
Siblings–Harry, Edward, William, Morris,
Springer, & Robert Crayton
Frank CRAYTON, Jr. (1914-1970)
FRANK CRAYTON JR.
Frank Crayton, Jr., 55, of Mount Braddock, died Tuesday afternoon in his home. He was born June 7, 1914, at Mount Braddock, a son of the late Frank and Myrtle Hazen Crayton. He was a member of the Mount Braddock Sportsmen’s Club and a social member of The Dunbar Sons of Italy Lodge. Surviving are a son, James M. of Baltimore, Md.; three daughters, Mrs. Jack (Jean) Shea of Uniontown and Mrs. James (Linda) Minerd and Mrs. Anthony (Mary Ann) Crocetti of Dunbar; 16 grandchildren; two brothers, Earl of Mt. Braddock and William of Arizona, and two sisters, Mrs. Anthony (Mae) Jenaway of Fredericktown and Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Kennedy of Dunbar. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Mrs. Helen Livingston Crayton, in 1959, a son, a brother and a sister.
Death notice for Harriet Crayton appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, April 7, 1904. Complete text is not currently available.
Janice M.Yauger CRAYTON
(1940-2004)
Janice M. Yauger Crayton, 63, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., passed away Thursday, February 26, 2004 in Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Pa. She was born October 25, 1940 in Yauger Hollow, Fayette County, Pa., daughter of Enoch and Stella (Hughes) Yauger. Janice was a member of Cove Run Free Methodist Church and was retired from Firestone in Akron, Ohio. Surviving are her husband, Donald J. Crayton; two daughters Julie A. Smetts at home and Michelle M. Crayton of Washingtonville, Ohio; one grandson, Christopher Smetts; two brothers and a sister: Curtis Yauger and wife Christine of Mount Independence, Pa., Mark Yauger and wife Kay of Yauger Hollow, and Kimberly Yauger and fiancé Terry Furajter of Mount Independence, Pa.; three nieces and two nephews: Rhonda, Theresa, Kevin, Elizabeth and Brian. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m. Visitation continues on Monday, March 1, in Cove Run Free Methodist Church from Noon until 1 p.m., the hour of the Service with Pastor Roger Yeager officiating. Interment will follow in Cove Run Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Cove Run Free Methodist Church.
Death notice for John Crayton appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, November 6, 1897. Complete text is not currently available.
Upper Tyrone.
Mrs. Crayton, widow of George Crayton, who died several years ago, leaving her with three children, died at her home in Broad Ford last Thursday of Hemorrhage of the lungs. Interment at Hopwood Saturday.
Mary Ann Criswell CRAYTON
(1810-1899)
Death notice for Mary Ann Criswell Crayton appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, May 16, 1899. Complete text is not currently available.
Mary M. Brownfield CRAYTON ( -1956)
CRAYTON, MARY M.— Aged 74 years, of 55 Lawn Avenue, died in the Uniontown Hospital, Sunday, February 5, 1956 at 11:25 p.m. She was the daughter of Alfred and Sarah Chipps Brownfield and was a member of Christ Methodist Church and the Willard Bible Class. Surviving are three sons, Reverend Alfred E. Crayton, Kingston, Pa., and Reverend John W. Crayton, Shenango Bridge, New York, and Ned B. Crayton of Uniontown; also nine grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Herbert A. Crayton, in 1949. Friends will be received at the Ferguson Funeral Home, 80 Morgantown St., after 10 a.m. today, until 11 a.m. Wednesday and in Christ Methodist Church from 12 noon until 2 p.m., the hour of service with Rev. J. D. Robb and Rev. Frank W. Stephenson officiating. Interment will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Mary Kathryn CRAYTON
(1927-2008)
Mary K. Crayton
Lemont Furance
Mary Kathryn Crayton, 81, of Yauger Hollow, Lemont Furnace, died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008, at home. She was born April 19, 1927, in Carnegie, daughter of the late Joseph Clegg and Hazel McGinnis Clegg. She attended Cove Run Free Methodist Church. She worked as an inspector for 34 years at Anchor Hocking Glass, Connellsville. Surviving are a son, Robert Crayton, of Yauger Hollow; daughter, Linda Swaney, of Charleroi; grandchildren, Ann Davis-Gluyas and husband, Shaun, and Diana Grubbs and husband, David; and several cousins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Crayton, in 2004; and brother, Joseph Clegg. Friends will be received from 1 to 9 p.m. Friday in the BURHANS- CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Pastor Roger Yeager, officiating. Interment will follow in Cove Run Cemetery, Lemont Furnace.
Ned B. Crayton, 91, of Johnstown, Pa., and formerly of Uniontown, Pa., died Thursday, April 6, 2000, in Arbutus Park Manor, Johnstown. He was born January 22, 1909, in Uniontown, Pa., son of Hubert Crayton and Mary M. Brownfield Crayton. Mr. Crayton retired after 25 years as a salesman for Pillsbury Flour Company. He was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, Asbury Men's Class, United Methodist Men, Laurel Lodge No. 651 F. & A. M., Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory and Syria Temple, Pittsburgh. His wife, Jane Brownfield Crayton, died March 29, 1995. Also deceased are two brothers: Rev. Alfred Crayton and Rev. Jack Crayton, and his parents. He is survived by three daughters: Mary Jane Barber and her husband, Wilbur, of Hatboro, Pa., Gail Elliott and her husband, Larry, of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Dr. Alice Alexander and her husband, Dr. Donald Alexander, of Cumberland, Maryland; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa., today from 6 until 8 p.m. where Services will be held Monday, April 10, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. James P. Fogg officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery. The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorial contributions may be made to Arbutus Park, 207 Ottawa Street, Johnstown, PA 15904. Laurel Lodge No. 651 F. & A. M. will hold Masonic Services today at 7:30 p.m.
Nellie M. Barnett CRAYTON (1911-2001)
Nellie M. Barnett Crayton, 90, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., passed away Wednesday, September 19, 2001 at the home of her daughter, Phyllis. She was born February 3, 1911, in Youngstown, Pa., daughter of the late Henry and Lulu Davison Barnett. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband James Crayton, and a brother Russel Barnett. Surviving are seven children, Barbara Gillen and husband, Earl of Uniontown; Gwendolyn Morrison and husband, William, of Richmond, Va; Gary Crayton and wife Deloris of Chalk Hill; Donald Crayton and wife, Janice, of Stow, Ohio; Sara Pawlak of Elliottsville, Phyllis Bell and husband, Gerald, of Uniontown; Joan Nuckols and husband, Richard of LaPlata, Md: 15 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and one sister, Violet Steinbaugh of York, Pa. Mrs. Crayton was a life member of Cove Run Free Methodist Church and was a retired cafeteria manager at North Union High School. Friends will be receive in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, in the Cove Run Free Methodist Church, from 10 to 11 a.m., the hour of the service, with the Rev. Roger Yeager and the Rev. Charles Little officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Phillip Dale Crayton
South Connellsville
Phillip Dale Crayton, 61, of South Connellsville, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2002, in UPMC Shady Side Hospital in Pittsburgh. Friends will be received in the VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, 123 South First St., West Side, Connellsville, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A service will be held Tuesday, April 2, 2002, in the funeral home, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Barry Witt officiating. Interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park. Military services will be conducted at the cemetery by members of the American Legion Post 301 and VFW Post 21, both of Connellsville and American Legion Post 762 of Trotter.
Raymond Louis CRAYTON ( -1930)
RAYMOND L. CRAYTON
Raymond Louis Crayton, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crayton of Mt. Braddock, died Saturday, February 22, 1930, at 11:30 p.m. in the Uniontown Hospital of a complication of diseases. Surviving besides his parents are the following brothers and sisters; William of Mt. Braddock, Mrs. Jerry B. Hannon of New Kensington, Mrs. Tony Jenaway of Mt. Braddock, Mrs. Elmer Kennedy of Mt. Braddock, Earl C. of Mt. Braddock and Frank, Jr., at home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the late residence followed by additional services in the Mt. Braddock Methodist protestant church at 2:30 in charge of the Rev. Mr. Hamilton. Burial will be in the Percy cemetery.
Robert E. 'Tater' CRAYTON
(1921-2004)
Robert E. "Tater" Crayton, 82, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2004 in Uniontown Hospital. He was a mechanic with Ford Motor Company. Surviving are his wife, Mary K. Clegg Crayton; daughter, Linda D. Swaney of Charleroi, Pa.; son, Robert J. Crayton of Lemont Furnace; brother, Joseph Hess of New Kensington, Pa.; two granddaughters; nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Burhans-Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville Street, Dunbar, Pa, today from 12 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. and Thursday, June 17, until 1 p.m. the hour of service.
Ruth Ann 'Fuzz' Hall CRAYTON (1936-2009)
Ruth Ann Crayton
Lemont Furnace
Ruth Ann "Fuzz" Hall Crayton, 72, of Lemont Furnace, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, in Uniontown Hospital. Born April 14, 1936, in Dunbar, she was a daughter of the late James and Birdie Smitley Hall. She was a homemaker. She is survived by seven children, Larry D. Darnell, of Mt. Braddock, Barry A. Darnell, of Wickhaven, Michael R. Crayton, of Lemont Furnace, John E. Crayton, Grantsville, Md., Sandra Rosano, of Lemont Furnace, Danny M. Crayton, of Connellsville, and Tammy Moore, of Lemont Furnace; a sister, Ethel Crayton, of Farmington; 22 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara; sons, James Patrick and Eugene Darnell; and 10 brothers and sisters. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the BURHANS-CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in the funeral home with Pastor Lee Maley officiating. Interment in Franklin Cemetery.
WILLIAM CRAYTON
OF COVE RUN DEAD
William Crayton, 45 years old, died Friday at his home at Cove Run of complications of disease. Besides his wife, Mrs. Phoebe Crayton, he is survived by three daughters, June, Betty and Mollie, and one stepson, Thomas, in addition to two brothers, Frank Crayton of Mt. Braddock and Morris Crayton of Cove Run. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home, followed by additional services at 2:30 in the Free Methodist Church in charge of Rev. Mr. Yelvington and Rev. Mr. King.