Fayette County Genealogy Project
Obituaries
Frank MOSKOSKY died in 1937. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Frank Moskosky, aged 61, died Wednesday night, December 1, 1937, in the Brownsville hospital following a stroke he suffered while walking to church on Sunday morning. He had been a resident of Brownsville for 40 years.
Surviving are the widow, Julia; a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Cornish of ???
(balance of obit is missing)
(wife: Julia Moskosky - died September 10, 1945; both buried in Bridgeport Cemetery)
Edith N. Moss
Edith Nadine Paull Moss, 59, of Elyria, Ohio, formerly of Continental 3, died Saturday, March 1, 1997, in her home. She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Joseph F. Moss; two sons: Gregory Moss and wife, Emily, of Waverly, Ohio, and Gerald Moss and wife, Renee, of Columbus, Ohio; two granddaughters; one grandson; one brother, jack Paull of Frankfort, Ind.; and seven sisters: Virginia Druash, Norma Smith, Lois Hiles, and Ruth Baughman, all of Uniontown; Donna Miller of Virginia Beach, Va.; Deanna Glover of Kasoto, Minn., and Vivian Spiker of Gibbon Glade. A memorial service was held Saturday, March 8, in Community United Methodist Church, Elyria, Ohio. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial service which will be held Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. at Walnut Hill Methodist Church, Georges Township. Arrangements are under direction of the Reichlin-Roberts Funeral Home, 327 Cleveland St., Elyria, Ohio.
DIED— At his residence in German township, on Friday the 22d ult., Col. Joseph Moss, in the 93rd year of his age. The deceased was born in Chester county, Pa. on the 19th of July, 1748; emigrated to this county, (then Westmoreland,) in the fall of 1776, and settled in what was known by the “Dunlap’s Creek Settlement,” then almost a trackless wilderness, where he resided until his death. Col. M. was among those intrepid pioneers, who left the homes and cultivated fields of their fathers, to seek their fortunes in the wilds of the western wilderness, where the war whoop of the merciless savage echoed upon the mountain and along the dale, and the fearful howling of the beasts of prey died upon the breeze, as they trod in silence the deep recesses of the forests. The time when Col. M. came to the west, was a time of intense interest to an infant republic; but a few months had elapsed since the Colonies had shook off the yoke of bondage, so long pressed by the Mother Country upon the necks of their unoffending subjects; by this measure the aborigines of the western forests, whose barbarities are unexampled in the history of our country, had been let loose and were roaming about from settlement to settlement, committing depredations of the most appalling character. There was no safety either in the lives or property of the inhabitants. The tender female and helpless infant shared alike with the warrior, the cruelties inflicted with the tomahawk and scalping knife in the hands of the ruthless savage. To these scenes of cruelty and blood, Col. M. was not an idle spectator. Fired with the patriotism which characterized the men of that age, and , which was so eminently exhibited in his character, he was not long in deciding as to the duty he owed his country, his helpless family, and his fellow emigrants in Western Pennsylvania.
His first expedition in defense of his country against the savage foe, was made in the year 1781. In this expedition, he served as a Lieutenant of a company of drafted militia, under the command of Capt. Philip Rogers. They rendezvoused temporarily at Col. Edward Cook’s in the Forks of Yough, from whence they marched to “Wallace’s Fort,” a frontier station, situated on the Loyalhannah River, in Westmoreland Co., where he remained in the service for two months. During his time an attack was made upon the Fort in the night by a body of Indians, amounting to 200, and after a warm contest, they were repulsed with considerable loss. In repelling this attack, L’eut. Moss distinguished himself, for bravery and officer-like conduct, meeting danger where ever duty required his presence, often placing his life in jeopardy, in order to encourage the dropping spirits of the little Spartan band of men then in the Fort, which, at the time the assault was made, only amounted to 14 effective men. For his gallantry on this occasion, he received the thanks of his superior officer, and on his return home soon after, he was welcomed among his neighbors and friends with feelings of lively emotion for his bravery in defense of them and their families.
In the following year, Lieut. Moss was again summoned to the defense of the frontier settlements. He joined his company, in the Fall of that year, at “Gerard’s Fort,” on Big Whitely Creek, in Greene county. At this time, Capt. Andrew Robb was the commander of the Fort. Soon after Lieut. M. had joined his Company, he was ordered out with a detachment of forty men to relief of “Stradler’s Fort,” on Dunkard Creek, which had been infested by a large body of Indians. On the arrival of the Detachment, they discovered, to their great mortification, that the Fort had been taken by storm, all the inmates, with one exception, who alone had made his escape to tell the tale of woe, had been put to the sword, and nothing left by which the Post could be recognized but a heap of smoking ruins, and the little band had to return without having had an opportunity of distinguishing themselves in an engagement with the savage foe.
With this expedition, closed the active military services of the deceased, and although frequently afterwards called by his fellow citizens to fill important posts, both civil and military, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction to those by whom conferred and with honor to himself. He never again engaged in active military duty.
The deceased enjoyed during his long life the highest regard and esteem of all who knew him. Kind and obliging as a neighbor, urbane in his manners, mild and generous in his disposition, he drew around him a circle of friends which seldom falls to the lot of a private citizen.
His life as a Christian was no less distinguished for piety and correct Christian deportment. He made a profession of religion at an early age, and attached himself to the Presbyterian Church of “Fogs Manor,” in his native county, then under the Pastoral care of the Rev. Dr. Wilson. On his removal to the West, he united himself with the Church of his choice at Dunlap’s Creek, then under the care of the Rev. Dr. Dunlap, and throughout the remainder of his life he was distinguished for an humble and consistent course of conduct and conversation.
But the humble writer of this brief obituary notice will not attempt to do justice to his memory; it must be left for an abler pen than he is capable of wielding. He was not of this age—the generation to which he belonged has long since gone the way of all men; and he too, after living to a good old age—one to which few of that generation ever arrive—has gone to join, we trust, the innumerable hosts of patriots and redeemed souls at God’s right hand, there to bask beneath the effulgent rays of the Son of Righteousness forever and ever.
By this dispensation of Divine Providence a large circle of relatives are left to mourn the loss of his valuable Christian example and of a friendly adviser in times of trial and distress—the community a valuable citizen, and the church a useful and exemplary member. But they sorrow not as those who have no hope. Their loss is his infinite gain. He died as he had lived—an example of genuine piety and devotion to this Heavenly Father’s will. He lived the life of a christen, and died the death of the righteous. Let our last end be like his.
Margercy MOSS died in 1853. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(17)
DIED
On the 26th ult., in the 66th year of her age, Mrs. Margercy Moss, consort of
Major Jacob Moss of German township. Her last sickness was of short duration.
Death quickly did its work. A peaceful home and many devoted hearts are suddenly
made desolute. She has long been a member of the Presbyterian Church, of a weak
and quiet spirit. Modest and retiring, she prayed but little beyond the circle
of her family, her relatives and immediate neighbors. but she possessed a kind
an generous heart, which habitually prompted her to deeds of beneficence. She
was enabled by divine grace to bear her last illness with remarkable composure
and to speak of her approaching dissolution with as much calmness as if she had
been preparing to go a journey. She was greatly beloved by her family and friends;
and their hearts now bleed under the sad stroke which has taken away the desire
of their eyes. She has gone from her place in the domestic circle. There is now
one vacant chair. She has not however, left us to mourn as those that have no
hope. We fondly trust that another seat in glory is now filled, where, with golden
harp, she will forever utter in sweetest strains of praise her adoring gratitude
to Him whose sovereign grace made her an heir of heaven.
S.W.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. Oct. 6, 1853.
DIED
MOSS— On Wednesday, July 1st, near New Salem, Fayette Co., Pa., Mrs. Rachel Moss, wife of Robert A. Moss, aged 40 years and 10 days.
Emanuel MOSSBURG died in 1897. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(55)
EMANUEL MOSSBURG
Died at his home, Belle Vernon, Pa. April 11,1897, in the 80th year of his age.
Deceased was the oldest of eight sons of Abram and Susan (Baltzell) Mossburg,
both of German decent. Abram was born in Maryland and served in the War of 1812.
He came west in 1816 and settled near Morgantown where he married and where the
subject of this sketch was born February 3, 1818. Abram Mossburg died in 1865
and his wife in 1872, both in Perryopolis. Of their eight sons, six survive:
Abram and George of near Smithfield, Issac of Greene County, Henry of Perrypolis,
Thomas of near Bellevernon and John W. of Uniontown. There was also one sister,
Mary , now deceased. She was the wife of John S. Wilson of Percy. Emanuel Mossburg
married Sarah Isberwood, who died in 1889. A large family of children survive.
The interment was in Mt. Washington cemetary near Perry- opolis on Tuesday, 13th
inst.
Annabelle Rishel MOSSER ( -1961)
MOSSER, ANNABELLE RISHEL— Aged 83, widow of Lucien W. Mosser, former resident of 28 Forbes St., died in the Spear Convalescent Home, Markleysburg, Thursday, December 7, 1961 at 2:45 p.m. She is survived by one son, Harry Duane Mosser, Fort Reckner, Ala.; one step-daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hill, Rochester; four grandchildren; six great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Evans, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Mae Dewalt, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Helen Hager, Farmington; three brothers, James I. and Lloyd Rishel, Uniontown; Frank H. Rishel, Star Route, Uniontown. She was a member of the Calvary Methodist Church. Friends will be received in the Harold S. Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette St. after 3 p.m. today until Saturday at 3 p.m., the hour of service. The Rev. Frank A. Bodner will officiate. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery.
HAROLD
F. MOSSER died in 1971. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(125)
Harold F. Mosser, 71, of Dickerson Run, died Monday afternoon at home after a
lengthy illness. He was born in Dawson , November 7, 1900, the son of the late
Curtis and Clara Stangroom Mosser. He was a member of the Philip G. Cochran United
Methodist Church of Dawson and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and was
a retired engineer for the P. & L. E. Railroad Co., retiring in 1968 after
48 years of service. Surviving are his wife; Mrs. Alpha Boyer Mosser; one son,
Robert C. (Bud) Mosser of Charleston, S. C. ; two daughters Mrs. Lewis (Dolores)
Cravener of Apollo and Mrs. William (Jeanne) Csonka of Leechburg; nine grandchildren
and three sisters, Mrs. A. L. (Pearl) Howe of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Mildred Welling
of Dickerson Run and Mrs. N. J. (Martha) Sokcevic of Mount Airy, Md.
MOSSER- Friends of Harlod F. Mosser of Dickerson Run, who died Monday, Dec. 20,
1971, will be received after 7p.m. today in the Ralph E. Galley Funeral Home
in Dawson, where the funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday by
the Rev. John Barchey, Interment in Dickerson Run Cemetery.
MOSSER, LUCIEN W., aged 77 years, husband of Annabelle Mosser, died in his home, 28 Forbes street, Uniontown, Friday, August 9, 1946, at 4:20 p.m. In addition to his widow he is survived by one son, Harry Duane Mosser, at home; one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hill, of Coraopolis; two brothers, W. H. and John Mosser, of Uniontown; one sister, Mrs. Wilbur Frankhouser, of Brandonville, W. Va.; four grandchildren; three great grandchildren. Mr. Mosser was a member of the Calvary Methodist Church, Uniontown. Friends will be received in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette street, Uniontown, after 6 o'clock this evening where funeral services will be conducted Monday, August 12, at 2:30 p.m., with Rev. J. L. Caraway officiating. Interment in Park Place Cemetery.
SAMUEL MOSSER
Word was received here Monday night of the death in an Erie hospital of Samuel Mosser, a former Uniontown resident. The body will arrive here Wednesday and will be at the Johnston mortuary chapel. Funeral services will be held Thursday with other details to be announced later.
Oliver
MOSSETT died in 1957. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(107)
Oliver Nelson Mossett 91, of Brownsville one of the oldest active pharmacists
in Fayette County died at 9 p.m. Tuesday in Brownsville General Hospital.
He was born Sept 12, 1875 in Brownsville where he was a lifelong resident. He
attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and started his career
in pharmacy in Brownsville with the late Fred D. Robinson. He also worked for
the W. I. Lewis Drug store, Central Pharmacy owned by the late Hayden and Marjorie
Robinson. He operated his own drug store in Pittsburgh for several years and
was pharmicist at the old Brownsville Hospital. Surviving are a neice, Mrs. Louise
Florence of Brownsville, a foster brother a great-nephew and three great-neices.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at the Law Funeral Home, Brownsville with
the Rev. Mack Walton, pastor of Union Baptist Church in New Salem officiating
assisted by the Rev. Walter Coleman, Pastor of Mt. Zion A.M.E Church. Burial
will be in Woodlawn Cemetary, Brownsville.
Agnes J. Mottle
Agnes J. Mottle, 77, of 119 Braddock Road Ave., Mount Pleasant, died Friday evening at Frick Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. [Note written on death notice: died 1/30/1987] She was born Aug. 18, 1909 at East Huntingdon Township, a daughter of the late Thomas and Louise Rehanek Mottle. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Mount Pleasant, where she was a former Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent and choir member. She was a graduate of East Huntingdon High School, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and prior to retirement, she was a teacher in Southmoreland School District. She was a member of Pennsylvania State Education Association and the National Education Association. She was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a professional business women’s organization. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Elmer (Nellie) Firmstone of Mount Pleasant; a nephew and two nieces. She was predeceased by a brother, Edward J. Mottle.
MRS. MAGGIE MOUNT
Mrs. Maggie Mount, aged 64, died Thursday, October 3, 1929, at the home of her son, B. F. Mount. She suffered a stroke of paralysis three years ago and had been an invalid since that time. Mrs. Mount is the widow of E.W. Mount, who died six weeks ago. Her only son, Ben, and a grandson and granddaughter survive together with the following brothers and sisters: Samuel, Amos, Isaac and Mrs. Jennie Wharton of Parkersville, W. Va. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two o’clock at the Mount home, 12 West Place, the Rev. E. A. Hodil officiating. Burial will be in Park Place cemetery.
DEATHS
MOUNTAIN— In Addison, Somerset county, Pa., of Friday the 2nd of December, Mrs. Hannah Mountain, in the 93rd year of her age. Another of those loved and venerable links that united us to a past age is broken. One by one they are passing away and soon nothing but kindly memories of friends, or the loving remembrances of closer kindred will be left us. Mother Mountain retained all her faculties to the last and sunk to sleep, from pure physical exhaustion, and not from disease. She had lived in that age when the Red men roamed proudly through his native and scarce broken forests, when the commonest necessaries of life, (salt as an instance) were brought across the mountains from Fort Cumberland; then the frontier settlement. Now when the shriek of the locomotive is startling her native vallies, when plenty crowns the labors of the husbandman, where hundreds are hurriedly jostling each other in ….... the race of surrenders her soul to her God, and goeth forth to reap the great reward of a well spent life. R.
Harold Lloyd MOUNTAIN (1926-1994)
Harold Mountain, Army Veteran
Harold Lloyd Mountain, 68, of Alverton, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 1994, in Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. He was born Oct. 23, 1926, in Brownsville, a son of the late Frank Lloyd and Katherine Hensel Mountain. He was retired from the U.S. Steel (USX) Homestead works. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific and Korea. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Scottdale and also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, both of Scottdale. Surviving are his wife, Joan Gottheld Mountain; two daughters, Vickie Dawn Briercheck of Massillon, Ohio, and Gail Ann Mountain of Phoenixville, Pa.; two grandchildren; three sisters, Helen Mountain, Dr. Evelyn Mountain and Beula Prinkey, all of Normalville; and a brother, Wilmer J. Mountain of Arlington, Va.
DIED
At the residence of his son, Thos. Mountjoy, in German township, on Saturday the 5th inst., WM. MOUNTJOY, aged 102 years.
Anna MOVAK died in 1931. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Mrs. Anna Movak, of House 28, Footedale, died at 4 a.m., Friday, June 5, 1931,
at the State Hospital, Torrence, following an illness extending over the past
four months. She is survived by her husband, Andrew Movak and three children:
Joseph, Andrew Jr., and Marjorie, all at home. Her mother and three sisters,
in Europe, also survive.
Short funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon followed by
additional services in the Greek Catholic church, New Salem, in charge of the
pastor, Rev. Fr. Anthony Mhley. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
(Herald - June 6, 1931)
Jeffrey L. Mowers
Jeffrey Louis Mowers, 33, of Smock died Thursday. He is survived by his mother, Irene Orosz Mowers of Smock, and brothers and sister, Edward Francis Mowers of Pittsburg, Pa., Lawrence Jay Mowers of Oregon, Cynthia Irene Mowers Bobak of South Africa, and Gregory Oliver Mowers of Waynesboro, Md. Friends will be received in the Andrew J. Skirpan Funeral Home, 13 Park St., Brownsville, on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Friday until 11 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
June 18, 1961
Died—–
December 22, 1994
Who The Victims Are
Uniontown Nov 29, 1879 — The boiler explosion yesterday afternoon at the coal works of Ried Brothers, near Dunbar Furnace, eight miles below here, turns out to be worse than was at first supposed. Two men were instantly killed and one died with in an hour.
Their names were Richard Evans, J.J. Miller and Daniel McGarvey. Two more Josh Mowery and Joseph Vayone, died last night, and the sixth man, Morgan McGill this afternoon. John Dougherty, the pit boss hurt both externally and internally, and his recovery is considered improbable. Seven other men are suffering from wounds, scalds and burns, but none of them thought to be fatally injured. The disaster occurred in this way; Eight men were on the roof of the boiler house, and with the assistance of a number below were erecting a new smoke stack. The steam penetrating through the roof annoyed the men above, and Vayone, the yard boss, orderd the escape valve to be closed. This was done, and within two minutes the boiler exploded with terrific force. Daniel McGarvey, the engineer, was thrown a hundred feet in the air and one hundred and fifty feet distant into an adjoining field. He alighted on his head in a beaten clay foot path, in which his head half buried itself. The force of the fall ruptured his abdomen and let his entrails out. John Mowey was scalded to death. His flesh was cooked until it was so tender that his abdomen burst under the distention of his stomach and bowels, and these organs pushed themselves to the surface. Richard Evans was killed by a bar of iron striking him across the forehead and imbedding itself in his brain. Vayone died last night and McGill this afternoon, both from internal and external injuries. The roof was torn to shreds. Hardly a fragment as large as a man's hat can be found, except here and there a stick of wood. The general demolition could not have been more complete. With exception of McGarvey all those killed leave large families - Reid Brothers are bearing all of the funeral expenses.
MOWL, MRS. HAROLD M. (GRACE J.)— Age 88 years, a resident of Washington R.D. 4, died in her late residence following a brief illness on Monday, July 21, 1975. She was born November 9, 1886 at West Leisenring, Fayette County, a daughter of the late Winfield Scott and Mary Inks Jobes. She was married to the late Harold M. Mowl on June 8, 1916, and together they owned and operated the Mowl Farm at Washington R.D. 4, for almost fifty years, prior to his death on February 4, 1966. She was a member of the Lone Pine Christian Church, Christian Women’s Fellowship of the church, Chestnut Ridge Grange 1122, and Redds Run Community Club. Surviving are three sons, Harold Merwin Mowl of Pittsburgh, Donald S. Mowl of Washington, and Richard S. Mowl of Washington R.D. 4; two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Maurice Cheslin of Santa Ana, California, and Betty, wife of Robert Lawson of Knoxville, Tennessee; twelve grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; two sisters, Bertha, wife of George Bowle, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Ethel Walters of Shellpoint, Florida; one half sister, Alice, wife of Thomas Stawford of McKeesport; two half brothers, Virgil and Oliver W. Jobes, both of Orwell, Ohio; several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death was one sister, Jessie Whetsel. Friends will be received in the Stewart F. Barnhill Funeral Home, Washington, today from 7 to 9 p.m. Additional funeral arrangements will be announced. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Shrondz and Nichol Funeral Home, Marianna.
MOWRY, DELMER DON "ANDY" — 83 of White died Sunday, June 19, 2011 in Excela Health Latrobe Hospital. He was born March 24, 1928 in White, a son of the late Emory and Olive White Mowry. "Andy" was a graduate of Connellsville High School, Class of 1946. He was employed as a truck driver for Charley Brothers Supervalu. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean War and was the recipient of the Purple Heart, he was a member of the Mount Pleasant VFW and a lifetime member of the Saltlick Township Volunteer Fire Department. He was also a member of Buchanan Church of God. He is survived by two daughters, Shirley Kay Smith, and her husband, Steven, of Latrobe and Suzi Trimboli, and her husband, Mike, of White; 10 grandchildren, Lucretia Bossart, Renee Reed, Hilary Deiseroth, Eriuca, Farrah and Lascey Mowry, Kelly Gearhart, Shane Mowry, Kaylan Trimboli and Robert Mowry; 21 great-grandchildren; one sister, Doretta Brown, and her husband, Fred, of White; two brothers, Wayne Mowry, and his wife, Esther, of Acme and Clair "Woody" Mowry, and his wife, Karen, of Acme, and several nieces and nephews and their families. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his wife, Ganet L. Shaw Mowry in 2006; a son Robert Don Mowry; one granddaughter, Tricia Kay Hake; three brothers Harold, Carl, and Arlen Mowry and one sister, Evelyn Nicholson. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Melcroft, where services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday with Rev. Tim Beatty officiating. Interment will follow in Eustey Cemetery. Military Honors will be conducted at the graveside by the Mount Pleasant VFW and American Legion Honor Guard.
Esther Gail Miner MOWRY (1943-2008)
Esther Gail Miner Mowry, 64, of Mill Run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, died Saturday, March 29, 2008, in her home. She was born June 1, 1943, in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Lester Miner and Mildred Anderson Miner. Mrs. Mowry graduated from Connellsville High School, in Fayette County, Class of 1961. She was employed as a Child Care Supervisor at Fallingwater, where she was employed for over 23 years. She was a member of the Indian Creek Baptist Church, Mill Run. Mrs. Mowry was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Larry Mowry, Sr.; her children: Lucinda Steyer and her husband, Gerald, Sandra Mowry, Larry Mowry, Jr., and his wife, Robin, and Candi Mowry, all of Mill Run; five grandchildren: Levi Mowry, Gerald Steyer, Jr., Trent Mowry, Kristen Steyer, and Kenzie Mowry; two brothers: Ronald Miner, Sr., and his wife, Betty, of Mill Run, and Gary Miner, Sr., and his wife, Nancy, of Champion, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; four sisters: Beryl Cumberland and her husband, Don, of Columbus, Ohio, Gladys Shepler and her husband, David Shepler, Jr., of Champion, Barbara Shawley and her husband, Bill, of Champion, and Marcy Witt and her husband, Bryan, of Wooddale, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; also 40 nieces and nephews. Family and Friends will be received today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in the CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., Route 711 in Melcroft, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where Services will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. John Davis, officiating. Interment will follow in the Indian Creek Baptist Cemetery, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. To sign the on line guest registry, please visit www.brooksfuneral- homes.com
Freeda F. Mowry,76 of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Acme died Saturday October 20, 2012 in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mount Pleasant. She was born February 7, 1936 in Acme a daughter of the late Earl Walker and the late Darlie Snyder Walker Kinneer. Freeda was a member of the Buchannan Church of God. She is survived by her children, Dale Mowry and his wife Ann of Normalville, Wanda Snyder and her late husband Paul of Mount Pleasant, Brenda Fuoss and her husband Elmer of Acme, Angie Ober of Stahlstown, Kim Dressler and her husband John of Acme, Kevin Mowry and her wife Marybeth of Champion and Trudy Steyer and her husband Ron of Mill Run; her grandchildren, April Warrick and her husband John of Mill Run, Mike Mowry and her wife Nichole of Acme, Sherry Warrick and her husband Jim of White, Ken Snyder of Mount Pleasant, Melissa Wilkins and her husband Jeremy of Mount Pleasant, Tanya Snyder and her husband Dan of Acme, Jason Fuoss of Acme, Brandon Mowry of Stahlstown, Adam Fabia n and his fiancée Amanda Christner of White, Shane Fabian and her wife Laura of Connellsville, Delton Fabian and his fiancée Alicia Philips of White, Karlianne Burrick of Latrobe, Brandeelynn Mowry of Champion, Laura, Jessica and Austin Steyer , all of Mill Run and Erin Katzmarek of Mount Pleasant; her great grandchildren, Cade and Luke Warrick of Mill Run, Gracie Mowry of Acme, Chloe Wilkins of Mount Pleasant, Nicholas Snyder of Acme, Brantley Fabian of White, Baby Fabian of Connellsville and Eva Katzmarek of Mount Pleasant; two sisters, Patty Yothers of Acme and Nancy Breakiron and her husband Bob of Indian Head and one brother, Clyde Kinneer, Jr. and his wife Judy of Acme. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband Lester Carl Mowry; two sons, Edward and Randy Mowry; her stepfather, Clyde Kinneer and a sister Joyce Richmond. Friends will be received from 7-9 P.M. Tuesday and 2-9 P.M. Wednesday in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., corner of Municipa l Building Road and Route 711, Melcroft where services will be held on Thursday at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Tim Beatty officiating. Interment will follow in the Eutsey Cemetery.
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FRANKLIN MOWRY
Franklin Mowry, 69 years old, a former assistant of road foreman of engines for the Pennsylvania railroad Company, died suddenly Monday, June 4, at his home at Derry. He had lived retired since place on the pension last January [ ], 1921. He was born in Somerset county.
Memory Card:
Garnet L. Mowry
November 9, 1931
Friday, April 14, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Inc.,
Rev. Tim Beatty
Eutsey Cemetery, White, PA 15490
Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Inc.,
PO Box 150, Route 711,
Melcroft, PA 15462
Garnet L. Mowry, 74, of Indian Head died Friday, April 14, 2006 at her home. She was born November 9, 1931 in Indian Head a daughter of the late Orval Glenn and Edith May Ritenour Shaw. She was a member of the Buchanan Church of God and the Saltlick Twp. Vol. Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by a son, Robert Don Mowry; a granddaughter, Tricia Kay Hake; two brothers, Lyman and Calvin Shaw and three sisters, Margaret Lint, Dorothy Shaw and Erma Shaw. She is survived by her husband, Delmer Don "Andy" Mowry; two daughters, Shirley Smith and her husband Steve of Latrobe and Suzi Trimboli and her husband Mike of White; twelve grandchildren, Lucretia Bossart, Renee Hake, Hilary Deiseroth, Erica, Farrah and Lascey Mowry, Kelly Gearhart, Shane Mowry, Kaylan Trimboli, Robert Mowry and Josh and Fawn; 15 great grandchildren; one sister, Goldie Knupp of Mount Pleasant and one brother, Dwayne Shaw of Phoenix, Ariz. Friends will be received form 2-4, 7-9 P.M., Monday and Tuesday in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., Route 711 Melcroft, Pa. where services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday with Rev. Tim Beatty officiating. Interment will follow in the Eutsey Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions are suggested to the Buchanan Church of God, White, Pa. in memory of Garnet L. Mowry.
Harold Wayde MOWRY (1932-2002)
Harold Wayde Mowry, 70, of Acme, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002, in his home. He was born Dec. 22, 1932, in Davistown, a son of the late Samuel and Mildred Tinkey Mowry. Prior to retirement in 1988, Harold worked as an inspector for Westinghouse Corp. in East Pittsburgh. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the U.S. Army from March 31, 1953, to March 21, 1955. He attained the rank of corporal. Harold was a member of Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Donegal. Harold is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Goldie Kunkle Mowry, whom he married June 28, 1958, in Hagerstown, Md. Also surviving are his children, Kelley Pelzer and her husband, Robert, and their son, Luke, of Acme; Brian Mowry and his wife, Marianne, and their sons, Daniel and David, of Elgin, Texas; Diane Rulli and her husband, Ralph, and their children, Megan and Benjamin, of Enola, Pa., and Donna Cousino and her husband, the Rev. Darrell Cousino, and their son, Matthew, of Toledo, Ohio; hi s godson, Joseph Clark and his wife, Tami, and their children, Christian, Lauren and Victoria, of Coatesville; his brothers, Gerald Mowry and his wife, Evelyn, of Greensburg and Leon Mowry and his wife, Charlotte, of Acme; his sister, Nancy Zebley of Mount Braddock; his stepbrothers, Charles McBeth and his wife, Irene, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Harry Bowser and his wife, Karon, of Alverton; his stepsisters, Marge Brown and her husband, Fred, of Mount Pleasant, Imogene Ulery and her husband, Claire, of Falling Waters, W. Va., and Thelma Ritenour and her husband, Allen, of Acme; his uncle, James Tinkey of Indian Head; his aunts, Ruth Tinkey of Ashland, Va., and Edith Brant and her husband, the Rev. Herbert Brant, of Somerset; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his stepfather, Joseph McBeth; and many aunts and uncles. Family and friends will be received in the CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., Route 711, Melcroft, today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Donegal, with the Rev. Herb Dubler, the Rev. Carol Sipes and the Rev. Darrell Cousino, his son-in-law, co-officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in Donegal Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Donegal VFW. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Donegal or the Westmoreland Hospice, in memory of Harold W. Mowry.
Harry C. Mowry, 71, of Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., died Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. He was born Nov. 28, 1936, in White, Fayette County, a., a son of the late William Mowry and the late Sadie Brown Mowry Strawn. Harry was a graduate of Connellsville High School, Class of 1954. He was employed as a carpenter for most of his life, and he was a former member of the Army Reserve. Harry was a member of BPO Elks 503, the Slovak Club and the Polish Club, all of Connellsville, and was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Connellsville. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his stepfather, William Strawn; and two brothers, Howard and Dennie Mowry. Harry is survived by his wife of 42 years, Dolores "Dee" Murray Mowry; two children, Kimberly Payne and her husband, Mark, of Myersville, Md., and Scott Mowry and his wife, Cynthia, of Sumter, S.C., who is stationed at Shaw AFB with the U.S. Air Force; three grandchildren, Paige Payne, Alyssa Cohen and her husband, Jacob, and Kimberly Kaplan; three brothers, Darrell Mowry and his wife, Karen, of Derry, Westmoreland County, Pa., Bill Mowry and his wife, Frances, of Derry, and Richard Mowry and his wife, Peggy, of Mechanicsville, Md.; a sister, Wilma Riser and her husband, Ronald, of North East, Pa.; and two sisters-in- law, Wilma Mowry, of Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Barbara Mowry, of Donegal, Somerset County, Pa. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Connellsville, with the Rev. Dennis Roser, officiating. (EVERYONE PLEASE GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHURCH.) Interment will follow in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville, Fayette County, Pa. The BPO Elks 503 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Should one desire, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, in memory of Harry C. Mowry.
Olive L. White MOWRY (1906-1995)
Olive L. Mowry
Olive L. Mowry, 88, of White died Wednesday in Mon Valley Hospital. Surviving are three sons, Don Mowry of Greensburg and Wayne and Clair Mowry of Acme; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Nicholson of Normalville and Mrs. Fred (Doretta) Brown of White; 27 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; five great- great-grandchildren; three brothers, Domer R. White of Ridge Manor, Fla., and Bryce and Arden White of White, and three sisters, Mrs. Edith Coffman of Connellsville, Mrs. Hazel Keefer of White and Mrs. Luther (Sylvia) Harrell of Glen Burnie, Md. Friends will be received in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home, Melcroft, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and until 11 a.m. Saturday.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
September 22, 1906
Died—–
March 1, 1995
Past grange master, Verna M. MOWRY, 76, of Mount Pleasant died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1994, at Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. She was born March 17, 1917, at Mill Run, a daughter of the late, Jacob and Etta Hawk Stull. She was a resident of Wooddale since 1942 and resided in Mount Pleasant since 1983. She was a graduate of the former Ohiopyle High School and was retired from Morris' Clothing Store, Laurel Mall. She was a member of Order of Eastern Star 383 of Scottdale and United Methodist Women's Society. She was a member of several organizations, including Highlands Hospital Auxiliary, Mount Pleasant and Bullskin Township Senior Citizens, Pennsylvania State and National Grange, National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, National Association of Mature People and American Association of Retired People. She was a member and Past Master of Pleasant Valley Grange. She was also active in many other community and civic activities, including American Red Cross and American Cancer Society. Surviving are a brother, Noble Stull of Frederick, Md.; and two sisters, Alverta Ream and Alma Stull, both of Mill Run. She was predeceased by two brothers, Arnold and Lee Stull.
MOWRY— Verna M. MOWRY of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, Jan 5, 1994. There will be no public viewing or visitation. Interment will be private. Arrangements are under the direction of BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 406 E. Washington St., Mount Pleasant.
Ruth P. Mox, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., formerly of Ellsworth, Washington County, Pa., died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, in the Washington Hospital, Washington, Washington County, Pa. Survived by sons, Lee Mox and wife, Janet, and Mark Mox; daughters, Jill Kudas and husband, Walt and Terri Mox; six grandchildren, Steven, Michael, Jessica, and Matthew Mox, and Shawnie and Raven Kudas. Friends will be received in the GREENLEE FUNERAL HOME, Bentleyville, Washington County, Pa., on Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Viola Frances Howarth MOXIN ( -1995)
Viola Frances Moxin
Viola Frances Moxin, 94, of 1801 Lake Miriam Dr., North, Winter Haven, Fla., died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1995, in Winter Haven Hospital. She was a native of Connellsville since 1945, a daughter of the late John Howarth and Mary Cumberland Howarth. She was a Methodist by faith. She was a member of the Beymer Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Moxin, also Wayne and Clyde Howarth and Elsie Natirio. She is survived by a daughter, Doris Junk of Winter Haven, Fla.; several nieces and nephews; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. There will be no funeral services.
Mrs. Eliza Moxley, aged 80 years, one of the oldest members of St. Paul, died Friday, December 20. She leaves two daughters to mourn their loss. Mrs. E. Truly and Mrs. M. Chapman. She was buried Monday from the St. Paul, and quite a number of friends viewed the remains for the last time. Rev. C. A. McGee of Pittsburgh, Pa., preached the sermon. Rev. Thomas Ford was present and spoke in the highest terms of the deceased. He had known her more than twenty-five years. Miss Julia E. Scott recited a recitation entitled “The Palm of Life,” which was very appropriate for the occasion.
Harvey F. MOXLEY died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(83)
Harvey F. Moxley, aged 51 years, five months and 16 days, died Thursday, June
25, 1931 at 11:50 a. m., at his late home near Leckrone following an attack of
acute indigestion. He was a native of Maryland but had spent a number of his
later years in German township. He is survived by the following: His widow,
Mrs. Dora Moxley; the following children: Harvey Jr., and Frank, both of McClellandtown;
Pearl, of Leckrone; Grace, Ray and Robert at home; one brother, Marshall Moxley,
Frederick, Md., and two sisters, Miss Katherine Moxley and Mrs. Virginia Brown,
both of Maryland.
Jacobs Lutheran church in charge of Rev. E. C. Linn, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Masontown. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery.
(Herald - June 1931)
JOHN W. MOXLEY
Member of a pioneer Fayette county family, John W. Moxley, aged 70, died suddenly of heart disease at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, March 16, 1938, at the family residence, 154 Coolspring street. Mr. Moxley was born December 25, 1868, in Searight Tavern, Searight Cross Roads, and was a lifelong resident of Uniontown. He was a son of Robert and Eleanor Morris Moxley. In addition to his widow, he is survived by the following children; Mrs. G. D. Barton, of Millvale; Mrs. James McMahon, G. Alva, Mrs. Samuel Hunt, John W., Jr. and Mrs. Victor Smith, all of Uniontown; Isabella, Charles, Ada, Patricia and Jane Ann, at home. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jesse West and Mrs. Lida Johnson, of Uniontown, and two brothers, Samuel, Greensburg, and Robert, of Saginaw, Mich., and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements in charge of J. Harry Johnston & Sons are incomplete.
MOXLEY SERVICES
Funeral services for John W. Moxley, aged 70, who died Wednesday afternoon, March 16, 1938, at the home in 164 Coolspring street, will be conducted there at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Rev. Alden J. Allen, pastor of the Calvary M. P. church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Serving as the pall bearers will be six nephews of the deceased, lifelong resident of Uniontown, Pa.
MARY MOXLEY
Mrs. Mary Moxley, aged 64, highly esteemed resident of 164 Coolspring street, died at 12:15 Thursday morning, February 20, 1941, at the family home a several week illness. Mrs. Moxley was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Hackett. News of her death will be received with profound regret by a legion of friends and acquaintances. Surviving are 11 children, Mrs. G. D. Barton, Millvale; and Mrs. James McMahon, Mrs. Samuel Hunt, Mrs. Leo O'Brien, Mrs. Victor Smith; Miss Isabelle Moxley, Miss Patricia Moxley, Miss Jane Moxley, G. A. Moxley, John Moxley and Charles Moxley, all of Uniontown; seven grandchildren and a brother and sister, Stephen Hackett, Wheeling, W. Va., and Mrs. L. B. Callaghan, Latrobe. Mrs. Moxley was a member of St. Johns R. C. church. Funeral arrangements in charge of J. Harry Johnston & Sons are incomplete.
MOXLEY SERVICES
Services for Mrs. Mary Moxley, aged 64, of 154 Coolspring street, who died early Thursday morning, will be conducted at 9 o’clock Saturday morning in St. John’s R. C. Church. Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Dunn will be celebrant and burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends are being received at the family residence.
CHRISTINE MOYER
Mrs. Christine Moyer, 69 years old, widow of Jacob Moyer, died in her home near Dunbar, on Saturday evening at 6 o'clock, following a lingering illness. The following children survive; Charles E. Moyer of Dunbar, Mrs. W. H. Johns of Uniontown, Mrs. Walter Fowler of Verona, George C. of Dunbar, and Earl H. Moyer at home. The funeral service was held this afternoon at the home. Burial was made in Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Clarence Evan MOYER
(1903-1951)
From the scrapbook of Mrs. Andrew Moyer of Uniontown.
MOYER, CLARENCE EVAN—Friends will be received in the Ferguson Funeral Home ,80 Morgantown Street until Friday morning, March 16, at 10 o'clock at which time the body will be moved to the Second Presbyterian Church to lie in state until 3:30 o'clock at which time the funeral services will be conducted, with Dr. John Van Eman officiating. Interment will be made in Oak Grove Cemetery, Uniontown. Members of the Masonic Order will conduct their ritualistic service at 7 o'clock.
Notes from contributor:
Born–August 24, 1903
Died–March 14, 1951
Father–Evan Bell Moyer
Wife–Lucille Elleard
Children–Sydney, Rebecca Ann, Mary Sue
Siblings–William G., Bessie wife of
W. H. Burkholder,
Mrs. Mary Kolb and Martha
George Moyer
White, male, single, 28 years old, Brownsville, Sick 6 Months
Cause of death–Consumption
Born–1802
Died–July 6, 1897
G. C. Moyer
Passes Away
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for George C. Moyer, 68, of Dunbar, a retired Dunbar Twp. school principal and teacher who died Sunday in Connellsville Hospital. Friends are being received at the family residence, Fayette St., in Dunbar, until 12 noon on Wednesday and from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Dunbar Presbyterian Church. The service will be conducted at 2 p.m. in the church with the Rev. W. H. Strohm officiating, assisted by student pastor Wendell Harford. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery under the direction of the Burhans Funeral Home. Mr. Moyer was a teacher and principal for 40 ½ years, prior to his retirement, about three years ago. He was principal of the Monarch School when he retired. He was a World War I veteran and was a teacher of the Williams Bible Class of the Dunbar Presbyterian Church. Surviving are his wife, Etta Baker Moyer; a daughter, Mrs. W. G. (Doris) Carberry, and a granddaughter, Carol, of Radnor; a brother, Earl H., of Dunbar, and a sister, Mrs. Nellie V. Fowler, of Verona.
MOYER, GEORGE C.— Aged 68, died Sunday evening, January 21, 1962, in the Connellsville State General Hospital. Born in Dunbar, July 23, 1893, he was the son of the late Jacob and Christina Goetz Moyer. He was a veteran of World War I and a teacher in the Dunbar Township Schools for forty years. He is survived by his wife Etta Baker Moyer; one daughter Mrs. W. O. (Doris) Carberry, Radnor; one grandchild; one brother, Earl H., Dunbar; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Fowler, Verona. Friends are being received in the late residence, Fayette St., Dunbar until Wednesday at 12 noon and in the First Presbyterian Church from 1 until 2 p.m., the hour of service. The Rev. W. H. Strohm will officiate and be assisted by Mr. Wendell Harford. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery under the direction of the Burhans Funeral Home, Dunbar.
Hester Grace Dove MOYER (1923-2005)
Hester Grace Dove Moyer, age 82, of McClellandtown, Pa., passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon, June 17, 2005, in her home. She was born May 24, 1923, in Connellsville, Pa., the daughter of Thomas L. Dove and Hazel B. Kaiser Dove. Hester was preceded in death by her parents, by her daughters, Hazel Moyer in 1959 and Kathy Moyer Struble in 1977, her beloved husband, Thomas Moyer in 1996, her son, Thomas Moyer in 1999, her great granddaughter, Ashley Lynn DeGusipe, her brothers, Thomas Dove, Robert Dove and John Dover, and her sister, Betty Dove Hilton.
Hester is survived by her loving daughter, Nancy Moyer DeGusipe and her husband, Ronald DeGusipe, of McClellandtown, Pa.; the following Grandchildren: Anthony DeGusipe, Timothy DeGusipe, Thomas DeGusipe, Todd DeGusipe, John Christopher Moyer, Robert T. Moyer, Theresa Moyer Zitkevitz, John Struble and Alfred Struble; and Great Grandchildren: Stephen DeGusipe, Joshua DeGusipe, Erica DeGusipe, Tyler DeGusipe, Conner DeGusipe, Chase DeGusipe, Marc DeGusipe, Dylan DeGusipe and John T. Struble. She is also survived by her brother, Paul Dove and his wife, Sarah, of Hermitage, Pa., and her sister, Mary Dove Myers of Hagerstown, Maryland.
Friends will be received in the STEPHEN E. KEZMARSKY III FUNERAL HOME AT 71 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, UNIONTOWN, Pa., on Wednesday, June 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. and Thursday morning, June 23, until 10 a.m., the hour of Service. The Rev. John Dove will be officiating. Interment follows in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown.
Isabella MOYER died in 1888. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(29)
Moyer.-Mrs. Isabella Moyer died at her residence on South alley on Friday, July
6th (looks like 6th), aged 86 years.
The Courier, Connellsvile, Pennsylvania
Friday, July 13, 1888
Page 8, Column 4
Jacob M. Moyer
Dunbar
Jacob "Jake" M. Moyer, 78, of Dunbar, died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, in Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was born Sept. 16, 1924, in Dunbar, the son of the late Earl Moyer and the late Jane Greaves Moyer. Until his retirement, he was a machine grinder for Anchor Hocking (Cap) of Connellsville. He was a member of Franklin Memorial United Methodist Church of Dunbar, where he was a Trustee. He also enjoyed woodworking as a hobby. He was married to Betty Rae Hardy Moyer for 55 years. Surviving are the following children, Daniel L. Moyer and wife, Brenda, of Scottdale, and Randy Moyer of Dunbar; brothers and sisters, Alta Mackey and husband, Jay of Mount Pleasant, Melvin Moyer and wife, Ruth of Texas, Louise McCandless and husband, Mack, of Illinois, Charlotte Hardy and husband, Earl of Johnstown, and Paul Moyer and wife, Elda of Georgia; and nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by the following brothers and sister, Harold Moyer, Bob Chalfant, Donald Moyer and Cora Williams. Friends will be received in the BURHANS- CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar, Pa., from 7 to 9 p.m. today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Franklin Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jeffrey Popson officiating. Interment will be in Green Ridge Cemetery.
Janet Moyer
California
Janet Moyer, 71, of California, Pa., died Sunday, January 27, 2002. She was born February 20, 1930, a daughter of William and Rose (Giampapa) Wasko. She was preceded in death by her father. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 50 years, James Moyer; mother, Rose Wasko; daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Donald Tobias of California, Sherri and Ted Knisely of Brownsville, Elizabeth and Ken Hixson of California, Brenda and Ken Johnson of Coal Center; brothers, John Wasko of Fairbank, Pa., Betty King of Berea, Ohio; 10 grandchildren, Brandi Dinardo, Jennifer, Kenny, Emily and Kayla Hixson, Eric and Christopher Tobias, Theodore and Jacob Knisely, Melissa Johnson; and nine great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the MARISCOTTI FUNERAL HOME INC., Anthony N. Mariscotti, Supervisor, 323 Fourth Street, California, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 9:30 a.m. when a Blessing Service will be held followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Interment will follow in Taylor Cemetery.
Josiah Moyer Jr.
White, male, 2 weeks old, sick 3 days
Cause of death–Spasms
Born–September 8, 1895
Died–September 27, 1895
Buried–Franklin Cemetery
Father–Josiah, Sr.
Mother–Ida Moyer
Residence–Connellsville Street, Dunbar
The soft organ strains of her favorite hymns, "Nearer My God To Thee", gave comfort to the relatives and friends during the Tuesday, Dec 28, funeral services for Martha G. Moyer at the Barnette Funeral Home. A close friend of the Moyer family through three generations, Ruth Dunn presided at the organ.
Speaking of Martha's love of music and her dedication to the former Second Presbyterian Church and its merger with the Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Miss Dunn said it was common knowledge that when Martha joined in the congregational singing, she didn't need to open a hymn book—she was familiar with every word of the hymnal. For years Martha was also a teacher of the Girls Friendly Bible School Class of the Second Church. "She was inspirational to all of us," Miss Dunn said and she became the "Mother Confessor" to ease the heartaches and offer advice when it was sought. Martha became the assistant teacher of The Trinity Adult Bible Class following the merger.
And evidence that Martha's earthly good deeds spread far and wide came from many sources. One of these was a letter to "The Corner" following a previous article which spoke of Martha's good works. The note came from Lillian M. Jenne, 19633 Sagamore, Fairview Park, Ohio 44126. Mrs. Jenne's parents were the late Mr. & Mrs. Wes Wood, who had lived on Main Street in Uniontown. "Lill" Wood Jenne said in part, "I want to send my sincere thanks for the beautiful words so recently spoken of Martha. The day before she entered the hospital she sent me a copy of the article. We have been friends for more than 50 years. I am so happy you did such a wonderful thing for her. It did bring happiness to her and her loved ones and to her legion of friends.”
Her strength failing after a prolonged illness and 68 days of hospitalization and major surgery, Martha succumbed in the Uniontown Hospital at 1:15 a.m. Sunday December 28. Funeral services were at the James D. Barnett Funeral Home. Officiating was Rev. Dr. Philip Maronde, Tuesday, December 30. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Mary Margaret Adanitsch MOYER (1942-2009)
Mary Margaret Moyer, 66, formerly of Edgewater, Md., and Fayette County, Pa., passed away February 18, 2009, at her home in Port Charlotte, Florida. She was the daughter of Frank and Margaret (Holbrook) Adanitsch, born October 3, 1942, in Coolspring, Fayette County, Pa. Mary worked as a receptionist at National Automatic Sprinkler Industry for 20 years before retiring in September 2007. She recently moved to Port Charlotte, Fla., to enjoy the weather and spend time with her brother. Mary was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She was thoughtful, generous and fun-loving. Mary volunteered at her church, enjoyed shopping, dancing and boating. She was loved dearly by her family and friends.
She will be greatly missed by her children: Lynn (Darren) Walker, of Newport News, Va., James (Misty) Moyer, of Henderson, Md., and Timothy (Jaclyn) Moyer, of Ayden, N.C.; grandchildren: Jordan, Christina, Katie, Cassidie and Camryn; brothers: Duane Adanitsch, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and Donald Adanitsch, of Parma, Ohio.
A celebration of Mary's life will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 28, 2009, in Parkwood Methodist Church, 35 Mayo Road, Edgewater, Maryland. The LARRY TAYLOR FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES, 1515 Tamiami Trail, Punta Gorda, Florida, is handling the arrangements.
Minnie Moyer
White, female, age 3 years, sick 3 weeks
Cause of death–Summer Complaint
Born–1893
Died–September 20, 1896
Buried–Franklin Cemetery
Father–Elans Moyer
Mother–Sophia Moyer
Paul G. Moyer
Tampa, Fla.
Paul G. Moyer, 78, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Dunbar, died June 29, 2004. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and was retired from Norfolk Southern Railway. He is survived by his wife, Elda Feuster Moyer, formerly of Uniontown, and their daughters and spouses, Becky M. and husband, Ron Allen, Debbie M. and husband, Michael Heredia, Carol M. and husband, Paul Knop, Marsha Moyer, Beth M. and husband, Don White. He was a grandfather to Jason, Travis, Shane, Stephanie, Jessica, Gregory, Daniel, Bradley, Eric and Andrew. He is survived by his brother and sisters and their spouses, Melvin and Ruth Moyer of Atlanta, Texas, Alta and J.D. Mackey of Mount Pleasant, Louise and Robert McCandless of Urbana, Ill., and Charlotte and Early Hardy of Johnstown. He is also survived by in- laws, their spouses, nieces and nephews. Interment will take place at Florida National Memorial Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Mrs. Elmer Moyer, aged 33, died at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, November 24, 1918, at her home, 62 East Church Street (Uniontown, Pa.) of pneumonia. Mrs. Moyer had been a life-long resident of Uniontown, and was well and favorably known. She was a member of the Central Christian Church, Uniontown. Surviving are her husband and two children, Mario and Violet, together with one brother, G. R. Collise(sp?) of Toronto, Ontario, and three sisters: Mrs. Louis DeSaulis and Mrs. Nora Westfall of Loraine, Ohio, and Mrs. Sadie Matthews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock followed by interment in Park Place Cemetery (Uniontown, Pa.)
Robert Bernard MOYER
(1890-1896)
Robert Bernard Moyer
White, male, single, age 6 years, sick 4 weeks
Cause of death–Pneumonia
Born–August 30, 1890, Dunbar
Died–February 20, 1896
Buried–Franklin Cemetery
Father–Jacob Moyer
Mother–Christine Moyer
FOUR BLOWN TO BITS BY MINE GAS
Workmen Killed At Tower Hill Plant; Trio Barely Escape
Engaged in Dismantling Old Fan House
When Torches Set Off Pocket of Gas.
BODIES MANGLED
BY HEAVY BLAST
UNIONTOWN, July 6— Four men were blown to pieces by an explosion of accumulated mine gas as they were dismantling, with the use of acetylene torches, the fan house at the abandoned Tower Hill No. 1 plant of Hecla Coal & Coke Company at 7:15 o’clock this morning. Three others, who only a few minutes before had walked from the scene, escaped a similar fate.
The dead:
Albert Basha, 56, of Fairbank.
James Coddington, 30, of Amend.
Russell Moyer, 21, of Uniontown.
George Murray, 50, of Masontown.
Basha, a wrecker, was tearing down the buildings at the Tower Hill plant and the other men were employed by him in razing the property. The four, killed instantly and their bodies blown to bits, were inside the fanhouse, dismantling it. They were using acetylene torches when there was an explosion. Authorities were inclined to believe mine gases had gathered under the farm house and were touched off by the open torches.
It was only through a stroke of luck that three others’ including sons of the victims, escaped death. Just a short time before they had been sent for another tank of gas for the acetylene torch. They were on top of a hill about 150 yards away when the blast tore the tile fan house to pieces and sent fragments of the bodies in all directions.
Those who escaped were George Murray, Jr., 21; Albert Basha, Jr., 15, and Francis Umbel, 21. The trio ran back to the scene to find the mangled bodies of the four victims, including fathers of two of them. The remains of Mr. Basha were found 100 yards away; those of Mr. Moyer flattened against a building 50 yards distant; those of Mr. Murray 100 yards to the west and those of Mr. Coddington 100 yards to the east in a nearby field.
The body of Mr. Moyer was battered beyond recognition. The other bodies were mutilated but identification of faces was possible. The force of the explosion shattered windows in nearby dwellings and awakened persons who were still asleep. Coroner S. A. Baltz and other officers are making an investigation into the cause.
Mr. Moyer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moyer of Morgantown road. He was a graduate of the South Union Township High School in the Class of 1936. For the last three years he had been employed by Mr. Basha. He is survived by his parents and three sisters, Mrs. Laverna Smith and Ellen and Annabell Moyer.
Begin Inquiry
Into Explosion
That Killed Four
Special to The Courier.
UNIONTOWN, July 7— Official inquiry is being conducted into the four-death explosion at the Tower Hill No. 1 mine early Thursday morning. Mine officials gathered at the shaft and went over the situation most minutely in the presence of State Motor Police who are keeping a crowd of curious spectators back. It was estimated several thousand persons visited the scene Thursday. A barbed-wire barrier has been erected and watchmen were on duty all night. Removal of a four-inch ventilating pipe from the concrete seal over the abandoned air shaft was cited as probable cause of the devastating explosion which cost the lives of four men. Ten minutes after seven men had gone to work to dismantle the fan house at the abandoned workings of Hecla Coal & Coke Company, there was an explosion. Three of the group had only a few minutes before left the scene to get a tank of gas for the acetylene torch being used and thereby were saved a similar fate. Accumulated mine gas was believed to have been set off by the open acetylene torch and the explosion blew the quartet to bits.
George Gladden Murray, one of four killed, was a son or the late I. J. and Jane Murray of Morgan Station and had resided there for number of years. He was a brother of Mrs. Robert R. Boyd of Morrell avenue, Connellsville, and for about 25 years had been located at Masontown. He was given the middle name of Gladden for the late Rev. William H. Gladden, who was pastor of the Hickory Square Methodist Church when Mr. Murray was born. He was twice married, his first wife, the former Ada Beatty of Broad Ford, preceding him in death. Later he married Sylvia Chain of Scottdale. Besides his wife and sister, Mrs. Boyd, he is survived by the following children: Oliver, Fairmont, W. Va.; Kenneth, Masontown; Alma Jean, Morgantown, W. Va.; Ruth, Robert, George, Jr., Kathleen, Dorothy, Charles and Gladden, at home.
A double-funeral service for Albert Basha, 56, junk dealer of Fairbank, who had charge of the demolition of the property, and his brother-in-law, James Coddington, 30, of Amend, will be held Sunday afternoon. There will be a prayer for the two at the Basha home at 1:30 o'clock followed by full rites at the New Salem Christian Church with Rev. A. J. McCloy, pastor, officiating. Basha will be buried in Acklin Cemetery at Merrittstown and Coddington in Walnut Hill Cemetery near Uniontown. Basha is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estella Umbel Basha; six children, John, Elizabeth, Anna, Gladys, Roger and Albert, Jr., the last named being one of three who escaped death; a grandchild, a brother, Abe of Detroit, his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Coddington leaves his wife, Mrs. Lydia Umbel Coddington, and six-year-old son, James, Jr.
The funeral service for Russell I. Moyer was held this afternoon charge of Rev. James C. Clark. Burial was made in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moyer of Uniontown, he was a graduate of South Union Township High School with the Class of 1936 and had been employed by Basha for three years. He leaves his parents and three sisters.
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SAMUEL MOYER, FORMER
DUNBAR MAN DIES AS
RESULT OF INJURIES
Samuel Moyer, 45 years old, of Rivesville, W. Va., a former resident of Dunbar, died at 2:50 o'clock this morning in the Brownsville General Hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident on Sunday evening. Mr. Moyer was driving his sedan on the Bull Run Road near South Brownsville, and failed to negotiate a sharp curve, the vehicle overturning. He suffered lacerations to the head and injuries to the chest. Kidney ailment, augmented by shock, contributed to his death, physicians said. Mr. Moyer had been residing at Dunbar until 15 years ago. He was employed as a miner in Green County. A brother, Charles Moyer of Dunbar, is mine foreman at the Thompson No. 1 plant. The body was brought to Dunbar today by funeral director James T. Burhans where it was prepared for burial.
SAMUEL MOYER
Samuel Moyer, aged 45 years, of Dunbar, died in the Brownsville Hospital, Thursday morning, September 19, 1929, at 2:45 o’clock, following injuries received in an automobile accident last Sunday evening. In addition to his mother, Mrs. Lida Moyer of Uniontown, Mr. Moyer is survived by his brother Charles, of Thompson No. 1 and one sister, Mrs. Anna Smith of 34 Prospect street, Uniontown. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the home of the sister, Mrs. Smith, in Prospect street. Announcement as to the hour is to be made at a later date.
Susan Conwell MOYER (1887-1964)
MOYER, MRS. SUSAN CONWELL— Aged 76, Brownsville died Sunday, September 20, 1964 at 11 a.m. in the Spears Convalescent Home, Markleysburg. Born December 3, 1887, in Heisterburg, she was a daughter of James and Mary Wood Conwell and was the widow of I. W. Moyer, who died in 1945. She was the last member of her family. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Brownsville and for the past fifteen years was employed by the Brownsville General Hospital. She is survived by these nieces and nephews: Mrs. Harley Henry, Atlantic Beach, Fla.; Mrs. Louise Conwell, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Marie Carter, Buffalo, N. Y.; William Swan, Lansdale; Richard Swan, Philadelphia; Mrs. Margaret Schwartz, Hatfield; Susan Stephens, Lansdale; one sister-in-law, Mrs. William S. Conwell, Brownsville. Friends will be received in the Rose Funeral Home, 126 Front St., today from 3-5 and 7-9 until Wednesday at 2 p.m., the hour of service. Rev. William H. Strohm and Canon Edwin Shumaker will officiate. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery.
William E. Moyer
Lemont Furnace
William E. "Bud" Moyer, 82, of Lemont Furnace, passed on at his home, in the loving presence of his family, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Bud was born Jan. 15, 1927, in Mt. Independence, Pa., a son of Andrew Curtis Moyer and Mary Matthews Moyer. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a daughter, Janet "Kim" Moyer Karschner MD; and a brother, George Curtis Moyer. He is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Frances Furin Moyer; daughter, Becky Wilcosky, her husband, Larry, and daughter, Brittany, of Uniontown; son, Ben Moyer and his wife, Kathy, of Farmington; brother, James K. Moyer and his wife, Althea, of Lemont Furnace; granddaughter, Colleen Moyer and her fiancé, Dale Davis Jr., of Smithfield; grandson, Aaron Moyer, of Slippery Rock; nieces, Zelda Moyer and Mona Collins, both of Lemont Furnace; and nephew, Jeffrey Moyer, of Wind Ridge, Pa. Bud graduated from North Union High School, class of 1944, and attended Waynesburg College. He served honorably with the Army, 20th Infantry Regiment, from 1945 to 1947, and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. Upon his return home from the armed service, he enjoyed playing county league baseball and talked joyfully about the game and his fellow players until the end of his life. For many years, Bud, together with his brother, Jim, operated A. C. Moyer Company in Lemont Furnace. He was warmly esteemed by his many friends in the construction industry and in municipal government throughout Fayette, Greene and Washington counties. In earlier years, Bud also worked at Eureka Fire Brick Works in Mt. Braddock and the Appalachian Stone Division of Martin Marietta Corporation. Bud was always proud of his community and served it in many capacities. He served in the early 1950s on the North Union Township board of supervisors, was a charter member of the Uniontown Lions Club, a member of the Izaak Walton League, Uniontown Chapter, and served on the boards of directors of the Uniontown Savings and Loan and the Pleasant Valley Country Club. He also valued his membership in the American Society of Highway Engineers. Friends, neighbors, associates and family remember Bud for his warm friendly personality, his agile wit and his ready sense of humor. He looked forward every summer to cultivating his vegetable garden, the fruits of which he shared widely. He was especially fond of saving and trading seeds with neighbors and friends. Golf grew to be a favorite pastime of Bud's, but he always enjoyed the company of friends and family on the course more than an exemplary score. His approach to fishing and hunting, which he enjoyed throughout life, was the same. The number of fish, birds or deer collected was not Bud's object. Rather, he valued sharing outdoor experience with his son, daughters, grandson, granddaughter, brothers, in-laws and friends. Bud will be deeply missed, but joyfully remembered, by all who loved him and who knew his love, friendship and warmth in return. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and until 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, 603 N. Gallatin Ave. Extension, Uniontown. A memorial service will be held in the chapel there at 9:30 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Michael Crookston, a personal friend, officiating. Burial will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made, in memory of Bud's daughter, Dr. Kim Karschner, to the Western Pa. National Wild Animal Orphanage, 169 Sheperd Lane, Uniontown, PA 15401 or to the Fayette County SPCA, 215 Rankin Airshaft Road, Uniontown, PA 15401
Bernard S. Mozden, age 81, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2003 in his residence. He was born November 1, 1921 in Oliver Three, Fayette County, Pa., son of John and Catherine (Swieck) Mozden. He was a Veteran of World War II who served in the United States Army in the European and also African Theatre of Operations. Bernard was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church where he was an Usher and a member of The Holy Name Society. He was a volunteer at St. Vincent DePaul, Uniontown. Bernard was an Electrician employed in Maintenance for Cavert Wire and a member of Catholic War Veterans Post 1669 and General George C. Marshall AMVETS Post 103 in Hopwood, Pa. Six sisters, Kathryn Rabatin, Jenny Sitnick, Violet Petrus, Rose Keighley, Stella Petrush, Dorothy Sheba, and his parents preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Verna Karpinsky Mozden; sisters: Josephine Conchilla of Oliver One, Pa., and Helen Sible of Uniontown, Pa.; a brother, Edward Mozden of Uniontown, Pa.; and many loving nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME INC. AT SYLVAN HEIGHTS CEMETERY, A Dignity Memorial Provider, 603 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday, October 20, until 9 a.m. when a Blessing Service will be held. A Mass of Christian Burial follows at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, Old Walnut Hill Road, Uniontown, with Rev. Fr. Alexander L. Pleban as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Mount Saint Macrina Cemetery, Uniontown, where Military Honors will be accorded by Catholic War Veterans Post 1669.The Catholic Mothers of Oliver, The Holy Name Society, and The Confraternity of Christian Mothers of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church will recite the Rosary in the Funeral Home today at 7 p.m. St. Joseph Parish Family Vigil Service will be held by The Ministry of Consolation in the Funeral Home today at 7:30 p.m. Catholic War Veterans Post 1669 will conduct their Services right after.
Edward J. Mozden, 81, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., passed away on Thursday, July 13, 2006, in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born on April 10, 1925, in Oliver, Fayette County, Pa., the son of the late John and Kathryn Svec Mozden. Mr. Mozden was a member of The Great Bethel Baptist Church, in Uniontown. He worked as a maintenance worker for 40 years at Robena Mine and retired from Consol as a Maintenance Foreman, and was a veteran of World War II, serving with the United States Navy as an Electrician's Mate First Class.
He was predeceased by one brother and seven sisters: Jennie Sitnick, Violet Petrus, Kathryn Rabatin, Helen Sible, Dorothy Sheba, Rose Keighley, Stella Petrush and Bernard Mozden. He is survived by his beloved wife of 46 years, Ruth E. Livengood Mozden; three children: Linda Turchin and her husband, Gene, of Fairmont, W.Va., Thomas Mozden and his wife, Sandra, of Uniontown, Pa. and Sue Ellen Mozden, at home; four grandchildren: Erik and Rebecca Turchin, Tommy and Samantha Mozden; one sister, Josephine Conchilla, of Oliver, Pa.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 680 CHERRY TREE LANE, UNIONTOWN, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m., when a funeral service will be held with the Rev. Dr. Neil Hoppe officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, where full Military Rites will be accorded by the Hopwood AMVETS Post 103, Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made in Mr. Mozden's name to the Great Bethel Baptist Church, 47 West Fayette Street, Uniontown, Pa.
Ruth E. Livengood MOZDEN (1930-2010)
Ruth E. Livengood Mozden, 79 of Uniontown, Pennsylvania passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2010 in the Golden Living Center, Uniontown. Born on October 7, 1930 in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, Ruth was the Daughter of Earl Livengood and Irena Ingram Livengood. Ruth was a very active member of the Great Bethel Baptist Church in Uniontown. She was also a member of the American Baptist Women's Association and White Cross.
She was predeceased by her husband, Edward J. Mozden; one Sister, Wynona Durr; one Brother, Earl Livengood; and by her Parents. Ruth is survived by three Children: Linda Turchin and her husband Gene, Fairmont, West Virginia, Thomas E. Mozden and his wife Sandra, Uniontown, Pennsylvania and Sue Ellen Mozden, Footedale, Pennsylvania; Grandchildren: Erik Turchin Rebecca Turchin Tommy Mozden and Sammie Mozden; one Brother, Wilbur Livengood and his wife Pearl, Garrettsville, Ohio; her special "Grandpuppy", Sammy; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 680 CHERRY TREE LANE, UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday, January 26, 2010 until 11 a.m. when a Funeral Service will be held with the Rev. Dr. Neil Hoppe officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Mary MRAZ died in 1938. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Mraz, 66, Cleveland, O.,
Saturday evening at 10:30 o'clock, after a lingering illness.
She died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Zicarelli, 3298 E. 119th street,
Cleveland, with whom she had lived for several years.
Besides Mrs. Zicarelli, she is survived by the following children: Mrs.
Mary Medwith, Delaware avenue, Uniontown; John Mraz, Jr., Detroit, Mich.; and
George and Frank Mraz, Cleveland; a son William died in 1934.
Two brothers, William Patrick, Chicago, and J.J. Patrick, Cleveland, and a sister,
Mrs. Sophia Plachko, Cycle avenue, Uniontown, also survive.
This is the third death in the family within six months, her son-in-law, John
Zicarelli having died on April 29, and a brother-in-law Andrew Plachko, June
4.
(newspaper dated October 17, 1938)
WILLIAM MRAZ
William Mraz, aged 39, died Sunday, November 25th, at six a.m., at his residence in Cleveland following a short illness. He was born in Uniontown and has many relatives in this part of the country. He is survived by his wife, Mary and two children, Elizabeth and William, Jr. A sister, Mrs. Michael Medwith of 55 Delaware avenue, also survives.
Helen Lengjak MROSKO
(1925-2012)
Helen Lengjak
Mrosko
Helen Lengjak Mrosko, age 86, of Uniontown, passed away peacefully on Wednesday afternoon, June 20, 2012 in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. She was born October 6, 1925 in Oliver 1, Pa., the daughter of the late Michael Lengjak, Sr. and Elizabeth Hromyluk Lengjak. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John Mrosko; her brothers; Frank Lengjak, John Lengjak, Charles Lengjak and Michael Lengjak, Jr.; her sisters: Mary Wawroski, Anna Zemlon and Julia Lengjak; sisters-in-law: Sonya Lengjak, Suzanne Lengjak and Betty Lengjak and brothers-in-law: Mike Zemlon, Carl Smith and Ben Wawroski. Helen was a member of St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church. She was the secretary and treasurer of the Greek Catholic Union. Helen was a clerk at the County Treasurer’s Office and worked in the church kitchen making pierogis. She is survived by her loving daughter, Cheryl Ann Perkey and husband Doug of Pittsburgh, Pa; loving granddaughter, Jessica Perkey and Fiance Christopher Lockman; brothers, George William Lengjak and wife, Laura, of Illinois; sister, Marge Smith of Carmichaels; several loving nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. Friends will be received in the KEZMARKSY FUNERAL HOME, 71 Pennsylvania Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday morning until 10 a.m. when a Blessing Service will be held followed by Divine Liturgy at 10:30 a.m. in St. John Byzantine Catholic Church with the Rev. Father Ronald P. Larko as Celebrant. Interment follows in St. John Byzantine Catholic Church Cemetery, Hopwood, Pa. GCU St. Michaels Lodge 81 will have a Memorial Service Friday at 3:30 p.m. and Parastas Service will be held Friday evening at 7 p.m. in the funeral home.
John MROSKO died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Funeral services for John Mrosko, fatally injured when he fell from the rear
of an automobile Sunday night, will be held at the late residence on the Bute
road, North Union township, Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock followed by requiem
high mass in St. John's G. C. church with the pastor, Rev. Fr. Ivancso as celebrant.
Burial will be in the church cemetery at Hopwood.
Mrosko is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Mrosko; and the following children:
George, Michael, Nicholas, Joseph, Mary and Henry, all at home; and the following
brothers and sisters: Nicholas, Crucible; George, Smock; Mrs. Mary Kuhta,
Uniontown; Mrs. Sofia Staviscak, Leisenring No. 2; Mrs. Katie Matusky, West Virginia,
and Mrs. Ella Zavacan, Brownfield.
(Newspaper dated 2 Sept 1931)
Mrs.
Mary MROSKO died in 1938. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
After an extended illness, Mrs. Mary Mrosko, aged 50, of the Bute road, North Union township, died at 6:30 Friday evening, May 20, 1938, in the Uniontown hospital where she had been a surgical and medical patient. Surviving are the following children: George, Michael, Joseph and Henry, all at home; Nicholas, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Mary Byers, Detroit, Mich. Four grandchildren also survive.
The body was removed to the Haky Funeral Home and will be taken to the family residence today.
Funeral plans have not been completed.
Theresa A. Silbaugh MUCCI ( -1995)
THERESA A. MUCCI
Theresa A. Silbaugh Mucci, 91, of Kissimmee, Florida and formerly of Labelle, died Tuesday, December 26, 1995, in Florida. She is survived by two daughters, Anita Lessick of Kissimmee and Virginia Weigand of Sebring, Florida; two sons, John Mucci of Bentleyville, Pa., and Alton Mucci of Kissimmee, and two grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Andrew J. Skirpan Funeral Home, 135 Park Street, Brownsville, on Monday, January 1, 1996 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday January 2, 1996 until 10:15 a.m., the hour of service.
Dorothy Louise MUESELER ( -1935)
Dorothy Louise Mueseler, ill for two weeks, aged five, succumbed early Wednesday to diphtheria, in the home of her peanuts, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mueseler III, 111 Searight Avenue, Death came at 2:30 a.m. Besides her parents the little girl is survived by two sisters, Charlotte Frances and Naomi Ruth. Private funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. with interment in Park Place Cemetery.
MUESELER, HENRY F.— Aged 73, 118 Coffee Street, died in his home Sunday, February 14, 1960. He is survived by three sisters: Mrs. Elizabeth Percy, Scottdale; Mrs. Emma Rutter, Vance’s Mill; Mrs. Pauline Suich and one brother, Joseph W. Mueseler, Uniontown. He was predeceased by his wife, Margaret Foley Mueseler in 1926. He was a member of St. John's R. C. Church. The family will receive friends after 7 p.m. today and Tuesday from 3-5 and 7-10 in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 East Fayette Street until Wednesday at 8:39 a.m. Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 a.m. in St John’s R. C. Church. The Rev. Fr. James O D Hanlon will celebrate the mass. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery.
From the Jefferson Democrat, Extra.
Death of Mr. Muhlenberg
READING, Sunday afternoon
August 11, 1844 – 5 o’clock, P. M.
By an inscrutable dispensation of Divine Providence, one friend and fellow-citizen, HENRY A. MUHLENBERG has suddenly been removed from this life. But yesterday, he was mixing among the busy throngs of men, full of vigor and in a state of health, promising long years of honor and happiness to himself and of usefulness to society –today he is laid low in Death, and the places that have known him shall know him no more. We cannot speak of him now as we could wish. Our mind, distracted with the grief which pervades this whole community, is incapable of addressing to the people more than the simple announcement of their loss. The circumstances which attended this melancholy bereavement, are these: Several gentlemen from abroad had been passing the last evening with Mr. Muhlenberg, at his house, where they staid until probably about ten o’clock. When they left he accompanied them to the front door, at which after they were gone, he seated himself upon a chair, as was his custom to enjoy the coolness of the night breeze. Several gentlemen who passed between that and half-past ten or later, saw him sitting there. At about eleven he was found prostrate and insensible upon the step –with his head down, stricken with APOPLEXY. Every effort that medical skill could suggest was made-but in vain. He never spoke after he was discovered, but remained insensible until he expired, which was at four o’clock this afternoon.
DIED
On the 9th inst., Robert Muir, of Franklin township, in the 68th year of his age.
Helen F. Mulac
Helen F. Mulac, 82, of Austintown, Ohio, formerly of Connellsville and Vanderbilt, died Monday, April 21, 1997 at her home. Arrangements are under the direction of the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville and will be announced when completed.
Robert A. MULAC died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Suffering a sudden heart attack shortly after the breakfast hour, Robert A. Mulac,
aged 49, veteran musician and mail carrier, died at 8 o'clock Monday morning,
January 10, 1938, at his home in 402 South Eighth street, Connellsville.
After serving 27 years with the post office department, Mr. Mulac had been on
the partially disabled list for the past three years, during which time he had
been able to work but ?????
(balance of obit is missing)
(Herald - January 11, 1938)
Robert Albert MULAC died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Robert Albert Mulac was born at Mount Pleasant on May 22, 1888, a son of Mrs. Josephine Mulac and the late Albert Mulac, who died on October 22, 1912. The family has been residing in Connellsville since 1904.
Mr. Mulac entered the postal service and continued in it for 27 years prior to his retirement on Christmas three years ago as partially disabled.
He was a widely-known musician and for many years had been identified with bands and orchestras in Connellsville and its environs. He was a trombone player. Mr. Mulac joined a band at Vanderbilt in his youth and later became a member of the Connellsville Military Band, serving with it for 25 years. For a number of years he directed an orchestra and for the past six years had charge of the First Methodist Protestant Sunday school orchestra of about 40 pieces.
Mr. Mulac was a member of two organizations of postal workers, the C.S.A. and the Perryopolis Sokola.
Funeral services for Mr. Mulac will be held at the Mulac home, Connellsville, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be in the Union cemetery at Dickerson Run.
(May 1938)
William C. MULERTT (1910-1994)
William C. Mulertt, retired controller
William C. Mulertt, 84, of Rutherford, N.J., died Friday, Dec. 30, 1994, at St. Barnabas Hospital, Livingston, N.J. He was born Jan. 15, 1910, in New York City, N.Y., a son of the late William and Anna Reidelbauer Mulertt. He was a retired controller for the New York City Chamber of Commerce. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army. He was a 35-year member of the Barringer Walker American Legion Post of Lyndhurst, N.J. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford and a life member of the Mount Clair Operetta Club. He was a member of the Pace University Alumni Association. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Fern Gratzinger Mulertt of Rutherford. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
MULERTT— William C. Mulertt of Rutherford, N.J., died Friday, Dec. 30, 1994. Friends will be received 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the LUTHER J. GRIMM FUNERAL HOME, Mount Pleasant, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. William M. Chittester officiating. Private interment will be held in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Garnet E. Willard MULHORN (1918-1997)
Garnet E. Mulhorn
Garnet E. Mulhorn, 78, of East Peach Street, Connellsville, died Saturday, April 12, 1997, at home. She was born Dec. 7, 1918, in East Huntingdon Township, a daughter of the late James and Martha Bailey Willard. She is survived by three sons, Frederick Mulhorn of Strongsville, Ohio, and Duaine Mulhorn and Darl Mulhorn, both of Scottdale; and two daughters, Mrs. William (Marjorie) Santmyer of Scottdale and Mrs. John (Janet) O’Brien of South Connellsville. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Pete Willard; and three sisters, Frances Baird, Evelyn Finfrock and Sarah Lynch. Friends were received Sunday at MURPHY-CARUSO MEMORIAL HOME, 303 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, where services were held today at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Ed Clarke officiating. Interment in Scottdale Cemetery.
Margaret Mullaney
Margaret C. Mullaney, 77, of Overbrook and formerly of Connellsville, died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1996. Sister of Patricia Mullaney, daughter of the late Patrick and Margaret Mullaney. Friends will be received at the CIESLAK AND TATKO FUNERAL HOME INC., 2935 Brownsville Road, Brentwood, today and Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian burial Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Norbert Church, Overbrook. Burial in St. Pius X Cemetery, Mount Pleasant.
Mary A. Connell MULLANEY (1922-2008)
Mary Ann (Connell) Mullaney, 86, of North Manor, passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at Laurel Ridge Center, Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa. She was born May 15, 1922, in Dunbar, Fayette County, Pa., a daughter of the late James V. Connell, Sr., and Margaret McGivern Connell. Mary was a graduate of Immaculate Conception High School, in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa. Prior to her retirement; she was employed at the former West Penn Power Company and the former Connellsville State Hospital. She was a longtime member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Connellsville, where she served as a past president of the Christian Mothers. She was an active member of the Catholic Daughters of America and its bowling league.
Mary was married to Thomas M. Mullaney, May 15, 1946. He preceded her in death, Aug. 16, 1969. In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, Patrick F. and James V., Jr.; and three sisters, Marcey Traynor, Julia Fagan, and Virginia (Skippy) Zabella.
She is survived by five sons, James J. and Janet, of Erie, Pa., David B. and Debbie, of South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., Thomas M. and Cheri, Patrick F. and Vicky and Francis J., all of Connellsville; six grandchildren, Ryan, Patrick, Kevin, Molly, Bridget, and Stephen; an aunt, Virginia Schilling; and one sister, Frances (Mikey) Connell, both of Connellsville.
Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the PAUL G. FINK FUNERAL HOME, INC., 418 North Pittsburgh St., where a blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, with the Rev. Richard Kosisko, as Celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Cemetery, Connellsville. A parish wake service will be held at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. The family would like to thank the staff of Presbyterian Hospital and Laurel Ridge Center for their kindness and care. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mary's memory to Conn Area Catholic School, 110 North Prospect St., Connellsville, Pa., 15425.
MRS. J. P. MULLANEY
Mrs. Mary Murphy Mullaney, 58 years old, of 513 Johnston avenue, died at 11 o’clock Saturday night in Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh where she had been a patient about a month. She had been ill for some time. Mrs. Mullaney was born at Morgan Station September 4, 1887, the daughter of the late Henry and Ellen Murphy, and had been a resident of Connellsville the greater part of her life. She was the wife of James P. Mullaney who survives together with these children: Thomas, Ellen and Joseph, at home, and Corporal John, serving with the armed forces in Japan. There are two brothers and four sisters: Thomas Murphy, James Murphy, Mrs. Agnes Soisson, Mrs. Cecilia Dowling and Mrs. Margaret Bartley, all of Connellsville, and Mrs. Teresa Sunder, Pittsburgh. The body was removed Sunday by Funeral Director Milton V. Munk to the home of a sister, Mrs. Agnes Soisson, at 411 Johnston avenue where the funeral cortege will meet at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at Immaculate Conception Church at 9 o’clock in charge of Rev. Father Henry Geibel, pastor. Interment will be made in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The Christian Mothers will meet at 8 o’clock Tuesday night at the Soisson home to recite the rosary.
Dorothy Michener MULLEN ( -1997)
Dorothy Mullen
Dorothy Michener Mullen, 78, of Fourth Street, Mather, Pa., died Tuesday, April 29, 1997, at 3:30 p.m., at home. She had worked at Hazel Atlas Glass Factory in Washington, Pa. Surviving are her husband, Thomas Mullen; two daughters, Sandy Patterson of Monongahela and Bonnie Long of Houston, Texas; two stepsons, Thomas S. Mullen of Cleveland, Ohio and Terry Mullen of Waynesburg; ten grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Fannie DeWitt of Washington, Pa., and Clara Gallingani of North Ridge, Calif.; and a brother, Albert Michener of Hesperia, California. Friends will be received in the Behm Funeral Home, Inc., Rt. 188, Jefferson, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Friday until 9:30 a.m., the hour of service.
Edison Thomas Mullen, 88, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2005, in the Uniontown Hospital. Born February 17, 1916, in Brownfield Airshaft, he was the son of the late Peter Mullen and Karrie Richter Mullen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Gladys Gordon Mullen on Dec. 2, 1995; and brothers and sisters, Catherine Cain, Lena Fletcher, Donald Mullen, James Mullen, Joseph Mullen and Mary Belle Mullen. Edison was a member of The United Mine Workers', worked for over 47 years in various mines and retired from U.S. Steel. He is survived by his loving children, Gloria J. Mullen Rosso and husband, Edward of Uniontown, and Thomas G. Mullen of Uniontown; grandchildren, David Rosso and wife, Christy and Anita Filcheck and husband, Edward; four great-grandchildren, Lindsay and Cassie Filcheck and Anna and Katy Rosso; and brothers and sisters, Sarah Peterson and husband, Herbert of Smithton, Pa., Mildred Shultz of Butler, Pa., Viola Shaw of Bolivar, N.Y., and Raymond Miller; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the STEPHEN E. KEZMARSKY III FUNERAL HOME AT 71 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., UNIONTOWN, PA., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday morning until 10 a.m., when a Blessing Service will be held in the funeral home, with the Rev. Fr. William J. Kiel officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Macrina Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa.
Iona Danko "Snooks" Mullen, 86 years, of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa. passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 29, 2009, at Horizon Personal Care Home, in Fayette County, Pa. She was born November 6, 1922, at Haydentown, Fayette County, Pa., daughter of the late Otho Rhodes Victor and Carrie Miller Victor Richardson. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her husbands, John A. Danko, in 1955, and Harold Brent Mullen, in 1990, brothers and sisters, Madonna Carr, Elsie Capanna, Virginia Cramer, Edwin Victor, Frances Grgetich, and William Victor. Iona was employed for 23 years at the former Rockwell International, in Uniontown, until her retirement. She was also a former Georges Township Central Committee Woman and a member of the former St. Helen R.C. Church in Shoaf, Pa. and currently with Ss. Cyril and Methodius R.C. Church in Fairchance, Pa. Surviving are her children: Pauline Fendlay and husband, Raymond, of Finksburg, Md., Elizabeth Marva and husband, Steven, of Solon, Ohio, John Danko and wife, Virginia, of Keedysville, Md., and Thomas B. Mullen and wife, Susan, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa.; grandchildren: Ray Alan Fendlay and wife, Robin, Brent Fendlay and wife, Terri, Rev. Fr. Robert Marva, O.F.M., C.A.P., Michelle Marva, Kevin Danko and wife, Heather, Mark Danko and fiancée, Angie, Danielle Mullen and fiancé, Harry, Nicole Dice and husband, Billy, and Heather Mullen; step- grandchildren: Megan Swaney, and Erin Zix and husband, Matt; eight great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters: Mildred Mayhle, of Seattle, Washington, Grace Kluska and husband, Frank, of Willowick, Ohio, Clifford Victor and wife, Gail, of Haydentown, Pa., and John "Bob" Victor, of Ohio. Also surviving are brothers and sisters-in-laws: Kay Victor, of Haydentown, Pa., Floyd Grgetich, of North Olmsted, Ohio, Doris Victor, Upperco, Md., Nei l and Mary Jen Mullen, of East Burghill, Ohio; many nieces and nephews; special niece, Beverly O'Wade Wells, Jr. and Iona's two special friends: Martha "Tootie" Stajcar and Martha Marva. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., (today) Saturday, until 9:30 a.m., when a Prayer Service will be held. A Funeral Mass follows at 10:00 a.m. in Ss. Cyril and Methodius R.C. Church, 50 North Morgantown Street, Fairchance, Pa., with her grandson, Rev. Fr. Robert Marva, O.F.M., C.A.P., as Celebrant. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa. A special thank you to the Horizon Personal Care Home owners, Michelle and Rick Grimm and their staff for all their years of special care for Iona and also to the Albert Gallatin Hospice Team for their care.
JOHN MULLEN
Following a two days’ illness of pneumonia, John Mullen, 85 years old, a former well known resident of Dunbar, and well known throughout the coke region, died Friday evening at 6 o’clock at home of his son, Mark Mullen, at Allison. The funeral was held Monday from St. Aloysius Catholic church, Dunbar, requiem high mass being celebrated at 10:30 o’clock by the Rev. Father P. J. Brennan. Interment in the old Catholic cemetery at Dunbar. Funeral Director J.R. Foltz of Dunbar will have charge. Mr. Mullen was born in Ireland in 1833, and in 1865, 53 years ago, he came to this country, settling at Dunbar, residing there until 17 years ago. While at Dunbar Mr. Mullen worked at the various coal and coke plants and was widely known and highly respected. He is survived by his widow, Catherine Mullen, and the following children: Matthew and Mark Mullen of Allison; John Mullen of New York City; Mrs. James Watson of Fairbanks; two brothers, Matthew Mullen of San Francisco, Cal.; Mark Mullen of Ireland; one sister, Mrs. Patrick Maloy of Uniontown, and nine grandchildren.
John MULLEN died in 1926. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Beam drops on John Mullen Assistant Foreman of Colonial No. 1 mine at Smock,
Pa.
John Mullen aged 47 was killed instantly about 10:00 o'clock Thursday night on
August 26, 1926. He was not missed until the night shift had come out of
the mine and the fire bosses had reported out, in time for the day shift to go
to work Friday morning. An investigation by mine officials led to the discovery
that Mr. Mullen had not turned in his time card at 2:30 o'clock Friday morning,
the hour which his shift left the mine. Officials at once sent an exploring
group into the mine and the fall was discovered. Mr. Mullen's body being
found at about 9 o'clock yesterday morning. Because of the heavy fall and
the danger of additional falls two or three hours were required before the body
was extricated from the position in which it was pinned by the heavy eye beam.
Rescuers were compelled to timber the section which had caved in before
recovering Mr. Mullen's body. The body was brought to the surface about
11 o'clock. Mr. Mullen who is a nephew of mine inspector, Patrick Mullen
of Leckrone, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Mullen, and three
children, Frank, Mary, and Anna, at home. Funeral services will be held in St.
Hedwig's Roman Catholic Church at Smock, Monday morning at 9 o'clock followed
by burial in St. Agnes Cemetery, near Masontown.
(Newspaper dated August 28, 1926)
MULLEN, MATTHEW— Aged 88, Allison 2, died Saturday, August 10, 1963 in the Brownsville General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Pauline Mata Mullen; two sons, Joseph, Allison; Paul, Cleveland, O.: five daughters, Mrs. Paul (Erma) Scholl, Windham, O.; Mrs. Harold (Margaret) Barkley, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Henry (Myra) Norwich, Newark, N.J.; Mrs. Robert (Betty) McCoy, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Andrew (Anna) Donahue, Newark, N.J.; twenty one grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two brothers, John Mullen, N.Y.; Mark Mullen, Smock; one sister, Mrs. Julia Walker Mullen, Smock. He was a member of the Holy Rosary R.C. Church, Republic and UMWA, Allison 5279. Friends are being received in the Flack-Marucci Funeral Home, Legion St., Republic until Tuesday at 8:30 when a prayer service will be held, followed by a Requiem High Mass in Holy Rosary R.C. Church. Rt. Rev. Msgr. A. J. Balok will officiate. Interment will be in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Dunbar. Brownsville Telegraph and Connellsville Courier, please copy. The Christian Mothers will meet in the funeral home, this evening at 7:30 to recite the Rosary.
Newpaper image is poor quality. Transcription may not be exact.
MULLEN— At her home on North York avenue, Mrs. Martin Mullen, aged 55 years, on Monday, Dec. 23rd. Deceased was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1875, since which time she resided in Connellsville. She is survived by five children, three girls, Margaret, Mary, and Annie, and two boys, Thomas and John, also two sisters, Mrs. John Gannon and Mrs. Mary Tierney, all of Connellsville. Martin Mullen, her husband, had been dead seven years. Funeral from the residence at 8 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and High Mass in the Immaculate Conception R. C. Church at 3:30 o’clock. Interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
DEATHS OF THE DAY
Patrick Mulligan
Connellsville, April 6.— The remains of Patrick Mulligan, aged 52 years, who was found dead Wednesday, were brought to Connellsville this morning for interment. Mulligan made his home a Hazlewood and was a boiler inspector and it is supposed his death resulted from the inhalation of gas fumes. The deceased came to Connellsville from Virginia at an early age and lived here until about five years ago. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception church of Connellsville. He was unmarried and is survived by two brothers and three sisters, including, Mrs. Eugen O'Donovan of New Haven. Funeral from the Immaculate Conception church Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Interment in St. Joseph's cemetery.
MULLIN, FRANCIS E., 1149 Race St., Connellsville, died in the Connellsville State General Hospital, Tuesday, January 29, 1963. He was a son of the late Martin and Alice Kennedy Mullin. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception R. C. Church, PBO Elks and Polish Club. He was a retired assistant mine foeman of the U. S. Steel Corp. He is survived by two sons, John, Connellsville, Patrick, former ball with the Detroit Tigers, Brownsville; three grandchildren. Friends are being received in the Milton V. Munk Funeral Home, 127 E. Fairview Ave., Connellsville, where a prayer service will be held Friday at 9:30. A Requiem High Mass will be intoned at 10 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception R. C. Church. Interment will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
Andrew Mulyar
Andrew Mulyar of Bay Point, Calif., died Wednesday, March 8, 1995, at his home. He was 90 years old. The native of Brownsville lived in Bay Point for 50 years. He was an auto mechanic for Blue Ridge Bus Lines for 70 years. He also worked for Mario’s Auto and Bus Company, then for Shepherd Chevrolet of Pittsburg, Calif., and for Killough Studebaker of Pittsburg, Calif. He was a member of Our Lady Queen of the World Church and gardened there. He was also a member of Auto Mechanics Union, AFL-CIO, Richmond Local. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Vera L. Mulyar in 1984; and four brothers, John, Joseph, Steve and Peter Mulyar. He is survived by his sisters, Sister Mary Mulyar VSC of Pittsburgh, Margaret Mulyar of Brownsville, and Elizabeth Marsolic of Frederick, Md. Services were at 10 a.m., on Monday, March 13, 1995 in Our Lady Queen of the World Church, Pittsburg, Calif., with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, Antioch, Pittsburg, Calif. Visitation was Sunday, March 12, 199r in the Pittsburg Funeral Chapel. Rosary was Sunday, March 12, 1995 at 7 p.m., in the church…
Sarah M. Swords MUMAW (1912-1997)
Sarah M. Mumaw
Sarah Mildred Swords Mumaw, 84, of Jacksonville, N.C., formerly of Palmer, died Sunday, April 20, 1997, in Jacksonville, N.C. She was born Aug. 8, 1912, in West Pike Run Township, Washington County, a daughter of the late Alexander and Sarah Rebecca Morehouse Swords. She was a member of Ledgewood Baptist Church in Ledgewood, N.J. Surviving are sons, John R. ‘Bob’ Mumaw and his wife, Maxine of Fayetteville, N.C., and Jerry K. Mumaw of West Orange, N.J.; daughters, Sally Platz of Ashtabula, Ohio, Donnabelle Anderson of Scottdale, Pa., Audrey G. Hair and her husband, Richard of Jacksonville, N.C., and Rosemary Furda of Park City, Utah; brothers, Ross Gerald and Fred G. Swords; a sister, Isabelle Smith; 18 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John L. Mumaw; two children; four sons-in-law; brothers; a sister; and a granddaughter. The family will receive friends in the CONFER FUNERAL HOME, 515 Front St., Brownsville, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday from 10 until 11 a.m., the hour of service. Burial will be in Taylor Cemetery, Brownsville.
Maggie A. MUNDELL died in 1938. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(35)
MAGGIE A. MUNDELL
Mrs. Maggie A. Mundell, 84, of Carmichaels, Pa., died Wednesday, February 6,
1938, following a lingering illness. Death was attributed to complications.
Funeral services will be held in the Condit Funeral Home at Carmichaels, Friday
at 10:30 a.m., Burial will be in Laurel Point cemetery, Carmichaels.
Herald; Feb. 17, 1938
J. C. MUNSEY
Jesse C. Munsey, 86, a father of Paul L. Munsey, Connellsville Joint Junior High School teacher, died Friday evening in his home in Hamburg, N. Y.
Eliza Collins MUNSON (1818-1903)
MRS. ELIZA MUNSON.
Oldest Member of the Baptist
Church Congregation is Dead.
A SKETCH OF HER LONG LIFE.
Was the Mother of
James C. and George A. Munson
of Connellsville.
Other Deaths in Town and This Vicinity.
Mrs. Eliza Collins Munson died Saturday, July 11, at 3 P. M., aged 85 years, after an illness of nearly four years. She will be buried from her late home, North Pittsburgh street, this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. J. A. Maxwell of McKeesport, the former pastor, and Rev. T. J. Edwards, the present pastor of the First Baptist Church, will officiate at the services. Mrs. Munson was the daughter of James and Hilda Collins, and was born in Connellsville in 1818. She became a member of the Baptist Church July 24, 1841, being baptized by Rev. Tisdale, the pastor of the church. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the church, having belonged for 62 years. She was at the same time one of the most conscientious and faithful of its adherents. At one time during Mrs. Munson’s residence in West Newton the church became very feeble and in danger of dissolving. She returned to Connellsville to live, and promptly reorganized the Sunday School, and diffused some of her indomitable energy into the weaker spirits, and received the credit of saving the church. About 1850 she was married to Isaac Munson, a prominent business man of this vicinity. He was engaged first in the iron, then in the mercantile business, and gave up both to become manager of the Markle Paper Mill Company. Three sons were born to this union: John I., who died about eight years ago from injuries received in a runaway accident; George A. and James C., both residents of Connellsville. Mrs. Munson is also survived by a brother and sister, Rev. James M. Collins, a retired Baptist minister, and Mrs. Mary Reisinger, both of Uniontown. Mrs. Munson is spoken of by all who knew her as a most upright earnest and loving Christian woman. Since her fall four years ago, which injured her so much that she has virtually never walked since, she has borne her afflictions cheerfully, resigned to the will of the Master. She retained all her faculties to the end, and was delighted to have her friends come and sit with her for an hour and tell her of the busy world and the work of the church she loved so dearly, but in whose services she could no longer take an active part. Her departure leaves a void in many hearts that can never be filled but truly “God giveth His beloved sleep.”
Fay Lenhart MUNSON (1919-1996)
Fay Munson
Fay Lenhart Munson, 77, of Mount Pleasant died Saturday, Nov. 30, 1996, at Greenery Rehabilitation Center, Canonsburg. She was born Jan. 26, 1919, in Donegal Township, a daughter of the late Charles and Jennie Martz Lenhart. Fay was Lutheran by faith. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a housekeeper for R.K. Mellon for 23 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Munson (1963); and seven sisters, Evelyn Grimm, Clara Newell, Mabel Query, Beulah Darr, Mae Burns, Alberta Mays and Gladys Lenhart. She is survived by a sister, Garnet Anthony of Mount Pleasant; four stepchildren, Carol Tidwell, Robert, Bruce and Carl Munson Jr.; a number of stepgrandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends at the SNYDER-BROWN FUNERAL HOME, Donegal, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the funeral home. Interment will be in Donegal Cemetery. Jamie Snyder Brown, funeral director.
Miss
Annie MURDOCK obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.
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ANNIE MURDOCK
Word was received Saturday night by M. R. Gregg of this city of the death
of his aunt, Miss Annie Murdock, in Atlantic City. Born in Carmichaels,
Green County, Miss Murdock later went to Charleroi where she lived for
many years. Before going to Atlantic City about eight years ago, she lived in
Uniontown, making her home with her nephew, M. R. Gregg.
One other nephew survives, O. E. Gregg, of this city, as do also four
nieces: Mrs. George Myers of Hoehne, Colorado; Mrs. May Davidson, Mrs. Lottie
Graham and Mrs. Lou Stokes, all of Atlantic City.
Burial will be in Carmichaels, Tuesday morning, April 7, at 11 o'clock.
Miss Murdock was aged about 86 years.
Ann
MURPHEY died in 1814. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(38)
DIED—On Sunday morning last, in this borough, Ann Murphey, in the 86th y ear of her age.
The Genius of Liberty and Fayette Advertiser.
Union...Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1814.
No. 22 of Vol. X Total No. 490
Pg 3, Col. 4.
Mrs.
Clarissa MURPHEY died in 1936. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.
MURPHEY, MRS. CLARISSA
Mrs. Clarissa MURPHEY, aged 68, widow of Nathaniel Ewing MURPHEY, died at her home, 401 Connellsville street, Monday morning, September 14, 1936, at five o’clock from the infirmities of age. She was a daughter of the late George and Elizabeth McLAUGHLIN. She was born January 2, 1850 in North Union township in the historic Colonel Samuel EVANS homestead.
Preceding her in death were two sons, Joseph and George. She is survived by the following children: May and Elizabeth, at home; Samuel and Walter and Mrs. Sarah C. ANDREWS, of Uniontown, together with 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. Mollie KELLY, Joseph and Samuel McLAUGHLIN, all of Uniontown.
Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Alden J. ALLEN, pastor of Calvary M. P. church, in the family residence at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Herald Tues. 9-15-1936
Mrs.
Effa Lewis MURPHEY died in 1935. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Mrs. Effa Lewis Murphey, aged 62, wife of Jesse U. Murphey, died suddenly at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, May 30, 1935, in the family residence, 105 Grant street.
Born in Urbana, O., a daughter of Thomas J. and Malinda Lewis, she was married to Jesse U. Murphey at Marietta, O., in 1897. Her husband and one daughter, Marjorie Murphey, at home, survive, together with two sisters: Miss Melva Lewis and Mrs. Hazel Reed, of Mechanicsburg, O.
Mrs. Murphey was widely known in Uniontown principally for her beautiful character and humanitarianism. In her immediate neighborhood, in any case of suffering, sorrow or distress Mrs. Murphey was always one of the first to be of service and this without regard of race, creed or color. Her sweet and loving disposition won for her the high esteem and regard of all whose good fortune it was to have known her.
A Christian Scientist by faith, Mrs. Murphey was a member of the Connellsville church and of the Mother church in Boston. In Uniontown she was a leader in all that denomination's activities.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
(Newspaper dated May 31, 1935)
Miss Anna Murphy, 73, of Dunbar died Monday afternoon in the Fisher-Fazio Convalescent Home, Markleysburg. She was born June 9, 1891, in Dunbar, a daughter of the late James and Mary E. Kelly Murphy. She was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of the St Aloysius R.C. Church of Dunbar.
Surviving is a brother, John of Dunbar. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Mrs. Ella Courtney, Mrs. Margaret Fallon and Mrs. Mary Miller and two brothers, Peter and Thomas.
The body will be at Burhans Funeral Home in Dunbar after 7 p.m. today. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Aloysius R. C. Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The Alter and Rosary Society will recite the rosary at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
from the scrapbook of Mr. Robert M. Martin of Dunbar PA
Miss Ann Murphy and brother Peter of Dunbar have a narrow escape from burning to death when their home is destroyed by fire.
Anna D. Murphy, 48 years and 11 months old, veteran employee of The Union Supply Company, having been employed there for 30 years at the Dearth store, died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of a sister, Mrs. Charles P. McIntyre, 238 East Crawford Avenue, after a long illness. A daughter of the late Owen and Mary McGuil Murphy, Miss Murphy was born August 31, 1892 at Dunbar. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. McIntyre and Mrs. J.M. Richey, both of Connellsville, and a brother Thomas O. Murphy of Dearth.
The funeral party will assemble Saturday morning at the McIntyre home, going from there to St Aloysius Church at Dunbar, where requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock by the Rev. Michael F Borfield, assistant pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church of Connellsville. Burial will be in St. Aloysius Cemetery, Dunbar. Funeral Director John J. Spishak will have charge.
Mrs. Anna E. Murphy, 74, formerly of Uniontown, died Tuesday in Doylestown, Ohio. A son and grandson survive. She was the widow of George H. Murphy.
Anna Margaret MURPHY
(1948-2004)
Anna Margaret Murphy, 55, of Dunbar, died Thursday, June 3, 2004, in Frick Hospital. Anna was a homemaker and a CNA. Surviving are the following children, Anita Burnsworth and husband Wally of Connellsville, Shawn Murphy of Dunbar, Unice Wise and Husband Lawrence of Mcguire Air Force Base, N.J.; the following brothers and sisters, Mary Davis and Husband Clyde of Suffold, Va., Donald Murphy and wife Sue of Dunbar, Kenneth Murphy and wife Ora of Waltersburg, and Nancy Dean and husband Donald of Dunbar, Lilly Hall of Dunbar, Betty Zebley of Dunbar, Randolph Murphy of Dunbar, Bessie Eutsey and husband Ed of Indian Head, and Bob Murphy of Dunbar; and six grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Burhans-Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar, Pa., Saturday, June 5, 2004 from 6 to 9 p.m., Sunday, June 6, 2004 from 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., Monday, June 7, 2004 at 12 noon the hour of services.
Bessie MURPHY(17) died in 1870. Her obit
was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.
(17)
Murphy-At Buda, Bureau co., Ill. Aug 8th, 1870. Bessie, wife of Geo. M. Murphey,
aged 24 years, 4 months and 2_ days.
Morgantown papers please copy.
Rebecca Staurt Moreland, was born near Connellsville, Penna., March 18th? 18_6;
was married to Geo. M. Murphey at Morgantown, Oct, 26th, 1869.
Four years ago she united with the Presbyterian Church, and has since shown herself
an exemplary follower of Christ.
She found no church of her choice within reach of her western home, but expanded?
firm determination a few days before her decease. of uniting with some branch
of the Church Militant?, and living a life devoted to her God. Those who were
constantly with her, know only of her love, kindness and cheerfulness, how she
strove to make all around her happy, to make home a Heaven. She leaves a little
babe never to feel a mother's love and care; a husband and home never more to
be cheered by the smiles of Bessie; a mother less an affectionate daughter; sisters
and brothers less a loving sister; the world less an earnest soldier of Christ,
but the host triumphant has been strengthened.
Though she cannot come to us, yet with the same pole star and anchor, we can
surely will o'er the tempestuous sea, of life and leanth? on those same golden
shores.
"And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain." J.M.M.
The Genius of Liberty, Aug 18, 1870
Charles Edward MURPHY ( -1949)
CHARLES E. MURPHY
Charles Edward Murphy, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Murphy, died at 8:15 o'clock Sunday evening at his home at Dunbar. Surviving besides his parents are three brothers, James R., John H. and Raymond G., and one sister, Susan Patricia. Interment was made this afternoon in Franklin Cemetery.
Murphy, Miss Dorcas — Aged 89, Smock, R.D. 1, died in the Uniontown Convalesant and Nursing Home, Wednesday, August 8, 1962. She was a daughter of James and Harriet Hazen Murphy. She is survived by one sister, Mrs Anna Martin, Smock R.D. 1 and several nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Pleasant View Presbyterian Church.
Friends will be received aafter 7 p.m. today in the Blair Funeral Home, Perryopolis where services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Samuel Harper of the Monaca Heights Baptist Church will officiate. Internment will be in Flatwoods Cemetery.
E. ELMER MURPHY
E. Elmer Murphy, aged 37 years, a former resident of Connellsville and a veteran of the World War, died Wednesday, November 21, 1928, at Penns Grove, N. J., from a wound he received in action in France. He was engaged in the grocery business at Penns Grove. He was born in Connellsville, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Murphy, who survive, together with his widow and a son, E. Thomas Murphy of Los Angeles, Cal., and a daughter, Dorothy, at home; also three sisters, Mrs. John E. Armstrong and Mrs. Carle A. Barge of Connellsville and Mrs. Charles Rudolph of McKeesport. Funeral services were held at Penns Grove in charge of the American Legion of that place.
MURPHY, ELIZABETH ANN— Age 71 years, of 461 Connellsville St. died at 2:30 a.m. Friday, September 9, 1960 after a lingering illness. She is survived by one daughter, Nellie Leonard of Uniontown; one sister, Ella Mae Murphy of Uniontown; two brothers, Samuel and Walter of Uniontown and one granddaughter, Betty Jean. Friends will be received in the Minerd Funeral Home, 196 W. Main St., after 2 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Wm. Sibert of the Third Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
George Murphy, 66, died at his home in 18 West Fayette street, Uniontown, Saturday evening.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Tuesday, May 4, 1954, page 9, column 2
Contributed by Ruth Sprowls <ruthsprowls at windstream.net>
George MURPHY, Jr. (1922-1996)
George Murphy, Jr.
George D. Murphy, Jr., 74, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of McClellandtown, Pa., died Tuesday, March 5, 1996, in St. Alexis Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. He was born Jan. 26, 1922, in Leckrone, Pa., son of the late George D. Murphy Sr., and Essie Franks Murphy. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by two sons, George and Lester Murphy; and three brothers, Dale Eugene, Glenn and Wayne Murphy. Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Anna Grace Adams Murphy; a daughter, Janice Marlene Clark and her husband, William of Brooklyn Heights, Ohio; four grandchildren, Melinda Murphy, Lenny Murphy, Scott Clark and Kim Clark; one great-grandson, Cody Lee Clark; two sisters, Shirley Holland of West Lake, Ohio and Mary Lois Beattie of Fairview Park, Ohio; and three brothers, Lester Leroy Murphy of Charleroi, Pa., Donald Lee Murphy of Sagamore Hills, Ohio and Robert E. Murphy of North Olmsted, Ohio. Mr. Murphy was an enthusiastic bowler. The family will receive friends in the GOLDSBORO-TOMI FUNERAL HOME, 21 East Church St., Fairchance, Pa., today 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday until 2 p.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. David Weller officiating. Interment will follow in Church Hill Cemetery, McClellandtown, Pa.
George E. MURPHY died in 1937. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
MURPHY, George E.
George Edward Murphy, 23, of Ronco, died Thursday morning, July 8, 1937, in Uniontown
hospital following a brief illness. He was a graduate of German Township high
school, class of 1933, and at the time of his death, was employed at the Ronco
plant of the H. C. Frick Coke company.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Madeline James Murphy; his father, Jacob Murphy,
Ronco; and the following sisters and brothers, Melzie, Mary, Gertrude, Jacob,
Jr., Kenneth and Teddy, all at home.
His mother, Mrs. Catherine Murphy, preceded him in death July 17, 1936.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 o'clock Saturday morning in the home of
his grandmother, Mrs. Malinda Mason, McClellandtown, followed, at 9 o'clock,
by mass in All Saints' Catholic church, Masontown, in charge of Father Francis
Kolb. Burial will be in St. Agnes cemetery.
(Standard - July 5, 1937)
George Hazen MURPHY (1869-1952)
Dr. George Hazen Murphy, who was born in Smock 83 years ago, died Wednesday at his home in Monongahela where he had been a practicing physician since 1894. A son of the late James and Elizabeth Hazen Murphy, he leaves his widow, four children, five grandchildren and three sisters and one brother, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Watson and Mrs. Annie Martin of Smock. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Notes from contributor:
Born–18 Nov 1869
Died–6 Aug 1952
Wife–Margaret Jenkins Murphy
Children–George Hazen Jr., William Andrew, Thomas
Watson and Marion Murphy Munz
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We're sorry to chronicle the sad accident which occurred in Grace mines on March 1st, which resulted in the death of Henry Murphy. Mr. Murphy was one of the haulers in the mines, and in ???? a heavy grade in one of the ??? his light went out, and in attempting to jump off to sprag the wagons he got stuck between the wagons and a support pillar and was crushed in such manner that he was in great agony until Friday, at 11 a.m., when his spirit was called home to the God who gave it. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his loss. Immediately after his death Squire Campbell was notified to hold an inquest. The verdict was delivered as accidental death, exonerating the company of any blame whatsoever.
Henry Murphy, son-in-law of Aaron Lint was buried one day last week. Death was the result of being caught between wagons while hauling coal at a works on the Southwest railroad.
Ira W. MURPHY, Jr. (1930-2005)
Dawson — Ira W. Murphy, age 75, of Dawson, Pa., died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at his home. He was born in Dunbar, March 20, 1930, son of the late Raymond and Hazel Stull Murphy. He was retired from the coal and coke works and the U.S. Steel Corporation. He later became a self-made businessman in the automobile wrecking business for 45 years, which still thrives today and is being operated by his sons. He especially enjoyed farming.
Survived by his loving wife, Ruth Liston Murphy; 13 children, Sandra Murphy Hallam, and husband, Bob, of Washington, Connie Lama and husband, Danny, of Jefferson, Ira W. Jr., of Dawson, Ida Ruvo, of Mt. Pleasant, Cindy Goodwin, and husband, Don, of Everson, Roxie Goodwin and husband, Dave, of Connellsville, Perry Murphy and wife, Kimberly J., of Dunbar, Elvis Murphy and wife, Andrea, of Dawson, Clifford Murphy and wife Kimberly A., of Dawson, Scarlette Murphy, of Dawson, Robert (Bobby) Murphy and wife, Cynthia, of Dawson, Ivan W. Murphy, of Brownsville, Jeffrey Murphy and his fiancée, Jennifer Rabatin, of Dawson; a brother, Orey Murphy, of Vanderbilt. Both Orey and Ira served through the Korean Conflict, having basic training at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, one sister, Connie E.; 22 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by a brother, Wallace. Friends will be received in the RALPH E. GALLEY FUNERAL HOME, in Dawson, Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until 11 a.m., the hour of the service there. Officiating minister, the Rev. Lee Maley. Interment in Cochran Cemetery, Dawson, Pa.
MRS. J. R. MURPHY
Mrs. J. R. Murphy, 52 years old, of the Fallers apartments, corner Commerce and Herman avenue, Wilmerding, Pa., died at 5 o’clock a.m. October 14, 1938. She had been bedfast for seventeen months with complications. Mrs. Murphy is survived by her husband, one son, Donald Murphy, her mother, Mrs. Margaret Cowell, of Uniontown, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Ada McFadden, Mrs. Sarah Hunt, Mrs. Adelaide Williams, all of Uniontown; Mrs. Anna Flynn, of Wilkinsburg; F. M. Cowell and A. P. Cowell, of Greensburg. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Burial will be in Wilmerding.
Jacob MURPHY died in 1866. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(21)
We regret to learn that Maj. Jacob Murphy, formerly a well known and much esteemed
citizen of this County, died recently at his residence in Bureau County, Illinois
of dysentery and fever.
Genius of Liberty October 4, 1866
James MURPHY died in 1937. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Murder charges will be formally filed within the next several days as the result of the death of James Murphy, 29, Latrobe, at 11:15 o'clock Friday morning in Uniontown hospital from wounds inflicted during a fight Tuesday night at the West carnival on Reagan lot.
Donald Jones, negro cook for an Hawaiian group associated with the carnival, had been held in county jail since the affray in which he stabbed Murphy several times with a butcher knife, the instrument penetrating the bowels.
The trouble resulted at dinner time, Tuesday, when Murphy, already served two plates, demanded a third and was told by Jones he would have to "wait a while until serve the others here." An argument ensued leading to blows during which Jones seized a butcher knife and lunged at his adversary.
County Detective John C. Wall, himself, recovering from a knifing last September 12 at the hands of Frank Monaghan, investigated the case and within the next several days, will file formal charges of murder against Jones.
(Herald - August 7, 1937)
JESSE H. MURPHY
Jesse H. Murphy, 72, of Uniontown, died Tuesday in University Medical Center, Morgantown, W. Va. He was a member of Walnut Hill Methodist Church, a retired foreman of U. S. Steel Co. Leisenring mines and member of Retired Pensioners Club of U.S. Steel Co. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Iva Paull Murphy; two daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Betty) Sally of Brownsville and Mrs. Thomas (Barbara Ann) Roche of Hopwood, two sons, 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren; two sisters and a brother.
MURPHY, JESSE H.— Age 72 years, husband of Iva (Paull) Murphy, 408 E. Main, Uniontown, died in the University Medical Center, Morgantown, W. Va., Tuesday, November 28, 1967 at 4:10 p.m. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Melvin (Betty) Sally, Brownsville, Mrs. Thomas (Barbara Ann) Roche, Hopwood, Wendell Paull Murphy, Trenton, Mich., Donald W. Murphy, Uniontown, eleven grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; two sisters: Mrs. Olive Paull, Coldwater, Mich., and Mrs. Albert (Bertha) Perry, Tionesia, Penna.; one brother Hay Murphy of Syracuse, N. Y. He was a member of the Walnut Hill Methodist Church, a retired foreman of the U.S. Steel Co., Leisenring mines, Retired Pensioners Club U.S. Steel Co. The family will receive friends today and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., and until Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Harold S. Gleason Funeral Home, 114 E. Fayette St. and from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., the hour of service, in the Walnut Hill Methodist Church. Rev. Robert C. Fike, and Rev. Forrest A. Goodrich will officiate. Interment will be in the LaFayette Memorial park
JOHN L. MURPHY
John Leroy Miller, 64, died at 5 o'clock this morning at his home in Dunbar township. He was born May 30, 1887, a son of the late George and Henrietta Thomas Murphy. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Anna Mae Murphy; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Murphy, Mrs. Frances Roebuck and Mrs. Henrietta Bryner, all of Dunbar township; five sons, Harold of South Connellsville, Donald of Mount Braddock, Lindsey of McCoy Hollow, Wilbert at home and Calvin with the U. S. Army in Korea; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Smithley and Mrs. Roxey Smith, both of Bobtown, and Mrs. Isia Tressler and Mrs. Nellie Bodkin, both of Dunbar; two brothers, William of Creyland, Md., and Raymond of Dunbar and 26 grandchildren.
Joseph M. MURPHY died in 1940. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(126)
Joseph Michael Murphy, 50 years old, one of the city's prominent citizens
and widely known in Fayette and Westmoreland counties, died at 8:25 o'clock Monday
night of complications at his home, 810 McCorrhick avenue. He had been ill since
last September and had taken treatment at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, and Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Murphy was born December 1, 1889,
at Morgan Station, near Broad Ford, a son of the late Henry and Ellen Kelly
Murphy. He received his education in the
parochial schools at Scottdale and then entered the employ of A. Overholt Company.
Two years later he became affiliated with the Westmoreland Grocery Company
and had rounded out 36 years of service with that firm at the time of his death.
He began in the shipping department and had become head salesman.
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Murphy was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor in
1937 and Council in 1939. Joseph Murphy was a selfmade man. Despite his
limited schooling
he strove to better himself constantly and subsequently, after gaining employment
with the Westmoreland Grocery Company, he attended night sessions of the Douglas
Business College in Connellsville, studying business administration and salesmanship.
He was married November 24, 1913 to Miss Matilda Barthen of this city February
25, 1919, he joined the local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and played
an active part in making the lodge one of the major organizations in the city
today. He was elected trustee in 1921 and had since held that office, serving
as chairman of the board of trustees. He was the prime factor in bringing the
State convention of Eagles to Connellsville in 1931 and in building the
present Eagles Home in South Arch street. The State Aerie elected,
him a trustee in 1930, which post he held for three years. In recognition of
his valued service the local aerie presented him with a life membership in 1931.
Mr. Murphy also
belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Loyal Order of Moose,
Knights of Columbus, Maccabees, Holy Name Society, United Commercial
Travelers and Immaculate Conception Church.
In addition to his wife, seven children survive as follows: Regis and Mrs. Madeline
Shaw, both of Connellsville, Francis (Bud), Agnes, Raymond, Ellen and Joseph
L. Murphy, all at home He also leaves two brothers, James E. and Thomas
F. Murphy, both of Connellsville; five sisters, Mrs. Theresa Sunder of St. Marys,
Pa., Mrs. Mary Mullaney, Mrs. Agnes
Soisson, Mrs. Cecelia Dowling and Mrs. Margaret Bartley, all of Connellsville,
and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Thursday morning. After a prayer at the home in
McCormick avenue at 8:30 o'clock, requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock
at Immaculate Conception Churchwith the pastor, Rev. Henry Geibel, celebrant.
The pallbearers were John J. Brady, Anthony Bieshada, Raymond Mullen, William
P. McNulty, Robert Moorman and Charles F. Donnelly. Burial will be made
in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Members of the Eagles are to meet at the lodge at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night
and go to the home in a body where they will conduct their ritual.
Out-of-town persons who attended the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Nick Barthen
of Chicago, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. C. Barthen and Mr. and Mrs. John Wilder of Niles,
Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keck of Brownsville, Mr. ans Mrs. Frank McWilliams
and daughter, Ellen, and Mr. and Mrs. joseph Espey and sons of Aliquippa. Mr.
and Mrs. Owen Meegan of Uniontown, Mr. and Mrs. August Bittner of Uniontown,
R.D., Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kromen of Ambridge and Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Sunder of
St. Marys.
MURPHY— April 3d, 1865, of Consumption, Mrs. MARTHA MURPHY, wife of David A. Murphy, of Fayette County, Pa. The deceased professed religion in early life and united with the M. E. Church. We visited the later during her illness and found her faith strong-evidence of her acceptance with God bright, and hope, which is an anchor sure and steadfast to the soul lighting her way through the valley and shadow of death. Her soul was calm in expectation of meeting her Savior beyond this vale of tears. As the body died the soul grew strong in the embrace even of death. Sister, thou art no more among men but gone to sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. She died in the thirty first year of her age, proving the truth of inspiration that man is as the grass. We commend the loving, weeping, bereaved husband helpless children to Almighty God who is able to heal all our sorrow.
M. P. Stillwell, West Brownsville, Pa., April 12, 1865
Martin Patrick MURPHY (1901-1977)
MURPHY, MARTIN PATRICK— Age 75 years, formerly of 53 E. Main St., Uniontown, died Thursday, July 21, 1977, in the Fazion Nursing Home. He was born September 28, 1901, in Long Island, N.Y., son of the late Stephen and Nora Burke Murphy. A member of St. John’s R. C. Church and a retired employee of the U.S. Steel Corp. in Fayette County and Cleveland areas. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by one brother, Robert Murphy in 1957. Surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Neta McBride, Mrs. Bridget Klag and Mrs. Mary McCoffrey, all of Uniontown. Friends will be received in the Haky Funeral Home, 139 W. Fayette St., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 10:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. John’s R. C. Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. Fr. Stephen McCarrea as celebrant. Interment in Park Cemetery. Parish Rosary Sunday at 3 p.m.
MRS. MARY MURPHY
Mrs. Mary Murphy, aged 65 years, died at her home at Continental No. 1 Saturday afternoon, January 5, at 5:40 o'clock, of pneumonia. Mrs. Murphy was born in County Galway, Ireland, coming to Uniontown in 1890. She is survived by her husband, Martin Murphy, Sr., and the following children: Thomas J. Martin, Jr.; Mrs. John Moore, James W. and Margaret N. Murphy, all of Uniontown. Ten grandchildren, together with two brothers, Thomas and Michael Murly, and one sister, Mrs. Margaret Welsh of County Galway, Ireland, also survive. Mrs. Murphy was a member of St. John's R. C. Church. Funeral services will be held in St. John’s Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock with Rev. Fr. B. P. Kenan officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Nesley E. MURPHY died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(9)
Nesley E. Murphy, 84, a native of Jefferson township, Fayette county, died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. Curtis Hawker of Fayette City Monday morning,
May 6, 1935, at 12:30 o'clock following a week's illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Murphy was a widely known resident of the Jefferson township community where
he operated a store for a number of years. He had been an active member
of the Little Redstone Presbyterian church for the past 60 years.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Hawker; three sons, Harry, of Jefferson township;
Okel P., of Perryopolis, and Danna, of Star Junction; a brother, Hugh Murphy,
of Jefferson township, and 17 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held
at the Hawker home in Fayette City Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with additional
services at the Fairview Methodist Episcopal church at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Mr.
Knepshield, pastor of the Little Redstone Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial
in the Fairview cem- (rest cut off)
Standard, May 7, 1935
Noah MURPHY died in 1862. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(73)
On the 23rd. of Feb.. of head dropsy, NOAH, son of Thomas and Rachel Murphy, in Jefferson Tp., Fayette Co., Pa., aged 1 year 2 mos. 17 days.
Fades the lovely blooming flower,
Smiling solace of an hour,
Soon our transient comforts fly,
Pleasure only blooms to die.
Lovely child how brief they stay,
Short and hasty was thy day,
Ending soon thy sojourn here,
Pain or grief no more to bear.
Hard it is from thee to part,
Though it sends our aching hearts,
Since an heir to glory has gone,
Let the will of God be done. COM.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa., March 6, 1862.
Vol. 2., No. 5, pg 5, col. 5.
Patrick Murphy, 52 years old, a former resident of Connellsville, died at his home, 218 Third street, Braddock, from a complication of diseases. The deceased was a son of Daniel and Mary Murphy of Connellsville, both deceased. He was born in Connellsville, October 11, 1870, and spent all his life there with the exception of 15 years, during which he resided at Braddock. He is survived by his widow and the following children Mrs. Samuel Griffith and Mrs. David Edwards, North Braddock; Edward Francis, Madeline, Camilla, John, Vincent and Adelaide at home; two brothers, Joseph and Michael, of Swissvale; one sister, Mrs. Edward Yanger, of Masontown, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held last Tuesday morning in St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, Braddock, and burial was in Braddock Catholic cemetery.
The Daily Courier, Sept 18, 1922, pg. 6
Contributed by Ruth Sprowls <ruthsprowls at windstream.net>
Pearl Murphy
Pearl Hess Murphy, 86, of West Deer Township, died Thursday, July 13, 1995, at 123:45 a.m., in St. Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh. She was born Feb. 17, 1909, in Uniontown, the daughter of the late Leslie E. and Lucy Craft Hess. Mrs. Murphy was a homemaker. She was a member of the Bull Creek Presbyterian Church, West Deer, the Springdale Chapter 453 of the Eastern Star Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, Macedonia Shrine 31, Margaret Craven Shrine 42, Daughters of the Nile Airys Temple 48 and the Syria Recreational Vehicle Club. Surviving are a son, Leslie L. Murphy of Uniontown; a daughter, Vivian Murphy of West Deer; eight grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Frank Murphy; a son, Lloyd V. Murphy; a brother Todd Hess, and a sister, Colleen Brock. Friends will be received in the RONALD J. ELLENA FUNERAL HOME, Starr Road, Russellton, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until 10 a.m., the hour of service, in the funeral home, with the Rev. James Legge officiating. A committal service will follow Saturday at 11:30 a.m., in Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery. Eastern Star will …
Peter A. Murphy, 77, of Dunbar, died at 6 p.m. in Connellsville State General Hospital. He was born April 26, 1883 at Dunbar, a son of the late James and Mary Elizabeth Kelly Murphy. He was a member of The Holy Name Society of St Aloysius R.C. Church He is survived by four sisters, Miss Anna Murphy of Dunbar, Mrs. Margaret Fallon of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Mary C Miller of Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. Joseph (Ella) Courtney of Long Island, N.Y. and a brother John of Dunbar.
The body is at the Burhans funeral home in Dunbar. Requiem high mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St Aloysius Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
DIED
MURPHY— At Buda, Bureau co., Ill., Aug. 8th, 1870, wife of Geo. M. Murphy, aged 24 years, 4 months and 23 days. Morgantown papers please copy. Rebecca Stuart Moreland, was born near Connellsville, Penna., March 13, 1846, was married to Geo. M. Murphy at Morgantown, Oct. 26th, 1869. Four years ago she united with the Presbyterian Church, and has since shown herself an exemplary follower of Christ. She found no church of her choice within reach of her western home, but expressed a firm determination a few days before her decease, of uniting with some branch of the Church ____ and living a life devoted to her God. Those who were constantly with her, know only of her love, kindness and cheerfulness, how she strove to make all around her happy, to make home a Heaven. She leaves a little babe never to feel a mothers love and care; a husband and home never more to be cheered by the smiles of Bessie; a mother loss an affectionate daughter; sisters and brothers loss a loving sister; the world loss an earnest soldier of Christ, but the host triumphant has been strengthened. Though she cannot come to us, yet with [balance of obit is smudged and illegible.]
Dawson — Ruth Ellen Murphy, 73, of Dawson, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, in Excela Health Frick Hospital, Mt. Pleasant. She was born May 16, 1936, in Dunbar, the third child out of 13 children of the late Jervis E. Liston and Mildred Miller Liston. She helped build a business with her husband, Ira W. Murphy, Sr.
She is survived by 13 children, Sandra Murphy Hallam and husband, Bob, of Washington, Connie Lama and husband, Danny, of Jefferson, Ira W. Murphy Jr., of Dawson, Ida Ruvo, of Mt. Pleasant, Cindy Goodwin and husband, Don, of Everson, Roxie Goodwin and husband, Dave, of Dawson, Perry Murphy and wife, Kimberly J., of Dunbar, Elvis Murphy and wife, Andrea, of Dawson, Clifford and wife, Kimberly A., of Dawson, Scarlett Murphy, of Dawson, Robert "Bobby" Murphy and wife, Cynthia, of Dawson, Ivan W. Murphy, and Jeffery Murphy and Jennifer, of Dawson; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ira W. Murphy, Sr.
Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the RALPH E. GALLEY FUNERAL HOME, in Dawson, and until 11 a.m. Thursday, the hour of the service, with the Rev. Lee Maley officiating. Interment will be in Cochran Cemetery
Died
MURPHY— At her residence, Buda, Bureau county, Illinois, March 20, of Consumption, Mrs. SARAH B., widow of Maj. Jacob Murphy, aged 52 years, 11 months and 20 days. The deceased was born in Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa., April 8, 1816. She and three brothers were early deprived of their parents, and raised by kind relatives. In 1841 she married Jacob Murphy, and lived in Fayette county until the spring of 1865, when they removed to Bureau county, Ills. The fall of 1866, her husband was stricken down, the stroke laid heavy upon her, and just four years from the morning that she left her native home, she followed her loved companion to their immortal home. She leaves seven children to battle awhile yet with life’s turmoils, and meet two who passed on before her. At the age of fifteen she united with the Episcopal Church at New Haven, and ever afterward lived a consistent life therein. Though deprived of the church of her choice while in the west, yet she was no sectarian, and gave evidence that she was “a soldier of the cross.” She stood her sickness with Christian fortitude, and seemed resigned to God’s will. Sometime before her death, she selected the text and hymns to be used at her funeral, and after her eyes were sealed to mortal sight and speech almost failed replied to an inquiry, that she would rather die than live, and she saw her little angel daughter, and calmly slept away. One of her brothers lies in Arkansas, one in Kentucky, her children in Pennsylvania, and she peacefully sleeps beside the companion of her youth in the beautiful cemetery here. “They are waiting the resurrection.” M.
WILLIAM R. MURPHY
William R. Murphy, died at his home, 384 Coolspring Street, Sunday morning following a lingering illness. Mr. Murphy was born August 18, 1846, on what is now known as the Mt. Braddock farm in North Union township. When a young man he learned the mason's trade. In 1870 he went to Jumonville as superintendent of boys at the Soldiers’ Orphan School under Rev. John Waters. For a number of years he was inspector of masonry for the H.C. Frick Coke Company. Mr. Murphy joined the Great Bethel Baptist church when a young man and at the time of his death was that church’s oldest member. He was also the oldest member of the I. O. O. F. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. C. O. LaClair of Uniontown and one brother, Nathaniel E. Murphy of North Union township. Funeral services will be held at the late home Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in charge of the Rev. Frank Hollinshead, pastor of the Great Bethel Baptist church. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
Spouse–Elizabeth Irene Kine Murphy
Father–William Murphy
Mother–Sarah E Williams Barnes Murphy
WILLIAM R. MURPHY
Ill for some time with complications, William R. Murphy, lifelong and highly respected resident of Georges township, died Tuesday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clark Paull at Ralph works. Mr. Murphy was 68 years old. Surviving are his widow, Laura Etta and the following children: Mara Paull; Bertha of Brownsville; Jesse H. of Maxwell, and H. Ray, of Clarksville. Twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren survive. Funeral notice later.
Addie Mills MURRAY
(1887-1965)
MRS. ADDIE MURRAY
Mrs. Addie M. Murray, 77, of 19 Speers Hill, Dunbar, died at 2 p.m. Sunday in Connellsville State General Hospital after a brief illness. She was born August 22, 1887, in Clearspring, Md., a daughter of the late John and Mary Davis Mills, and had lived in Dunbar for the past 30 years. She was a retired employee of the Renze Tobacco Co. and a member of the First Baptist Church of Dunbar. Surviving are four sons; James W., of Detroit, Mich., George S. of Dunbar, Norman of Florida and Milton of Cleveland, Ohio; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Remminger of Uniontown and Mrs. Goldie Marnell of Dunbar; two step-sons, Elmer Murray of Pittsburgh and John Murray of Republic; five sisters; Mrs. Mary Astleford of Uniontown; Mrs. Alta Luckey and Mrs. Helen Newcomer of Connellsville, Mrs. Maude Wolford of Cumberland, Md., and Mrs. Charlie (Goldie) Newcomer of Allison; and three brothers, George Mills of Bergholz, Ohio; William Mills of California state and James Mills of Oberlin, Ohio. The body will be at the Brooks funeral home, Connellsville, after 10 a.m. Tuesday. The funeral service will be held there at 2 p.m. Thursday, with her pastor, the Rev. Lewis D. Hunter, officiating. Interment will be in Normalville Cemetery.
Alice E. Dean MURRAY
(1922-2001)
Alice E. Murray
Dunbar
Alice E. Murray, 79, of Dunbar, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Specht's Care Home, Connellsville. She was born March 3, 1922, in Dunbar, the daughter of the late Morgan and Theresa Bereider Dean. During her lifetime she had been employed at Anchor Hocking Corp., Keystone Fireworks and The Melody Motor Lodge. She was a member of The Franklin Memorial United Methodist Church in Dunbar and was a former member of The Ladies Auxiliary to F.O. Eagles of Connellsville and The Dunbar Firemen's Auxiliary and The Daughters of America of Dunbar. She is survived by one son, George S. Murray Jr. of Dunbar; three grandchildren, Stephen Thorpe, George Samuel Murray III and Alice Georgetta Conway; a great-grandchild, Stephen Conway; two sisters, Mrs. George (Louise G.) Pastorius of Dunbar and Mrs. Jack (Virginia) Wilson of Cohutta, Ga. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, George S. Murray Sr.; daughter, Theresa Murray; three sisters, Margaret Shockey, Ruth Edwards and Madeline Miller; three brothers, Glenn Dean, Gilbert Dean and Joseph Dean. Friends will be received at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Thursday. Funeral service will be held Friday in the funeral home at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Jeffrey L. Popson officiating. Committal and interment will follow in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
Ann Rebecca MURRAY (1927-2007)
Ann Rebecca Murray, 80, of Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, and went to be with the Lord while comforted and surrounded by her loving family. She was born May 10, 1927, in South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., a daughter of the late Herman and Alice Morgan Kaylor. Ann was a member of Pennsville Baptist Church and also attended Albright United Methodist Church, in South Connellsville. Ann retired from Anchor Hocking Glass Corp., where she worked as a selector for over 40 years. Ann had many, many friends and enjoyed life to the fullest. She liked traveling, bowling, and playing cards. Ann looked forward to her weekly chat session with her friends at Denise's Beauty Salon. She is survived by two sons, Larry A. Murray and wife, Doris, and Scott A. Murray and wife, Debbie, all of South Connellsville; three daughters, Tammy M. Grabiak and husband, Daniel, of Connellsville, Melissa A. Murray and Roxanne Shaffer and husband, Harold, all of South Connellsville; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two brothers, John Kaylor and wife, Connie, and William Kaylor, all of South Connellsville; a sister, Theresa Gaynor and husband, Harry, of Hawaii; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and - nephews. In addition to her parents, Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold W. Murray; two brothers, George and Charles Kaylor; and four sisters, Mary Cramer, Dolores Miller, Agnes Pittsment and Fran Wajcik. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in the VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, 123 South First St., West Side, Connellsville, where additional visitation will be held until 10:30 a.m., the hour of service, with Pastor Byron Tate Fulton officiating. Interment will follow in Normalville Cemetery, Normalville, Fayette County, Pa.
MRS. MURRAY DEAD
Widow of Civil War Veteran Expires
Near Killarney Park
Mrs. Anne Murray, aged 72 years, widow of the late Hiram Murray, who was killed in the Civil War, died this morning at her home near Killarney Park. One daughter, Miss Agnes, at home, survives. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. E. H. Baker, pastor of the United Brethren Church will officiate. Interment will be made in the Mill Run cemetery.
MRS. ANNA MURRAY DIES
Widow of Civil War Veteran, passes away after a long and patient illness. Mrs. Anna Murray, widow of the late Hiram Murray, who was killed in the Civil War, at her home north of the Village, Wednesday evening, July 20, 1910. Aged 73 years, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Agnes, at home; one brother, Samuel K. Johnson of Mill Run, who is the only member left of the largest family of boys ever brought up in the community. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon following a service at the Baptist Cemetery and was largely attended by sympathizing friends. Rev E.H. Baker, of the Untied Brethren Church officiated.
Arnold William 'Cedric' MURRAY (1922-2004)
Arnold William "Cedric" Murray, 82, of South Connellsville, died Wednesday, October 13, 2004, in Uniontown Hospital. He was born May 1, 1922, in Bullskin Township, a son of the late Walter and Minnie Harrison Murray. "Cedric" was a longtime resident of South Connellsville. Prior to his retirement in 1982, he worked as a Storeroom Clerk for Anchor Hocking Glass in South Connellsville for 36 years. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army, and was a Life Member of the South Connellsville Volunteer Fire Department. "Cedric" is survived by Anne Kaylor Murray of Connellsville; three daughters, Tammy Grabiak and husband Daniel of Connellsville, Melissa Hennessey and Roxanne Shaffer and husband Harold, all of South Connellsville; two sons, Larry A. Murray and wife Jeanie and Scott A. Murray and wife Debra, all of South Connellsville; 12 grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and a sister, Geraldine Stuart of South Connellsville. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a sister, Alice Seese; and two brothers, Ray L. and Eugene C. Murray. Family and friends will be received in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 111 East Green Street, Connellsville, today and Friday from noon to 9 p.m. A Funeral Service will be held Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home, with the Rev. Dr. Byron Tate Fulton officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in the Normalville Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Donegal VFW No. 6743.
Beverly J. Wallace MURRAY (1935-1999)
Beverly W. Murray
Beverly J. Wallace Murray, 64, of Hopwood, Pa., passed away Wednesday, April 21, 1999, in her residence. She was born January 10, 1935, in Dearth, Pa., daughter of James ``Bud'' Wallace and Veronica Dutko Wallace. She was a member of First Christian Church in New Salem and retired employee from the Michael Berkowitz Company. A son, Russell C. Murray, and her parents are deceased. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, James D. Murray Sr.; four sons: James D. Murray Jr. of Miller Farm, Robert Murray Sr. of Newboro, Pa., Gary L. Murray of Hopwood, and Larry R. Murray of Searights Crossroads; seven grandchildren: Michele, Melissa, Monica, James D. III, Robert R. Jr., Carly, and Kelly; brothers and sisters: Donald Wallace of Hopwood, James Wallace of Madison, Ohio, Nancy Ripley of Marlboro, N.Y., Patricia Buckler of Charlotte Hall, Md., Frances May of Walden, N.Y., Mary Hunt of White Plains, Md., and John Wallace of Searights Crossroads; 11 nieces and nine nephews. Friends will received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 24, until 11:00 a.m., the hour of service with Pastor Andy Miles and Rufus Peer, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park.
Carmella L. Branca MURRAY (1923-2002)
Carmella L. (Branca) Murray, 78, of Uniontown, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 27, 2002. She was born Dec. 13, 1923, in Washington, Pa., the daughter of Dominick Branca and Angeline Gallo Branca. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, John K. Murray, who passed away on March 19, 1999, and a sister, Anna Zangla, and two brothers, Albert and Samuel Branca. Carmella was a retired teacher aide with Intermediate Unit I and a member of St. Therese Roman Catholic Church. She was formerly a member of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and its confraternity of Christian Mothers and Choir. She is survived by her children, Dave "Dickie" Barnes and his wife Carolyn of Las Vegas, Nev., Shirley Slampak of Lemont Furnace, Mark Barnes and his wife Debbie of Smithfield, Joyce Palya and her husband Richard of Hopwood, Terry Murray and wife Shelly of Uniontown, Debbie (Murray) Fotta and fiancé Brian Sprowls of Uniontown; nine grandchildren, Dav id Barnes Jr. and Donald Barnes, Lisa Slampak, Desiree and Marcus Barnes, Richie Palya and Jeffrey Palya and Marcelle and Malayna Murray; two great- grandchildren, Bryan and Hayley Barnes; a brother, Ralph Branca of Akron, Ohio; and two sisters, Mary Pacelli of New York and Madeline Maust of Uniontown; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the HAKY FUNERAL HOMES INC., a dignity memorial provider, 139 W. Fayette St., Uniontown, today from 7 to 9 p.m., on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday until 9 a.m. when prayers of transit will be said followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Therese R.C. Church with the Fr. Patrick O'Conner as celebrant. Entombment to follow at LaFayette Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Clancy Murray
Passes Away
Clancy Murray, 73, Jefferson, a councilman and street commissioner there for 30 years, died yesterday in Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg. A retired blacksmith at Mather Mine and a World War I veteran, he is survived by his wife, four children, 11 grandchildren, three sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Lucas and Behm Funeral Home in Jefferson followed by burial in Greene County Memorial Park.
Dale E. 'Murray' MURRAY (1938-2005)
Dale E. "Murray" Murray, age 67, of Brownfield, Pa., passed away Saturday, March 5, 2005, in Uniontown Hospital. He was born January 20, 1938, in Uniontown, Pa., the Son of Clarence "Bud" and Katherine "Kate" (Benya) Murray. Dale was baptized in Saint John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Uniontown and served in the United States Navy. He was the owner of the now former Bud's Frame and Axle on Fayette Street in Uniontown (behind the former Star Chrome store) and retired from M. W. Platt in Oliver, Pa. He was preceded in death by his parents and a son, Michael Murray. Surviving are his loving wife, Janet (Malarich) Murray; these loving children: Kathy Goodwin and her husband, Mark, of Collier, Pa., Joe Malarich and his girlfriend, Chrystal Radolec, of Uniontown, Pa., Tammy Taylor and her husband, Todd, of Lemont Furnace, Pa., Twila Evans and her husband, Darren, of Uniontown, Pa., and Jamie Murray and her fiancée, Chad Angel, of Uniontown, Pa.; six grandchildren: Turk, Renee, Josh, Makayla, Darren and Jacob; two sisters: Dolores Frazee of Columbus, Ohio, and Audrey Jean Bunda of Uniontown, Pa.; nephews and nieces. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday, March 8, until 9 a.m. when a Blessing Service will be held. A Mass of Christian Burial follows at 9:30 a.m. in Saint John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Jefferson Street, Uniontown, with the Rev. Father William J. Kiel as Celebrant. Intermen t will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, where Military Rites and Honors will be accorded by General George C. Marshall AMVETS Post 103 of Hopwood. Parish Wake Service will be held on Monday at 8:30 p.m.
Dorotha MURRAY died in 1931. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Funeral services were solemnized Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the late
home in Gibson avenue, Connellsville, for Mrs. Dorotha Murray. Burial was
in the Indian Creek Baptist church cemetery at Mill Run.
Mrs. Murray died Saturday, February 28, 1931, at the age of 84 years, four months
and nine days. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Etta
Kooser of Mount Braddock and Mrs. Ida Williams of Connellsville. Two sisters,
Mrs. Sevilla Slaugenwhite, of Uniontown; Mrs. Sarah Dial, of Abelene, Kan., and
one brother, John P. Johnson, of Mill Run, also survive.
Douglas A. Murray, age 60, of Oliver, Pennsylvania passed away Friday, October 29, 2010 at the Uniontown Hospital. He was born August 16, 1950 in Connellsville Pennsylvania, son of Ernest Murray and Mary (Voda) Murray. He was a member of Saint Mary Nativity Roman Catholic Church in Uniontown. Douglas was preceded in death by his parents; and by a sister, Ruth Ann Swift. Left to cherish his memory are his ex-wife, Pamela M. Murray; sisters: Rita Hughes and her husband "Skeeter" and Lois Cecil; a brother, Ernest Murray; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME INC., 603 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, November 2, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, November 3, 2010 until 10 a.m. when a Blessing Service will be held by the Rev. Father Stephen R. Bugay. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania where Military Honors will be accorded by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 47 of Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Earl R. Murray, 43, of Lavansville, near Somerset, died at Shadyside Hospital, at Pittsburgh, 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon after a brain operation. He was born in Springfield township November 27, 1908, a son of the late David and Ida Bassinger Murray and lived in that vicinity most of his life until moving to Lavansville six years ago.
Surviving are three sons, Earl, Jr., and James R. at home and Charles W. with the U. S. Army in Korea; four daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Bitner of Jones Mills, Betty Ellen Murray of Dunbar, Mrs. Bruce Watkins of Somerset and Nancy Ann at home; two brothers, Eugene Murray of Windber and Jonas of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Mrs. Austin Miller of Somerset, Mrs. Jessie Pirl of Normalville and Mrs. Mae Moore of West Newton, and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Levada G. Murray, April 28, 1951.
The funeral service will be held Wednesday afternoon with a prayer at the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head at 2 o'clock followed by additional rites in the Normalville E. U. B. Church with Rev. Marion Smith, pastor of the Indian Head Church of God, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
E. J. MURRAY
Earl J. Murray, 41, of Somerset, R. D. 6, died Tuesday in Somerset Community Hospital. He was born March 30, 1927, in Fayette County, a son of the late Earl R. and Levada Grimm Murray. He was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, and was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Margaret Stern Murray; four children, Debra Ann, Laura Lee, Raymond and Gerald, all at home; three sisters, Mrs. James (Betty) Provance of Dunbar, Mrs. Thomas Dean of Connellsville and Mrs. Bruce Watson of Garrett, Pa., and two brothers, Charles of Somerset, R. D. 6, and James of Dunbar.
Elaine D. Lane McLee MURRAY ( -2004)
Elaine D. (Lane) McLee Murray, 74, of Uniontown, Pa., died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004. in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., following a brief illness. She was a lifelong member of John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, where she served as a Missionary, a Stewardess and sang in the Choir. She was predeceased by her father, Arthur Stone; her mother, Madelyn McLee Reynolds; and her husband, Charles "Bill" Murray. Surviving are the following children, Adrienne McLee, Vanessa McLee Hall and husband Brad, Van McLee and wife, Tina, Billy McLee and wife, Renee and Cleo "Boo" McLee, all of Uniontown, Pa., and Kevin McLee and wife, Yvonne of West Convina, Calif., and Bradley McLee and wife, Nadine of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one brother, James "Skates" McLee and wife, Mary Alice; one sister, Toi Grady and husband, David, all of Uniontown; grandchildren, Laureen, Chrissy, Billy, Olivia, Madelyn and Marcus, all of Uniontown, Brandi of Harrisburg, Bradley, Shawn, Hannah and Tra Lynn of Pittsburgh, Pa.; one great- grandchild, Adrienne of Uniontown; and nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Friends will be received in the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, East Main Street, on Sunday from 3 to 9 p.m., where services will be held on Monday at 2:30 p.m., with the Rev. Eric Harris and the Rev. Calvin Cash, officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Macrina Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa., under the direction of the MURIEL E. LANTZ FUNERAL HOME, 297 East Main St., Uniontown, Pa. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the John Wesley A.M.E, Zion Church, East Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401.
Elijah & Hannah MURRAY died in 1885. His (or her) obit was contributed to the
Fayette County USGenWeb Project.(55)
May 1885
Elijah Murray and his wife, Hannah, (Minerd), are both dead, leaving six or
seven small children fatherless and motherless in this vale of tears. The mother,
on the 13th day of May, at the age of 39 years, 11 months and 15 days, left
a babe one day old. Her husband was lying with typhoid fever, and his bereavement
in his low condition terminated in his death on the 28th, just eight days afterward.
He had just passed his 4th milestone, being four weeks her senior in age.
The dual calamity is keenly felt in this community, and we can but commit the
poor parentless orphans to the tender care of the Good Shepherd who tempers
the bleak winds to the shorn lambs, and that they may find kind welcome into
good households.
Food, clothing and shelter is the Savior's injunction. The two funerals were
largely attended by a large and sympathetic concourse of people.
The remains were interred in the United Brethren Cemetery at Springfield (Normalville)
to await the resurrection of the just.
Note: Elijah was the son of John and Elizabeth Miller Murray. Hannah was the
daughter of John and Sarah Ansel Miner).
(Note: Children were Perry, Agnes, Amy Rachel/Emma, Marcellus, Ida, George,
Lucy Hannah. Ida and Lucy were adopted by Richard and Mary Jane Murray).
An item most likely printed in the Connellsville Courier
May 1885
Elijah L. MURRAY died in 1943. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(55)
Murray Funeral
The funeral service for Elijah L. Murray of Dunbar, who died at Connellsville State Hospital Tuesday morning, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home in charge of Rev. William S. Hamilton of Dunbar. Burial will be made in the United Brethren Cemetery at Normalville, in charge of Funeral Director Charles C. Mitchell.
Mr. Murray was born at Normalville on December 26, 1864. He has been a lifelong resident of Fayette county and for the past eight years had resided on Second Street, Speers Hill, Dunbar. He was employed by the H.C. Frick Coke Company for 45 years preceding his retirement. He was a member of the Normalville United Brethren Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Addie R. Murray of Dunbar, and the following children: Elmer H. Murray of Lemont, John L. Murray of Republic, James W. Murray of the U.S. Navy at Camp Peary, VA, Mrs. Mary A. Renninger of Uniontown, George S. Murray with a Coast Artillery unit at Mancester, Conn., Mrs. Goldie A. Marnell of Dunbar, Norman T. Murray of a Coast Artillery unit at Fort Mason, N.C., and Milton H. Murray of Dunbar. He was a brother of Mrs. Ella Bailey of South Connellsville. There are also 30 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four daughters and three sons.
Connellsville Daily Courier.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Eliza Murray
White, female, 3 years old
Cause of death–Diptheria, ill 7 days
Born–1892, Hammondville
Died–April 6, 1895, Bullskin Twp.
Father–Harrison S. Murray
Mother–Elizabeth Johanna McGill Murray
Date of record–January 13, 1896
Elmer H. Murray
Connellsville
Elmer H. Murray, 89, of Connellsville, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Lint's Personal Care Home, Connellsville. He was born April 10, 1922, in Lemont Furnace, a son of the late Elmer Murray and the late Susan Yowler Murray. He was a self- employed mason. Surviving are sisters, Mary and Katie, of Pittsburgh; and caregivers, Gary and Susie. He was preceded in death by brothers, Jacob, William and Kenneth; and sisters, Sarah, Laura Martucci and Bertha Darnell. Friends will be received from 1 until 3 p.m. Sunday in the BURHANS-CROUSE FUNERAL HOME8 Connellsville St., Dunbar, where services will begin at 3 p.m. with Pastor Lee Maley officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Estella Ruth MURRAY (1914-1995)
ESTELLA RUTH MURRAY
Estella Ruth Murray, 80, of Delaware Avenue, Scottdale, died Wednesday, April 12, 1995, at home. She was born July 28, 1914, in Bridgeport, a daughter of the late Robert Shaffer Faust and Martha Jane Snyder Faust. She was a member of the Dames of Malta and the WCTU, and belonged to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Scottdale. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. C. R. (Edna Ruth) Shuey of Chicago, Ill.; two sons, Robert E. Murray of South Connellsville and George E. Murray of Scottdale; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Floyd “Bob” Faust of Mount Pleasant and Grant Russell Faust of Duquesne. She is predeceased by her husband, Home Edward “Ed” Murray in 1959; two brothers, Dale Franklin Faust and Belmar Abraham Faust; and one sister, Anna Fay Horvath. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Murphy-Caruso Memorial Home, 303 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Donald G. Cochran officiating. Interment will follow in the Scottdale Cemetery.
Eva MURRAY died in 1885. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(55)
A bad accident befell Mrs. Eva Murray, widow of Samuel Murray. She lives with
her son-in-law, D. Hensel and whilst he and his wife were at the Barnum Show,
she attempted to do the milking. One cow hooked at another, which sprang to one
side, throwing the aged lady forcibly backward, injuring her spinal column. A
grandson ran to her assistance and helped her into the house, where she now lies
in an utterly helpless condition. Her life is despaired of at present writing.
Friday, October 9, 1885
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Keystone Courier
Mrs. Eva Murray died of old age on Tuesday [October 20] after our report. Her
injury by the cow hastened her death. She was in the 78th year of her age. Her
funeral sermon was preached by Rev. C.H. Tiemann of Connellsville.
Friday, October 30, 1885
Keystone Courier
Freda Ball Murray, 80, of Orlando, Florida, died Friday, May 2, 2003. She was born June 25, 1922 in Fayette County, Pa., daughter of Milton J. Ball and Florence Broadwater Ball. Freda graduated in 1940 from Jefferson High School, Jefferson, Pa. With her husband, a career Army officer, she lived in many places around the world and loved the life of a military wife, enjoying every tour. They retired in Orlando in 1966. Mrs. Murray was an avid sports fan, card player and gardener. In 1945, she married Everett R. Murray, who is deceased. Also deceased are a son, Dan, four brothers, Charles, Earl, Dave and Dick Ball, and her parents. Surviving are a daughter, Kristy; a son, Jay; a sister, Dot Ball Wagener, and a brother, Bob Ball, both of Waynesburg, Pa. Burial was on Tuesday, May 6, in Chapel Hill Cemetery, Orlando.
Gary Blaine MURRAY (1973-2012)
OLIPHANT FURNACE
Gary Blaine Murray “Murr”
Gary Blaine “Murr” Murray, 39 of Oliphant Furnace, Pa. died on August 26, 2012 with his loving family by his side. He was born May 31, 1973 in Morgantown, W. Va., the son of Gary G. Murray and Alberta (O’Neal) Murray of Point Marion, Pa. Surviving in addition to his parents, Gary and Alberta, are his wife, Lisa Lynn (Palmer) Murray; six children: Courtney Murray, Jessica Murray, Maddison Mayfield, Shelba Murray, Gregory Dodson and Craig Dodson; very special granddaughter, Haylee June; sister, Roberta Williams and husband Tom; three special nephews: Tommy, Hank and Shawn Williams; half sisters, Tina and Lisa; grandfather, Jack Murray; in-laws, Bob and Kathy Palmer; brother-in-law, Robert Palmer Jr. and wife Morgan; many nieces, nephews and cousins and his loving dogs, Lilley and Lil Man. Gary was predeceased by his first wife, June (Stroesnider) Murray and his uncle, Edward Murray. He was employed as a river pilot for twenty-one years on all of the major rivers and most recently employed with Campbell Transportation of Charleroi, Pa. He loved all sports, but especially the Pittsburgh Steelers, loved riding his motorcycle, hanging out with friends and family and going on vacations. Gary requested that everyone wear casual black and gold Steeler dress clothes when attending the visitation at the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa. on Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday, August 30, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 12 Noon. The funeral service begins at 12 Noon with Rev. Alvie Edwards officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Pa.
FOUR BLOWN TO BITS BY MINE GAS
Workmen Killed At Tower Hill Plant; Trio Barely Escape
Engaged in Dismantling Old Fan House
When Torches Set Off Pocket of Gas.
BODIES MANGLED
BY HEAVY BLAST
UNIONTOWN, July 6— Four men were blown to pieces by an explosion of accumulated mine gas as they were dismantling, with the use of acetylene torches, the fan house at the abandoned Tower Hill No. 1 plant of Hecla Coal & Coke Company at 7:15 o’clock this morning. Three others, who only a few minutes before had walked from the scene, escaped a similar fate.
The dead:
Albert Basha, 56, of Fairbank.
James Coddington, 30, of Amend.
Russell Moyer, 21, of Uniontown.
George Murray, 50, of Masontown.
Basha, a wrecker, was tearing down the buildings at the Tower Hill plant and the other men were employed by him in razing the property. The four, killed instantly and their bodies blown to bits, were inside the fanhouse, dismantling it. They were using acetylene torches when there was an explosion. Authorities were inclined to believe mine gases had gathered under the farm house and were touched off by the open torches.
It was only through a stroke of luck that three others’ including sons of the victims, escaped death. Just a short time before they had been sent for another tank of gas for the acetylene torch. They were on top of a hill about 150 yards away when the blast tore the tile fan house to pieces and sent fragments of the bodies in all directions.
Those who escaped were George Murray, Jr., 21; Albert Basha, Jr., 15, and Francis Umbel, 21. The trio ran back to the scene to find the mangled bodies of the four victims, including fathers of two of them. The remains of Mr. Basha were found 100 yards away; those of Mr. Moyer flattened against a building 50 yards distant; those of Mr. Murray 100 yards to the west and those of Mr. Coddington 100 yards to the east in a nearby field.
The body of Mr. Moyer was battered beyond recognition. The other bodies were mutilated but identification of faces was possible. The force of the explosion shattered windows in nearby dwellings and awakened persons who were still asleep. Coroner S. A. Baltz and other officers are making an investigation into the cause.
Mr. Moyer was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moyer of Morgantown road. He was a graduate of the South Union Township High School in the Class of 1936. For the last three years he had been employed by Mr. Basha. He is survived by his parents and three sisters, Mrs. Laverna Smith and Ellen and Annabell Moyer.
Begin Inquiry
Into Explosion
That Killed Four
Special to The Courier.
UNIONTOWN, July 7— Official inquiry is being conducted into the four-death explosion at the Tower Hill No. 1 mine early Thursday morning. Mine officials gathered at the shaft and went over the situation most minutely in the presence of State Motor Police who are keeping a crowd of curious spectators back. It was estimated several thousand persons visited the scene Thursday. A barbed-wire barrier has been erected and watchmen were on duty all night. Removal of a four-inch ventilating pipe from the concrete seal over the abandoned air shaft was cited as probable cause of the devastating explosion which cost the lives of four men. Ten minutes after seven men had gone to work to dismantle the fan house at the abandoned workings of Hecla Coal & Coke Company, there was an explosion. Three of the group had only a few minutes before left the scene to get a tank of gas for the acetylene torch being used and thereby were saved a similar fate. Accumulated mine gas was believed to have been set off by the open acetylene torch and the explosion blew the quartet to bits.
George Gladden Murray, one of four killed, was a son or the late I. J. and Jane Murray of Morgan Station and had resided there for number of years. He was a brother of Mrs. Robert R. Boyd of Morrell avenue, Connellsville, and for about 25 years had been located at Masontown. He was given the middle name of Gladden for the late Rev. William H. Gladden, who was pastor of the Hickory Square Methodist Church when Mr. Murray was born. He was twice married, his first wife, the former Ada Beatty of Broad Ford, preceding him in death. Later he married Sylvia Chain of Scottdale. Besides his wife and sister, Mrs. Boyd, he is survived by the following children: Oliver, Fairmont, W. Va.; Kenneth, Masontown; Alma Jean, Morgantown, W. Va.; Ruth, Robert, George, Jr., Kathleen, Dorothy, Charles and Gladden, at home.
A double-funeral service for Albert Basha, 56, junk dealer of Fairbank, who had charge of the demolition of the property, and his brother-in-law, James Coddington, 30, of Amend, will be held Sunday afternoon. There will be a prayer for the two at the Basha home at 1:30 o'clock followed by full rites at the New Salem Christian Church with Rev. A. J. McCloy, pastor, officiating. Basha will be buried in Acklin Cemetery at Merrittstown and Coddington in Walnut Hill Cemetery near Uniontown. Basha is survived by his wife, Mrs. Estella Umbel Basha; six children, John, Elizabeth, Anna, Gladys, Roger and Albert, Jr., the last named being one of three who escaped death; a grandchild, a brother, Abe of Detroit, his parents, two sisters and two brothers. Coddington leaves his wife, Mrs. Lydia Umbel Coddington, and six-year-old son, James, Jr.
The funeral service for Russell I. Moyer was held this afternoon charge of Rev. James C. Clark. Burial was made in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moyer of Uniontown, he was a graduate of South Union Township High School with the Class of 1936 and had been employed by Basha for three years. He leaves his parents and three sisters.
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MURRAY FUNERAL
The funeral service for George Gladden Murray will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home of a son, Kenneth Murray, at Masontown. Rev. David Hunter will officiate. Burial will be in Hill Grove Cemetery, Connellsville. Mr. Murray was born in New Haven, now the West Side, and when a young man he learned the blacksmith trade with his father, the late I. J. Murray. He followed his occupation at Puritan for about 20 years and since the plant closed he had been doing extra work at the Tower Hill No. 1 mine where he met his death in an explosion Thursday.
George S. MURRAY, Jr. (1947-2011)
George S. Murray Jr., age 64, of Dunbar, Pennsylvania died Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He was born on Saturday, January 4, 1947 in Dunbar, Pennsylvania son of George S. Murray Sr. and Alice Dean Murray, both now deceased. He served with the United States Army during Vietnam and was a member of numerous veteran's and social organizations. Surviving are two Sons: Steven Thorpe and Sam Murray; a Daughter, Alice Conway; a Special Friend, Elizabeth Cross; and three Grandchildren.
Friends will be received on Monday, February 28, 2011 from Noon to 7 p.m. in the BURHANS-CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville Street, Dunbar, Pennsylvania. Services will begin at 7 p.m. with the Rev. Jeffrey Popson officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions suggested to the George S. Murray Jr. Memorial Fund c/o Burhans- Crouse Funeral Home, 28 Connellsville Street, Dunbar, PA 15431.
GEORGE W. MURRAY
George W. Murray, 73, of Uniontown, formerly of Connellsville, died at 8:45 P.M. Friday in Uniontown Hospital. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Sanner and Mrs. Iwalda Feniello of Connellsville; four sons, Raymond and Meryl of Searights, Lester of Juniata and Clarence of Uniontown; two sisters, Mrs. Della Malone and Mrs. Catherine Hines of West Virginia; two brothers, Preston of Fairmont, W. Va., and Melvin of Point Marion and 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His wife, Mrs. Nettie Murray, died in 1945. The funeral service will be held at the Ray and Ferguson funeral home at Uniontown at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will take place in Franklin Cemetery at Dunbar.
George W. L. MURRAY died in 1929. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(55)
George W.L. Murray, 88 years old, a former resident of Springfield Township,
died Saturday night near Remington, VA, where he was engaged in work on a farm.
He had been ill for nine days with pneumonia. Mr. Murray was unmarried. He is
survived by a brother, Elijah Murray, of Lemont and a sister, Mrs. J.M. Bailey
of Bellview, Bullskin, Twp. The body is expected to reach Connellsville tomorrow
and will be removed to the funeral parlor of C.C. Mitchell. The funeral service
will be tomorrow or Wednesday at Normalville.
Connellsville Courier
Note: Mr. Murray was the son of Levi and Mary Agnes Murray of Springfield Twp.
Hannah MURRAY died in 1894. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(55)
Murray – At Normalville, Friday, January 5th, 1894, Hannah Murray, aged 88 years. Miss Murray was one of the most highly respected ladies of the town in which she lived. Her remains were laid to rest Sunday.
Connellsville Courier
MRS. HANNAH MURRAY
Wife of Wesley Murray Died Yesterday Afternoon.
Mrs. Hannah Murray, wife of Wesley Murray, died at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at Morrell, aged 45 years. Death was due to consumption. Deceased leaves no children. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late residence followed by internment in Franklin cemetery at Dunbar. Rev E. B. Burgess of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate.
HARRY JUNK MURRAY
Harry Junk Murray, 63, of 1212 Vine St., Connellsville, died at 2:52 p.m. Saturday in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a three week illness. He was born Aug. 28, 1910, at Dunbar, a son of the late Otto and Florence Clelland Murray. He was an employee for a number of years of the Phillip Galiardi estate and was a member of the South Connellsville Rod and Gun Club. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the United States Army. He was also a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Gail Frazee Murray; a son, Charles A. Murray of Connellsville; one grandson; two brothers, Russell (Bus) and Donald Murray, both of Connellsville, and a sister, Mrs. Ray (Mabel) Bixler of Pittsburgh. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse R. Murray, Feb. 21, 1973.
MURRAY— Friends of Harry Junk Murray of 1212 Vine St., Connellsville, who died Saturday, April 20, 1974, are being received at the Samuel C. Brooks Funeral Home, 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. today and Tuesday. Funeral services will be held there at 1 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Donald Horton officiating. Interment in Addison Cemetery.
MRS. HAZEL MURRAY
Mrs. Hazel Murray, 84, of 707 Blackstone Road, died this morning in the Spears Nursing Home Markleysburg. She was born Feb. 24, 1884, in Dunbar, a daughter of the late George W. and Lavina Smitley Conn. She was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are son Charles, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two grandchildren; one great-grandson; and a brother, Earl Conn.
MURRAY— Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Hazel Murray of 707 Blackstone Road, who died Monday, May 13, 1968, are being made by the Paul G. Fink Funeral Home and are incomplete.
From the scrapbook of Mr. Robert M. Martin of Dunbar Pa.
MURRAY— Friends of Mrs. Hazel Murray of 707 Blackstone Road, who died Monday, May 13, 1968, may call after 7:30 p.m. today at the Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Robert T. Gerrett officiating. Interment in Franklin Cemetery, Dunbar.
Helen Louise MURRAY died in 1922. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Helen L. Murray, one year, one month and 18 days old, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Murray of Evans Station, died at 8 o'clock Saturday evening from an illness of
diphtheria. Interment took place in Hill Grove Cemetery this morning at
8 o'clock. Parents were former Coalbrook residents.
James D. 'Binny' MURRAY, Jr. (1953-2005)
James D. "Binny" Murray, Jr., age 52, of Miller Farm, Uniontown, Pa., passed away suddenly Saturday, July 2, 2005, at his home. He was born June 1, 1953, in Uniontown, Pa., the son of James D. Murray Sr. of Newboro, Pa., and the now late Beverly Wallace Murray. He was an employee of the White Line Taxi Company in Brownsville, Pa., a member of the Fayette County Eight Ball League at Kretz's and a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict who served with the United States Marine Corps. "Binny" loved demolition derbies and hunting. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by a brother, Russell Murray. In addition to his father he is survived by his wife, Marcia Williams Murray; three daughters and one son: Michele Murray and her fiancé, John Chargoff, of Dearth, Pa., Melissa Murray and Monica Murray both at home, and James D. Murray III and his fiancée, Nicole Conn, of Masontown, Pa.; two grandchildren: Haley and Morgan; and three brothers: Robert Murray and his wife, Mary Ann, of Newboro, Pa., Gary Murray of Hopwood, Pa., and Larry Murray of Searights, Pa. Friends will be received in the DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, 35 South Mill Street, New Salem Pa., today, July 4, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday, July 5, until 11 a.m., the hour of Service with Rufus Peer, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa. Visitation was also held Sunday after 7 p.m.
James D. MURRAY, Sr. (1932-2006)
James D. Murray, Sr., 73, of Newboro, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Monday, February 27, 2006, in his home. He was born December 10, 1932, in Monarch, Fayette County, Pa., the son of the late Russell and Helen Dinko Murray. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Wallace Murray, and two sons, Russell Murray, and James D. Murray, Jr. James was retired from the Uniontown Area School District, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., a member of First Christian Church of New Salem, Fayette County, Pa., a member of Newboro Indians, and a Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by three sons: Robert Murray and his wife, Mary Anne, of Newboro, Pa., Gary Murray, of Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa., and Larry Murray, of Uniontown, Pa.; seven grandchildren: Michelle, Melissa, Monica, Jimmy III, Robert, Carly, and Kelly; three great-grandchildren: Hayley, Morgan, and Gunnar; two sisters: Beverly Tirpak, of Grindstone, Fayette County, Pa., and Marlene McCluckie, of Uniontown, Pa. Friends will be received in DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., on Wednesday, March 1, 2006, from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, March 2, 2006, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday, March 3, 2006, until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with Pastor Andy Miles and Rufus Peer, Pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Route 40, Brier Hill, Fayette County, Pa., where American Legion Post 753, New Salem, Pa., will conduct military rites at the gravesite.
MURRAY, JAMES J.— Age 73 years and a resident of 640 Howard St. Brownsville, died Tuesday, November 12, 1968, at 1:35 p.m. in Waddington Nursing Home, Fayette City. The son of the late Andrew and Isabella Taylor Murray, he was born December 2, 1894, and was a lifelong resident of Brownsville. He was a veteran of World War I, Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, retired miner, a charter member of the A. Kramer Axton Post 295 of the American Legion, and the Bridgeport Local, Brownsville. Surviving are his wife, Nora Shallenberger Murray; one sister, Mrs. Isabella Lewis of Brownsville; several nieces and nephews. The family is receiving friends in the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home (successor to Ross), 126 Front St., Brownsville, today from 7 to 10 p.m., and until Thursday at 1:30 p.m., the hour of service, Rev. Dalins W. Butler and Rev. David L. Hare officiating. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery.
JOHN F. MURRAY
SCOTTDALE— John F. Murray, 71, of 116 North Hickory St., died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. He was born April 14, 1897, in Everson, a son of the late John and Mary Weaver Murray. He was a member of St. John the Baptist R. C. Church and the Scottdale Eagles Lodge. Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Harry (Nora) Eutsey of Bristol, Mrs. Mary Soisson of Scottdale, Mrs. Vergie Cunningham of Uniontown, Mrs. Harold (Evelyn) Weaver of Irwin, and Mrs. James (Cloetta) Shaw of Brownsville, and several nieces and nephews.
John W. MURRAY died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
John William Murray, aged 93 years, died at 10 o'clock Tuesday evening.
His death was attributed to bronchial pneumonia.
The deceased was born July 4, 1845, in Page county, Virginia.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Thomas, Lackawanna, N.Y., two sons, Arthur
F. Murray and Luther Murray, both of this city.
A number of grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive.
He was a member of the Church of God in Christ.
Katie Ellen MURRAY died in 1892. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(55)
Katie Ellen Murray Dies
Katie Ellen Murray, daughter of Elijah and Sadie Murray, died at Pennsville, May 12, 1892, aged 1y, 5m, 13d. Interment at the UB Cemetery at Springfield. (Normalville)
-Springfield Mountaineer
June 1892
Levada Grimm MURRAY (1908-1951)
MRS. EARL MURRAY
Mrs. Levada Grimm Murray, 42, of Levansville, died at her home at 8:05 o'clock Saturday morning after an illness of five months. She was born near Normalville November 23, 1908, a daughter of the late Walter and Harriet Ridenour Grimm and lived all of her life in the Normalville community with the exception of six years she spent at Levansville. Deceased was a member of the former Hillview Church of God.
Surviving are her husband, Earl R. Murray; three sons, Charles W. with the ordnance department in Korea, and Earl, Jr., and James R. at home; three daughters, Miss Betty Murray of Dunbar, Mrs. Bruce Watson of Rockwood and Nancy Ann at home; a grandchild, and a brother, J. D. Grimm or Normalville.
The funeral service will be held Tuesday afternoon with a prayer at the Brooks funeral home at Indian Head at 2 o'clock followed by additional rites in the Normalville E. U. B. Church with Rev. G. Marion Smith, pastor of the Indian Head Church of God, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Levi MURRAY died in 1907. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(55)
Levi S. Murray, a Well Known Resident
of Springfield Township, Expires Suddenly.
Levi S. Murray, a prominent resident and farmer of Springfield Township, dropped
dead in the store of George W. Campbell at Normalville yesterday afternoon at
2 o'clock. Mr. Murray had come in from his farm, about a half mile from Normalville.
He spoke to several acquaintances as he entered the store, walked half way through
it and dropped dead. Mr. Murray did not speak after he was stricken. Everything
possible was done for him, but life departed in a few seconds.
Mr. Murray was 67 years old. His wife died some time ago. He leaves four children,
three sons and one daughter: George L. of Normalville, Elijah and Samuel L.
of Moyer and Mrs. Joshua M. Bailey of Moyer.
A brother, Josiah S. Murray and two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Hensel and Mrs. Fred
S. Miller, the latter of Connellsville, also survive him.
Mr. Murray was one of the township's most prominent citizens. He served in every
township office and had accumulated a comfortable fortune from his farm of 140
acres. Last week, he received a check for the coal under it.
The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The services will be
conducted by Rev. E.E. DeHaven and interment will be in the U.B. Cemetery at
Normalville.
Connellsville Daily Courier.
Margaret Gray MURRAY (1837-1927)
MRS. MARGARET MURRAY
DIES AT TWO MONTHS PAST NINETIETH YEAR
Mrs. Margaret Gray Murray, 90 years and two months of age, died this morning at 5:00 o’clock at the home of her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McCormick at Poplar Grove, just two months to the day after she had passed her ninetieth year. Mrs. Murray was born July 2nd, 1837, in Connellsville township, a daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Carr Gray. Her home was the Gray farm, a part of which is now occupied by the Baltimore & Ohio shops and yards. She lived practically all her life in Connellsville and Connellsville township, with exception of a few years of her married life near Brownsville at Dunbar and Pennsville. In 1856 she was married to William D. Murray of Ohio, who was a shoemaker by trade and who has been dead for some years. To this union eight children were born, seven of whom survive. They are: Mrs. Catherine Rhodes, widow of Daniel Rhodes, George N. Murray of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. C. B. McCormick and Mrs. H. A. Glotfelty of Poplar Grove, Mrs. J. L. West of Detroit, Mich., James Murray and C. Casper Murray of Connellsville, the decease member of the family being Mrs. C. W. Bettle. There are three sisters and a brother, Mrs. Eliza Patterson of South Connellsville, Mrs. Jennie Savder of Dawson and Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of the West Side Connellsville, and C. C. Gray of Connellsville. There are also eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren surviving. The funeral service will be Friday at 2 o’clock at the home with Rev. J. H. Lambertson, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church, officiating. Burial will be in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
MARION S. MURRAY
Funeral services for Marion S. Murray, 69, of Brandon, Fla., will be conducted 10 a.m. Friday at Limona Village Chapel, United Methodist Church. A native of Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Murray died Tuesday, June 6, 1995. She had resided in Brandon since 1958, hailing from Pennsylvania. She was a member of Limona Village Chapel, Kappa Delta Pi, and was a schoolteacher for 22 years. She is survived by her son, N. T. Murray, Jr. of Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Donna Allen, Tampa, Fla., and Shelly M. Cumbie, Seffner, Fla.; her mother, Mary Shelly of Scottdale; two brothers, Henry Shelley of Independence, Mo., and Dr. Dan Shelley of Scottdale; two sisters, Patricia McConnell of Dunbar and Gloria Shelley of Scottdale; and three grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Norman T. Murray; and a daughter, Norma Lee. Interment will be in Limona Cemetery, Brandon, Fla. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at STOWERS FUNERAL HOMES, Brandon, Fla.
Social Security Death Index:
Born–March 14, 1926
Died–June 6, 1995
Mary Agnes MURRAY died in 1903. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(55)
Mrs. L.S. Murray
Normalville, Jan. 16 - Mrs. Agnes Murray, died Jan. 15, 1903, at her late home
of congestion of the heart, aged some 58 years. Deceased is survived by her
husband and four children, viz: George and Samuel of Springfield. Elijah L.
of Moyer and Mrs. Joshua M. Bailey of Stouffer. She was a consistent member
of the United Brethren church. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment in United
Brethren cemetery. Rev. DeHaven officiating.
Daily News Standard.
Mary Kathryn Voda MURRAY (1922-1994)
Mary Kathryn Voda Murray, 71, of Dunbar, R.D.2, died Sunday, March 20, 1994, in Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born Aug 30, 1922, in Star Junction, a daughter of the late Andrew and Maria Kocis Voda. A resident of Dunbar Township since 1958, she was a retired selector, having worked 25 years for the Anchor Hocking Glass Corp., South Connellsville. She was a member of the Glass Bottle Blowers Association and the Greenwood United Methodist Church, Connellsville. Surviving are two sons, Ernest Murray, Jr., of Dunbar, R.D.2, and Douglas A. Murray of Oliver No. 1; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Ruth Ann) Swift, Jr., of Smithfield, Mrs. Clyde R. (Rita) Hughes of Dunbar, R.D.2, and Mrs. Lois Cecil of Dunbar, R.D.2; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three brothers, William Voda of Brocketon, Mass., Edward Voda of South Connellsville and Steve Soberdash of Connellsville and two sisters, Mrs. Helen Beecher of Connellsville and Mrs. Barbara Mato of Coraopolis. She was predeceased by her husband, Ernest Murray; a brother, Andrew Soberdash; two sisters, Ann Soberdash and Margaret Vargo.
Note from contributor:
Handwritten on bottom of obit is: Sylvan Heights Cem.
MRS. GEORGE MURRAY
Mrs. Nettie Murray, 59, died Thursday at her home in 403 North Prospect street. Besides her husband, George, she is survived by six children, Mrs. Evelyn Sanner of Rockridge road, Raymond of Leisenring No. 3, Clarence of Race place, Uniontown, Lester of Juaniata, Meryl who arrived from overseas Monday and Iwilda at home; one sister, Mrs. Catherine Bryner of Lake Lynn and two brothers, William and Edward Murray of Lake Lynn. There are seven grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the home with Rev. Meade M. Snyder, pastor of the First Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be made in the Franklin Cemetery at Dunbar in charge of Funeral Director Charles A. McCormick.
Patrick J. MURRAY Sr. died in 1925. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(5)
MURRAY, PATRICK J., SR.
Patrick J. MURRAY, Sr., aged 70 years, died Friday morning, August 21, 1925,
at 9:30 o’clock at his home in New Salem following a short illness.
He is survived by his widow, Bridget COOKE MURRAY, and ten children: Mrs.
Mary MAGUIRE, of New Salem; James F., of Woodlawn; Mrs. Anna E. DORSEY, Mrs.
Margaret E. DOVO and Michael F., of New Salem; Thomas F., of Smock; Bridget C.,
Patrick J. Jr., Ellen E. and Kathryn J., at home. One sister, Mrs. Margaret
McAULIFFE, of Emsworth, Pa., and thirteen grandchildren, also survive.
Three children preceded him in death.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Herald Sat. 8-22-1925
MURRAY SERVICES
Funeral services for the late Patrick J. MURRAY will be held this Monday morning
from the St. Procopius church at New Salem with high mass of requiem at 9 o’clock.
Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Herald Mon. 8-24-1925
Raymond Gerald MURRAY (1912-1996)
AG Bus Crash
1 Child Is Dead,
29 Hurt
Shock, grief and some anger hang over the Lake Lynn and Nilan
areas this morning in the wake of a tragic school bus accident
which claimed the life of a Lake Lynn girl. The mishap
occurred on a legislative route in Springhill Twp. in a rural
area about two miles east of the Point Marion bridge yesterday
afternoon about 4:30.
Agnes Strosnider, 11, was pronounced dead at the scene by deputy coroner Richard Herod at 5:20 p.m. Herod said the child suffered a fractured skull and multiple head injuries and possibly a fractured neck. Herod aid the girl probably died on impact.
Emergency vehicles rushed 29 other persons including the bus driver to the West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown and Uniontown Hospital. The driver of the bus, Raymond Gerald Murray, 34, of Smithfield R. D. 3, was reported in fair condition in Uniontown Hospital last night. All but three of the other injured children were treated and released. The students were all from the Friendship Hill Elementary School. Uniontown State Police, who are investigating the accident told the Herald-Standard last night the bus was traveling east when the accident occurred. Police said the bus went down a slight grade but failed to negotiate a 90 degree right turn. The bus struck a B&O railroad overpass abutment head-on. Police said the bus attempted to stop but was unable to do so. It was snowing lightly at the time of the accident and the roadway was dry and ash-covered according to troopers at the scene. Troopers also said there will be further investigation of the bus and the vehicle will be “torn apart” probably by the State Police garage investigator to try to determine if there was mechanical difficulty in either the steering system or brake system or elsewhere. There will also be a coroner’s inquest into the mishap. Meanwhile, emergency vehicles rushed to the scene following the accident including State Police, Point Marion Vol. Fire Dept., both on and off duty Point Marion Borough Policemen and ambulances from Bobtown and Smithfield. The injured were helped out of the bus by the bus driver and a nearby resident who was identified as William Bair.
Most of the injured were taken to the Blair residence while some children reportedly ran home. Those students admitted to the Morgantown hospital were identified as Viola McClain, 12, and Kim Strosnider, 6, both of Lake Lynn. Both were reported in fair condition last night. Meanwhile, six-year-old Jennie White Summerfield of Point Marion was reported in fair condition last night in Uniontown Hospital. Uniontown Hospital identified the students who were treated and realesed as Sheila Huffine; 10, Deanne Huffine; 9, Victoria Johnson, 7; Delores Stewart, 8; Donna Jo Crites, 7; Michael Sapp, 7; and John Sapp, Jr., 8, all of Lake Lynn and nine-year-old Sonya Pruitt of Point Marion. The Sapp boys are brothers and the Huffine children are sisters, according to the hospital. The Morgantown hospital gave the identities of the children treated there but could give no information on the ages, addresses or relationship of the youngsters. They were, Alcesta Wade, Charles Wade, Ricky Ruble, Samantha Strosnider, Annette Strosnider, Jerry Cobb, Joyce Stewart, James Stewart, William Stewart, Diane Diehl, Carol Strosnider, Robert McClain, Beverly Morland, and Norma Stewart. Carol and Samantha Strosnider are sisters of the victim. Meanwhile, the bus itself, owned by the Dundard and Springhill Bus Co. of Point Marion was totally demolished. State Police estimated the loss at $2,500. State Police and Point Marion officials tried to keep some order at the scene for the roadway to be clear for ambulances.
Ambulances from Point Marion, McClellandtown and Uniontown were also called to the scene but the injured had already been transported to the hospitals by the other ambulances, according to some reports, and private vehicles. The force of the impact reportedly torn several seats loose and moved the bus forward about two feet off the frame. The victim was found on the left side of the bus about six feet from the front. No date has been set for the coroner’s inquest which will be held at the office of Fayette County Coroner Dr. W. Ralston McGee in Uniontown.
Agnes Strosnider was a fifth grade student at the school and a member of the Nilan Apostolic Church. She is survived by her parents, Calvin and Betty Chipps Strosnider; four brothers, Jack, Calvin, Jr., Frank and Heath, all at home; and four sisters, Cathy, Samantha, Brenda, and Carol, all at home. Friends will be received at the Richard Herod Funeral Home in Point Marion after 7 o’clock tonight. Funeral arrangements were incomplete last night.
Albert Gallatin Area School District Superintendent George Plava last night expressed shock and sympathy. “The administration and the school board are deeply shocked,” he said. “The death of Agnes and the injuries to the others have been felt and we express our sympathy to the children and the families.” Plava went on to say “safety is always a matter of deep concern.” He pointed out the district transports about 5,500 students a day and the 36 busses log over 2,900 miles a day. “It only takes one such accident to make us realize now fortunate we have been in the past years,” he said. Plava also said in all his 23 years as an administrator he couldn’t recall any other serious mishaps although he said there have been some minor ones. Plava added the Friendship Elementary School instructs children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Louis Rudolph, a Point Marion funeral director, owns the bus involved in the mishap and has operated the business but the past two years. Previous to that, according to Mr. Rudolph, the bus lines has serviced school districts in the area for about 30 years. Rudolph told the Herald-Standard last night the 1966 had had not previous record of trouble and had been inspected in January. Rudolph said the driver, Mr. Murray, has been with the company for about two years and is a regular driver and mechanic. Rudolph also said this was the first mishap the lines has had since he took over and the first one that he personally knew of. According to the Point Marion resident, the bus has a capacity of 66 passengers and as far as he knew, there were between 35 to 40 children in the vehicle at the time of the mishap. Rudolph was at the scene of the accident but said he didn’t know what went wrong and wouldn’t know until the bus was inspected by State Police this morning.
Article continues concerning a minor accident involving a school bus and a vehicle.
continued to page 17, column 2
Crash Claims Second Life
Albert Gallatin Bus Driver Dies
A school bus accident Monday afternoon near Point Marion has claimed its second life. Raymond Murry, 34, of Smithfield R. D. 3, driver of the bus, died at 8:40 this morning in Uniontown Hospital. Death was attributed to multiple trauma (shock), fractures, cuts and bruises. An autopsy was to be performed later today.
An 11-year-old Friendship Hill Elementary School student was killed and 29 others injured Monday afternoon when the bus crashed into a B&O Railroad overpass abutment after failing to negotiate a 90-degree curve at the bottom of a slight grade.
Funeral services for Agnes Strosnider, daughter of Calvin and Betty Chipps Strosnider of Lake Lynn, will be held tomorrow. Deputy Coroner Richard Herod of Point Marion said she apparently died instantly in the crash, about 4:30 on a rural road in Springhill Twp., about two miles east of the Point Marion Bridge.
Murray’s actions had been praised by a resident of the area following the crash. Mrs. William Bair, who lives 150 feet from where the bus hit the abutment, said, “He was white as a sheet and injured himself, but he still helped get the children off. He carried them from the bus and handed them to Mr. Bair.” He has been listed in fair condition until taking a turn for the worse this morning. Three other children remained hospitalized this morning. Jennie White Summerfield, 6, of Point Marion, was in good condition in Uniontown Hospital with a fractured right arm and leg. Viola McClain, 12, was in satisfactory condition with a fractured leg and skull and Kim Strosnider, 6, was also in satisfactory condition, with a fractured leg.
Article continues with account of ongoing investigation, and Agnes Strosnider.
MURRAY, RAYMOND G.— Age 34 years of R. D. 3, Smithfield, died Wednesday morning, February 27, 1974 in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born November 29, 1939 in Morgantown, W. Va. He was employed by D. & S. Bus Co., Pt. Marion. Surviving are his wife, Mabel Mayfield Murray; three sons, William, John, and Roger, all at home; his parents, Charles and Ola Wolfe Murray; three sisters, Mrs. Rocco (Helen) Trapaso, Dawson, Pa., Mrs. Roy Glenn (Erma Jean) Wolfe, New Geneva, Pa., and Mrs. Junior (Maxine) Cole, Dawson, Pa.; three brothers, Charles Elmer Murray, New Geneva, Pa., Roy Darrell Murray, Heggons, W. Va., and Eugene Murray, New Geneva. Friends will be received in the Louis E. Rudolph Funeral Home, Pt. Marion, today after 7 p.m. and Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. and Saturday until 10 a.m. and in the Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Masontown, W. Va., where he will lie in state until 2 p.m., the hour of service. Rev. Arnold McDonald will officiate. Interment in Church Cemetery.
Bus Crash Info Studied
A fact-finding phase of the investigation of the bus crash that claimed two lives and injured 28 others has apparently been completed, but the results of the study will not be disclosed until all the clues haven been put together. State Police and a private firm of technical experts that has a government contract have been stockpiling information since the Monday accident near Point Marion. The information will now be gone over with the greatest scrutiny to determine the exact cause of the mishap, in which the vehicle slammed into a bridge abutment. The investigating team has disassembled the bus in an attempt to discover the working condition of the brakes, which according to the driver, Raymond Murray, failed going around a curve.
The 34-year-old Murray, of Smithfield, R. D. 3, died Wednesday of internal injuries. Also a victim of the crash was 11-year- old Agnes Strosnider of Lake Lynn, who was killed instantly. In addition to the mechanics of the bus, investigators have amassed pictures of the crash scene and have also made several return visits to check even the most minute clue that would have a bearing on the cause of the accident. The results of the study are expected shortly.
Funeral services for the Strosnider girl, a student at Friendship Hill Elementary School, were held yesterday. Services for Murray, who is married and the father of three, will be held Saturday.
Meanwhile, two other students, Viola McClain, 12, and Kim Strosnider, 6, remained in satisfactory condition in West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown.
MURRAY, RAYMOND G.— Friends are being received in the Louis E. Rudolph Funeral Home, Pt. Marion from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. and Saturday until 10 a.m. and in the Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Masontown, W. Va., where he will lie in state until 2 p.m., the hour of service. Rev. Arnold McDonald will officiate. Interment in Church Cemetery.
AG Area Crash
Brakes On Bus
Blamed
Mechanical failure was ruled as the cause of the school bus crash which claimed two lives and resulted in injuries to 28 passengers near Nilan in Springhill Twp. on Feb. 26. An examination of the bus by State Police and federal authorities determined that the vehicle’s brake system malfunctioned causing the vehicle to slam into the concrete wall at an underpass of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The bus was descending a slight grade and was unable to negotiate a 90- degree right turn into the tunnel. Impact moved the bus body about two feet forward on the chassis. The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. as the us was taking students home from Friendship Hill Elementary School near New Geneva in the Albert Gallatin School District.
Eleven-year-old Agnes Strosnider of Lake Lynn was killed in the crash. Raymond G. Murray, 34, of Smithfield R. D. 3, driver of the bus sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to the Uniontown Hospital where he died on Feb. 28. Mr. Murray’s efforts to aid children injured in the mishap were praised by a resident of the area, William Bair. Murray carried the injured children from the bus and handed them to Mr. Bair who carried them to his home. Mr. Bair’s white frame home became a first aid station to aid the victims until ambulances arrived to transport them to the Uniontown Hospital and the University Hospital in Morgantown, W. Va. All but two of the children were released following treatment. The bus was owned by the D. & S. Bus Lines and was under contract to the Albert Gallatin Area School system.
Rose M. Vinch MURRAY (1912-1996)
Rose M. Murray
Rose M. Vinch Murray, 84, of Connellsville and formerly of Lamberton died Monday, May 27, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Nelson (Beverly) Domer of Connellsville R.D.1, a son, Gilbert Murray of Connellsville, two grandsons including David Domer and his wife, Susan, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., three granddaughters, one great-grandson, and one great-granddaughter. She was the last surviving member of her immediately family. Friends will be received in the Vito. C. Martucci Funeral Home, 123 South First St., West Side, Connellsville, of Wednesday from 1 to 9 p.m. Arrangements for Thursday will be announced.
Social Security Death Index:
Born–February 28, 1912
Died–May 27, 1996
Russell MURRAY died in 1932. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(55)
Russell Murray of Lemont Furnace Claimed by Death
Russell Murray, 38 years old, of Lemont Furnace, died Wednesday at Uniontown
Hospital from pneumonia. He was removed to the institution on Friday, September
23.
Mr. Murray, a stationary engineer for the H.C. Frick Coke Company at the Lemont
furance plant, is survived by his wife Pearl, and five children: Elizabeth, Russell,
Wade, Barbara and Milton. He is also survived by his father and step-mother of
Lemont, and the following brothers and sisters: Elmer of Lemont, John of Republic,
(and step-siblings) James, Mrs. Mary Renninger, George, Goldie, Norman and Milton,
all at home.
The funeral service will be held in the Lemont Church at 2 o’clock Saturday
afternoon with Rev. W.S. Hamilton and Rev. W.D. Whetsel officiating. Interment
will be made in Hill Grove Cemetery, Connellsville, in charge of Funeral Director
Charles C. Mitchell.
Daily Courier
Thursday, September 29, 1932
Sara Leichliter MURRAY died in 1902. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(55)
Sara Leichliter Murray Dies
Mrs. Sadie Murray, wife of Elijah Murray, died at the home of her brother, Jacob Leichliter, Coalbrook, on October 27, 1902, aged 31 years. A husband, 3 children and a large relationship survive her. The remains were brought here and buried at the United Brethren Church in Normalville.
Mountain Matters Column
Connellsville Courier
October 31, 1902
DIED
MURRAY— Jan. 19, William Murray of Saltlick Tp., aged about 67 years.
William A. MURRAY died in 1910. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(55)
William A. Murray, the son of Jacob S. and Susannah (Aukerman) Murray, was born
in Fayette County, PA., on March 12, 1824. He died April 14, 1910. His father
was an active minister in the Indian Creek Congregation. William was married
in November 1846 to Miss Eliza Jane McEnteer, with whom he lived to the time
of her death in 1900. In March 1902, Elder Murray was married to Miss Louisa
Gore. William was first called to the ministry in the Indian Creek Congregation.
In 1855, he moved to the Ryerson Station Congregation. In 1863, back to the Jacob’s
Creek Congregation near Mt. Pleasant.
Shortly after the Civil War, he moved to the Northeastern District of Ohio, living
at various times in Stark, Richland, Ashland and Wayne counties.
(Abstracted from the History of the Church of the United Brethren of Western
Pennsylvania)
Dorothy F. Maxwell MURTHA (1909-1996)
Dorothy F. Murtha
Dorothy F. Murtha, 86, of Connellsville died Wednesday, March 6, 1996, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. She was born July 25, 1909, in South Connellsville, a daughter of the late Timothy David and Sophia Herr Maxwell. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception RC Church, Connellsville, and the Christian Mothers. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Ancient Order of Hibernians Auxiliary. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Joseph P. Murtha, in 1975; a daughter, Rose Marie Murtha; a brother, Thomas Maxwell; and three sisters, Nell Plumb, Margaret Colbert and Anna Maxwell. She is survived by four sons, Joseph P. of Champaign, Ill., James P. of Bel Air, Md., Regis P. of Mount Pleasant and Daniel of Cathedral City, Calif.; two daughters, Dorothy Pearl and Mrs. Edward (Mary Ursula) Oppman, both of Connellsville; 21 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Agnes Davin of Pittsburgh and Mary Catherine Skelley of Brockway, Pa. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, where a blessing service will be held Saturday at 90 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception RC Church, Connellsville, with the Rev. Michael Sciberras as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Connellsville.
JAMES M. MURTLAND
James M. Murtland, aged 78, widely-known resident of Lower Tyrone township, died at 9:15 Friday morning, November 18, 1938, at his home near Dawson following a lingering illness of a complication of diseases. Mr. Murtland was born Mach [March] 16, 1860, in Armstrong county and came to Fayette county in his boyhood. He was a member of the Tyrone Presbyterian church, the James Cochran Lodge 614, F. &. A. M., Loyal Arch Chapter 165 and of Dawson Grange. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Goldie T. Murtland, and the following children: Mrs. E. F. Hite, Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. Frank Zorn, Dawson; R. E. Murtland, both of Tarentum, and Ellis R. at home. He also leaves a daughter- in-law, Mrs. Cordelia Murtland, of Scottdale; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Johnston, Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Emma Fretts, Scottdale. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 Monday afternoon at the home, with additional rites at 2 o’clock in the Tyrone Presbyterian church. Rev. Crawford W. Coulter will officiate and burial will be in Scottdale cemetery.
Mabel O. Owen MUSGRAVE ( -1924)
MRS. MABEL O. MUSGRAVE
Mrs. Mabel O. Musgrave of 7007 Crown Gate Court, Miami Lakes, Fla., died Sunday, June 29 at her home. She was born at Littleton, W. Va., a daughter of the late Spencer and Laura Donley Owen. She was a resident of Florida for the past four years and had resided in Connellsville for many years, and was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution of which she was a past regent and also a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. Surviving are one son, David E., with whom she resided.
MUSGRAVE — Mrs. Mabel O. Musgrave of Miami Lakes, Fla., formerly of Connellsville, died Sunday, June 29. Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. today at Green Ridge Memorial Park with the Rev. B. Frank Ciampla officiating. Family requests contributions be made to Wesley United Methodist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., 111 E. Green St.
Ruth E. Musko, age 92 of Pittsburgh, Pa. and formerly of New Salem, Pa., passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010. She was born October 4, 1917 in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of the late Norman Charlton and Marcella Sommers Charlton.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband Frank T. Musko, sons Robert Francis, Frank T. Musko, Jr., her only daughter Patricia Csonka and her son-in-law Bob Csonka.
Surviving are sons: William (Dolores) Francis of Robinson Township, Pa., Roy (Jerri) Francis of Greentree, Pa., Daniel (Joan) Francis of Buffalo, N.Y., Thomas (Donna) Musko of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Nicholas (Susan) Musko of Pittsburgh, Pa.; daughters-in-law: Helen Francis of Ingram, Pa. and Lydia Musko of McKees Rocks, Pa. She is also survived by five generations of grandchildren, great and great great grandchildren and numerous nieces nephews. She will be sadly missed by all.
Friends will be received in the ROBERT T. KISH FUNERAL HOME, 20 North Mill St., New Salem, Pa. on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at 8 p.m. with Pastor H. David McElroy, officiating. Interment will be private in Salem View Cemetery, New Salem, Pa
Alexa Paige Myers, who was born on Monday, January 19, 2004, infant daughter of Darin and Carla Myers of Fairchance, Pa., died Saturday, January 31, 2004 in Morgantown, West Virginia. In addition to her parents she is survived by her maternal grandparents, Roland and Marie Olszewski of Butler, Pa., and paternal grandparents, Robert and Sharon Myers of Fairchance, Pa.; uncles, aunts and cousins. Funeral and interment services will be held on Wednesday, February 4, at 11 a.m. in Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery Chapel, Smithfield, Pa., with Rev. Donald J. Immel officiating. Arrangements are under direction of the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa.
Andrew 'Shorty' MYERS (1920-2008)
Andrew "Shorty" Myers, age 88, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., passed away on Saturday, May 17, 2008, in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born on February 22, 1920, in Messmore, Fayette County, Pa., the son of Michael Myers and Cecelia (Opest) Myers. Andrew was a member of Saint John The Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, and The Catholic War Veterans, both in Uniontown, Pa., the General George C. Marshall AMVETS Post 103, in Hopwood, Fayette County, Pa., the Sheet Metal Worker's Union, and the Messmore Rod & Gun Club. He served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, Gavutu Island, Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Vella La Vella, Bougainsville, Iwo Jima, and the Occupation of Japan. "Shorty" was an avid hunter and fisherman all of his life. His vegetable garden was extensive and open to all neighbors and friends! In his later years, due to poor health, Shorty's garden got smaller, but the neighbors pitched in and added a "Shorty-Watch", which the family really appreciated and are very thankful.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Mark Myers, a grandson, John Christopher, and his siblings, Michael Myers, Jr., Mary Mitchell, Joseph Myers, George Myers, and Betty Myers. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Helen (Revak) Myers; children: Barbara Jean Myers Lyons, and John R. "Gomer" Myers and his wife, Brenda; grandchildren: Erin Marie Lyons, Christy Lynn Casler, Mark Michael Myers, Christopher James Myers, David Andrew Myers, and Matthew John Myers; great grandchildren: Kiera, Izabella, and Michael; three brothers: Anthony Myers, Charles Myers, and Albert Myers; and a sister, Margaret Myers.
Friends will be received in the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 603 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Tuesday, May 21, 2008, until 10 a.m., when a Panachida Service will be held. Divine Liturgy will follow at 10:30 a.m. in Saint John The Baptist Byzantine Catholic Church, East Main Street, Uniontown, with Rev. Father Thomas J. Wesdock, as the Celebrant. Interment will follow in Saint John The Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery, Hopwood, Pa., where Military Rites and Honors will be accorded by the General George C. Marshall AMVETS Post 103, of Hopwood, Pa. Parastas will be held in the Funeral Home today at 3 p.m. Your personal written tributes and memories are welcomed and encouraged at www.hakyfuneralhome.com .
Ann Myers, 87, of Messmore, Fayette County, Pa., passed away suddenly on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Dolores Franczyk, with whom she resided. She was born December 6, 1920, in Georges Township, Fayette County, Pa., daughter of the late Andrew and Anna Ilnieky Konyuk. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Mike Myers and her brother, Andrew Konyuk. Ann was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, in New Salem, Fayette County, Pa. She dearly loved her granddaughters and great-grandchildren and loved spending time with them. She is survived by her daughter, Dolores Franczyk and husband, John, of Messmore; two granddaughters: Debbie Franczyk, of Messmore, and Carol Dupont and husband, Rodney, of McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pa.; two great-grandchildren: Kayla and Cole Dupont; her brother, Mike Konyuk, of Fair Oaks, California; and many nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pa., today, September 18, 2008, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday, September 19, 2008, until 10:30 a.m. A Divine Liturgy will be held at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, with the Rev. Father Jerome G. Botsko, officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Macrina Cemetery, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. Parastas will be held today at 7 p.m. in the Funeral Home.
ANNA MYERS
Mrs. Anna Myers, aged 69, wife William H. Myers, died at 3:30 Saturday afternoon, March 18, 1939, at the family residence in 10 Trump avenue, following a lingering illness. Mrs. Myers was a daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John Daniels. She was an active member of the Free Methodist church, Evans Street. In addition to her husband, she leaves the following children: William E Myers, Poland, Ohio; Mrs. Arthur Wandell, Uniontown; Mrs. Fred Clifford, New York City, Alex, Uniontown, and Charles and Mildred, both at home. She also leaves 31 grandchildren and one great grandchild and the following brothers and sisters; Charles Daniels, Pittsburgh; Alex of Amend; Mrs. Isaac Lilly, Masontown; and Mrs. Chester Feathers, Glenshaw, in Pittsburgh. A daughter, Mrs. Charles McQuiston, preceded her in death. The body was removed Sunday afternoon from the Ferguson Funeral Home to the family residence where brief services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, followed by additional rites in the Free Methodist church. Rev. H. W. Van Valin will officiate and burial will follow in Park Place Cemetery.
Anna V. Sebek Hurst MYERS (1914-2009)
Anna V. Myers
Alverton
Anna V. Sebek Hurst Myers, 95, of Alverton, passed away Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at Jeannette Hospital. She was born Dec. 26, 1914, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of the late Joseph and Veronica (Rehanek) Sebek. Anna was a member of Center Bethel Church of God, Alverton, the Missionary Society, the WCTU and the Scottdale Senior Citizens Center. Surviving are her daughters, Veronica Potoka, of Alverton, and Lois Jean Swink and husband, Ronald, of Connellsville; son-in- law, Allen Geska, of Scottdale; and stepdaughters, Grace Fox and husband, George, of Alverton, Betty Ann Sullenberger and husband, Wayne, of Ruffsdale, Margaret Huff and husband, Douglas, of Owensdale; and stepdaughter-in-law, Pat Myers, of Ariz.; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and several great-great- grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Sheldon Hurst, of Mt. Pleasant, and Allen Hurst, of Dubois; sister-in-law, Rita Daniels, of Mt. Pleasant; and numerous nieces and nephews. Anna was the last member of her family. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Willis L. Hurst, Feb. 24, 1947; her second husband, John K. Myers, Sept. 15, 1979; sons, Willis L. Hurst III, March 3, 1945, and Frank E. Hurst, Sept 10, 1987; a daughter, Barbara Ann Geska, Oct. 1, 2009; and several brothers and sisters. The family is inviting friends from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday to the EUGENE G. SALOOM FUNERAL SERVICE INC., 730 W. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. Additional viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday in Center Bethel Church of God, Alverton, where services will be held at 11 a.m. with Pastor D. Keith Solomon officiating. Interment in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Please visit www.saloomfuneralservice.com to send a condolence. Richard Rega, funeral director.
Carl R. Myers, age 56 years, of Smithfield, died March 12, 1996. He was born March 12, 1940, the son of Raymond and Blanche Miller Myers. He was employed with CSX Transportation as a clerk/operator at the Connellsville yard for 36 years. He attended the White House Free Methodist Church. Burial was in Lafayette Cemetery in Brier Hill.
MRS. JOHN S. MYERS
MOUNT PLEASANT, Nov. 29.— Mrs. Catherine Myers, 79, widow of John S. Myers, died in her home, Kecksburg, at 7:15 o’clock Wednesday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. She was a member of the Church of God. The following children survive: Mrs. Herbert Howard, Champion; Mrs. Ralph Myers, Wilkinsburg; Mrs. Lena Bashioum, Greensburg; Mrs. Harry Shaffer, Masontown; Mrs. Ada Peterson, Mount Pleasant township; Mrs. Clyde Hails, Hunker; John Myers, Indianola; Mrs. William Armel, Mount Pleasant, and Mrs. Ray Washington, Kecksburg. There are two sisters, Mrs. Frank Lemmon and Mrs. William Miller, both of Mount Pleasant.
Catherine M. MYERS (1918-2009)
Catherine M. Myers, age 90, of Newboro, Fayette County, Pa., and formerly of Hibbs, Fayette County, Pa., passed away suddenly Thursday, March 5, 2009, in Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. She was born August 13, 1918, in Uniontown, Pa., daughter of Freeman and Phoebe Miller Johnson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Myers, her brothers and sisters: Loretta Silman, George Johnson, William Johnson, James Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Mae Marsolino. Catherine was a member of First Christian Church, in Republic, Fayette County, Pa., and the 500 Card Club. She was a retired LPN at Laurel Rest Home with over thirty years of service.
She is survived by her son Glenn Myers, Sr., and Kim, of Fallston, Maryland; her daughter Kathleen Kutek and husband, Edmund, of Newboro, with whom she made her home; seven grandchildren: Glenn Myers, Jr., and wife, Tara, Richard Myers, Rebecca Kutek Umbel and husband, Richard, Stephanie Myers, Ed Kutek, Jr., and wife, Tracy, David Kutek and wife, Angela, and Debbie Myers; eight great- grandchildren; two sisters: Betty Croce and husband, George, of Jeanette, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Ellen Stanton, of Brandon, Florida.
Private funeral services will be held Saturday, March 7, 2009 in the Chapel of Peace Mausoleum in LaFayette Memorial Park, Route 40 East, Brier Hill, Fayette County, Pa. Arrangements entrusted to DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, in New Salem, Fayette County, Pa. Entombment will follow.
MYERS, CHARLES A.— Age 81 of R.D. 1, McClellandtown, died in the Uniontown Hospital, Friday, February 16, 1962 at 2:30 a.m. He is survived by one son, Charles, Palmer; one daughter, Mrs. Thelma Hixon, R.D. 1, McClellandtown; eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Willoma Rollwitz, Miami, Fla. He was a retired miner. He was a member of the Church of The Brethren, Robinson St., Uniontown. Friends will be received after 4 p.m. today in the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance, where services will be held Monday at 2 p.m., the hour of service. The Rev. Robert E. Houff will officiate. Interment will be in White Rock Cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
Spouse–Mary Myers
Father–William Myers
Mother–Isabelle Fisher Myers
Charles Stanton MYERS (1935-2008)
Charles Stanton Myers, age 73, of Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Monday, June 30, 2008. He was born April 28, 1935, in Farmington, Fayette County, Pa., the son of William E. Myers and Naomi Stanton Myers. He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers, Wayne R. Myers and Lowell M. Myers, and a great grandson, Justin Olinzock. Charles was the owner of Myers Wood Products and had been in the Logging and Saw Mill Business with his brother, Wayne Myers, in Markleysburg and Valley Point, West Virginia, for many years. Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Lois Ann Myers; three children: Charles C. Myers, Christine Kohlmeyer and her husband, Robert, and Billie J. Myers, all of Markleysburg, Pa.; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; a brother, Wilbur Myers, of Markleysburg, Pa.; sisters: Linda Uphold, of Midlothian, Virginia, and Gale Lorene Leonard, of Markleysburg; and a sister-in- law, Patricia Myers, of Markleysburg, Pa. Friends will be received in the DONALD R. CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, FARMINGTON, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 4 an 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday, July 3, 2008, until 11 a.m., the hour of the Service, with the Rev. Terry Collins, officiating. Interment will follow in Sansom Chapel Cemetery, Farmington, Pennsylvania.
Clarence Myers, retired steelworker
Clarence Eugene ‘Red’ Myers, 62 of Alverton died Monday, Oct. 10, 1994, at Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. He was born Sept. 1, 1932, in Alverton, a son of the late John and Viola Shaner Myers. He was a graduate of the former East Huntingdon Township High School in 1951. He was a retired steelworker from the U.S. Steel Homestead works. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of American legion Post 446 and the BPO Elks 868, both of Mount Pleasant. He was a member of the Southmoreland Coin Club, the Marion Lodge 562 Free & Accepted Masons and the Uniontown Lodge of Perfection. He was also a member of the Center Bethel Church of God, Alverton, where he was a former deacon and church trustee and where he worked as church custodian for many years. Surviving are his wife, Carol Leasher Myers; one son, Jay, at home; and three sisters, Mrs. George (Grace) Fox of Alverton, Mrs. Wayne (Betty) Sullenberger of Ruffsdale, and Mrs. Douglas (Margaret) Huff of Connellsville RD 1. He was predeceased by five brothers, John, Samuel, Robert, James and Charles Myers
MYERS— Clarence Eugene ‘Red’ Myers of Alverton died Monday, Oct. 10, 1994. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 406 East Washington St., Mount Pleasant. Additional viewing will take place from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday in the Center Bethel Church of God, Alverton, when funeral services will be held with pastor Robert W. Allison officiating. Interment will follow in Alverton Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Center Bethel Church of God, Alverton
Clarence Richard MYERS ( -1964)
C. R. MYERS
Clarence Richard Myers, 61, of Hopwood, R. D. 1, died at 12:25 p.m. Saturday in Uniontown Hospital. He was a member of Aerie No. 828 F. O. Eagles, and L. O. O. Moose No. 20 of Uniontown. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Leona Dufalo Myers; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Spiker of Hopwood R. D. 1; two brothers, Albert of Hopwood, R. D. 1 and Robert of Uniontown; two half-sisters, Mrs. Ruth Fowler of Gates and Mrs. Esther Fowler of Uniontown, and a half-brother, Walter Myers of Uniontown. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Gleason funeral home, Uniontown, with Rev Dr. Earl P. Confer and the Rev. Edward Pollack officiating. Interment in Park Place Cemetery.
MYERS, DAISY— Age 79 years, of Uniontown R.D. 2 (Shoaf), died Thursday morning, September 16, 1956 in her home. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Sidwell (Violet) Whoolery, Mrs. David (Gladys) Yeager, Lloyd Myers, all of Shoaf, Mrs. Joseph (Dorothy) Panik of Cleveland, Ohio; Lida Myers of Shoaf; also sixteen grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren; one brother, Charles Ryan of Shoaf. Friends will be received in the James B. Vance Funeral Home, Smithfield, today from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 12 noon until 1:30, the hour of services in the Free Methodist Church, White House, with Rev. Carroll Estel and Rev. G. J. Brown officiating. Burial in Nabors Cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
Born–June 28, 1886
Spouse–Isaac Myers
Father–Joseph Ryan
Mother–Eliza V. Lemmon Ryan
Daniel MYERS died in 1928.
Age 70 years three months and 27 days died at his home at Ruble’s Mill Wednesday night April 14, 1928 at 10:10 O’clock following a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Barbara Myers, three children, John Myers at home, Isaac Myers of Shoaf and Mrs. James Price of Haydentown; two brothers Robert Myers of Fairchance and Alfred Myers of WVA, and a half-brother Arthur Lewis of Smithfield R.D. No.1. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon. Friends will meet at the home at 2 O’clock going there to the White House Church where additional services will be held followed by burial in the Fletcher Cemetery.
Contributed by Tom Paull <fireshooter144 at gmail.com>
Darlene M. Myers
Smithfield
Darlene M. Myers, age 52, of Smithfield, Pa., passed away June 3, 2009, at Cherry Tree Nursing Center, Uniontown, with her loving family by her side. She was born in Charleroi, on October 18, 1956, the daughter of the late Isaac and Carol (Dick) Byrne. Before retiring, Darlene was employed for 19 years as a Clerk Typist at Fayette County Assistance Office, Uniontown. She was an avid pool player and a NASCAR and Penguin fan. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Walter "Butch" Myers, Jr.; maternal grandmother Garnet Dick; and several aunts and uncles. Her survivors include her son Jason Byrne and his wife Crystal, of Smithfield; two grandchildren Kaci Byrne and Karli Byrne; sister Teressa Ritenour and husband Walter, of Allenport; niece Trisha Ritenour; and nephew Brian Ritenour and his wife, Jamie Lynn. Friends will be received in the JOHN S. MAYKUTH, JR. FUNERAL HOME, Masontown, Pa., on Saturday, June 6, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., and Monday until 10 a.m. when services will be held in the Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randy Byers officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the John S. Maykuth, Jr. Funeral Home, 7 River Ave., Masontown, Pa. 15461.
Donald Edgar MYERS (1927-2009)
Donald Edgar Myers, age 81 years, of Smithfield, Fayette County, Pa., passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2009, at the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. He was born at Cheat Neck, West Virginia, on August 20, 1927, a son of the now late James Myers and Nora Ryan Myers. He attended the White House Free Methodist Church and Sunday School for many years. He was employed as a Heavy Equipment Operator by Duquesne Slag, in Belle Vernon, Pa., for 24 years. He was a World War II veteran, having served with the United States Army Air Force. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by four brothers: James Myers, Omer Myers, Delbert Myers and Frank Myers, and three sisters: Beryl Wolfe, Iona Ruble and Wanda Roderick. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ruth Dennis Myers; and three sons: Randy and wife, Cheryl, and Donald "Ricky" and wife, Terry, all of Smithfield, Pa., and Douglas and wife, Tena, of San Diego, California; one sister, Iona "Betty" Hawkins and husband, Lawrence, of Point Marion, Fayette County, Pa.; ten grandchildren: Joyce Umble and husband, William, Stephen Myers and wife, Holly, Jennifer Ream and husband, Steven, Brian Myers and wife, Regina, Michael Myers and wife, Marilyn, Chad Myers and his wife, Courtney, Chaundra, Lindsey, Brian Myers, and Bailey Jennings; and seven great grandchildren: Hannah Umble, Alex, Emily, Jessica, Ryker, John and Jaycee Myers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the JOHN F. BROWNFIELD FUNERAL HOME, of Smithfield, Pennsylvania.
Dorothy G. Myers
Scottdale
Dorothy G. Myers, 87, of Scottdale, passed away Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, in Golden Living Center, Uniontown. She was born June 21, 1923, in Acme, a daughter of the late Harry and Mary Brown. Dorothy retired from Southmoreland School District, where she was employed as a teacher's aide. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Scottdale, and she enjoyed many good times playing bingo. She is survived by her loving family; a daughter, Bonita R. Lucas and her husband, Ben, of Crozet, Va.; a son, Donald O. Myers and his wife, Wilma, of Scottdale; four grandchildren, Beth Ann Richter, Becky French, Dawn Marie Cramer and Justin Whetsel; six great-grandchildren, Zach, Gabbi and Luke French, Ben Richter, and Destiny and Tray Whetsel; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Oren S. Myers; five brothers, Elmer, Ben, Merle and David Brown and Will Harr; and five sisters, Nellie White, Erna Snyder, Edith Mowry, Sadie Strawn and Beula Foreman. Family and friends will be received from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at GRAFT-JACQUILLARD FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES INC., 303 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, (724-887- 7110), where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Matthew C. Stabe officiating. Interment will follow in Scottdale Cemetery. For online condolences, visit www.gjfuneral.com.
Edna Mae "Sally" Provance MYERS (1939-2007)
Edna Mae "Sally" Provance Myers, 68 years, of Smithfield, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, died Sunday, July 22, 2007, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was born April 11, 1939, in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Samuel J. Provance and Helen Elizabeth Huntley Provance. "Sally" was employed with the former Sumey Personal Care Home until her retirement. She attended the Fairchance Apostolic Revival Center and also the New Life Covenant Church of God, in Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was predeceased by her parents, a brother at birth, and her loving companion, Kenneth Kephart. Surviving are her four children: Helen Rankin and her husband, Delbert Rankin, of Markleysburg, Pa., Joyce Dykes and her husband, Kenny Dykes, Sr., of Oakwood Village, Ohio, Ronald Myers, of Lake Lynn, Fayette County, Pa., and Samuel Myers and his companion, Tammy Jenkins, of Oliphant Furnace, Fayette County, Pa.; eight grandchildren: Heather and Brandie, Kenny, Jr., and Lori Ann, Daisy and Timmy, and Sammy and Jennifer; one great-granddaughter, McKenzie; three sisters: Peggy Teets, Grace Halbrook, and Judy Tempistelli; two brothers: Donald Provance and Samuel Provance, Jr.; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa., this evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., and on Wednesday, July 25, 2007, until 10:00 a.m., the Hour of Service, with the Rev. Jerry Steele, officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa.
Edward R. Myers, age 64, of Smock, Fayette County, Pa., passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. He was born on July 23, 1943, in Uniontown, Pa., son of Tofil and Anna (Kurilla) Myers. His parents and his brother, Bernard Myers, preceded him in death. Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Patricia (Hudock) Myers, married on September 18, 1965, with whom he would have celebrated 43 years of marriage; their children: Edward C. Myers and wife, Nancy, of Rostraver, Westmoreland County, Pa., Maribeth Myers, of Smock, Pa., and Doug E. Myers and wife, Julie, of Smock, Pa.; beloved grandchildren, Anna and Joseph Myers and Madelyn and Emily Myers; a sister, Bernadine Franko, of Smock, Pa., and many nieces and nephews. Ed was a member of St. Hedwig Roman Catholic Church and had been a church usher for many years. He retired from the Braun Baking Company, in 1996, after 28 years in sales and distribution at the Dunlevy and Greensburg plants, affectionately known by his customers and co-workers as the "the whistling bread man". He later drove a school bus with Rittenhouse Bus Lines, where the kids knew him as "Mister Ed". He also had been a courier for Albert Gallatin Home Health Care. An avid golfer, he organized and managed the Hackers Golf League at the Springdale Golf Club, where he was a member. He will be greatly missed by his family and many friends. Friends will be received at the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 603 North Gallatin Ave. Ext., Uniontown, Pa., today from 2 to 9 p.m. and, on Saturday, July 19, 2008 until 9 a.m., when his life will be celebrated in eulogy. Prayers of Transfer will be said at 9:15 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow in St. Hedwig Roman Catholic Church, Smock, at 10 a.m., with Reverend Father John A. Sedlak, as Celebrant. Interment will be held at St. Hedwig Cemetery, Smock, Pa. The St. Hedwig-St. Cecilia Rosary Confraternity will recite the Partner Parish Rosary this evening (Friday) at 7 p.m., followed by the Parish Vigil Service at 8 p.m. Your personal written tributes and memories are welcomed and encouraged at www.hakyfuneralhome.com
Elinore (Lutz) Myers, 98, a longtime resident of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., died peacefully on Saturday, December 15, 2007, in the Berlin, Maryland Nursing Home with her family at her side. She was the daughter of John Howard and Edith Jackson Lutz. Her son, Donald B. Myers, of Berlin, Maryland; two grandsons: Mark and Michael, of Berlin, Maryland; and five great-grandchildren survive Elinore. She was preceded in death by Robert F. Lutz, John S. Lutz, Margaret Ann Lutz, and Dorothy Florence Lutz. A Private Graveside Service will be held at Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, at the time of interment.
MYERS, ELLEN— Aged 83, Markleysburg, died in the Uniontown Hospital, Saturday, February 20, 1960. She is survived by these children, Mrs. Ray Thomas, Fredericktown; Theodore, Uniontown, R. D. 2.; George, Uniontown; Robert, Markleysburg; a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lillie Dennis, Markleysburg; three stepsons and one stepdaughter. Friends are being received in the Rodahaver Funeral Home, Markleysburg where services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Rev. Anderson of Ursina will officiate. Interment will be in the Thomas Cemetery.
Emerson L. Myers, 84, of Lorain, Ohio, passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, in EMH Regional Medical Center-Elyria Campus following a long illness. Mr. Myers was born in Ruble Mill, Fayette County, Pa., on June 18, 1922. He moved to Lorain in 1949. Upon his retirement from USS/Kobe Steel, Lorain, Ohio, he continued working with his brother, William, in the coal industry. He enjoyed gardening, vintage automobiles, fishing, and spending time with his family. He was a highly decorated United States Army Sergeant, serving in World War II in the Battle of the Bulge. He earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Theater Service Medal, EAME Theater Service Medal, receiving three Bronze Stars and the United States Victory Medal. He saw action in the Rhineland, Ardenne, and Central Europe Campaigns. Mr. Myers was a member of VFW Post 7219 in Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa., and the Open Heart Club, in Lorain, Ohio. He is survived by his wife of 49 years Christina M. (nee Newman) Myers; daughter, Mary Myers-Boyd, of Louisville, Kentucky; son, Emerson R. Myers; beloved grandchildren: Wesley, Nathan, and Gracie, of Lorain, Ohio; many nieces and nephews, relatives and friends. He is the last survivor of his immediate family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Howard R. and Mary Louis (nee Breakiron) Myers, sister, Alice Senda, and brothers, Roy, Walter, and William H. Myers. Friends and family were received in the Schwartz, Spence Boyer & Cool Home for Funerals, 1121 West 5th Street, Lorain, Ohio where Funeral Services were conducted on Monday at 1:30 p.m., with Rev. Nelson Sloan, officiating. Burial took place in Elmwood Cemetery-Lorain with Full Military Honors provided jointly by American Legion Post 30 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 451. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 43099 North Ridge Road, Ohio, 44035.
Eva Myers
Eva E. Myers, 83, of Smithfield Street, Mount Pleasant, died Monday at Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Paul (Betty) Mayernik of Donora; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Gerald (Gladys) Dye of Tarrs; three stepsons, Merle Myers of Mount Pleasant R.D. 3, Bill Myers of Scottdale and Kenneth Myers of Mount Pleasant R.D. 2, 23 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Walter Faust of Acme and Charles Faust of Ohio, and a sister, Clara Hull of Farmington. Friends will be received in the Eugene G. Saloom Funeral Home Inc., Main Street, Mount Pleasant, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and until 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
September 8, 1911
Died—–
September 12, 1994
Ewing S. Myers
Ewing S. Myers, 63, of Youngstown, Ohio, died early Tuesday morning, Oct. 3, 1995, in Southside Hospital, from a heart attack. He was born Nov. 21, 1931, in Fairchance, Pa., a son of Edward and Mary (Walls) Myers. Mr. Myers was a foreman at Easco Aluminum until 1978, when he retired. Surviving are his wife, Shirley Myers of Youngstown, Ohio, whom he married on Oct. 13, 1957; two daughters, Mrs. Starlet Thomas of Warren, Ohio and Mrs. Kathy Myers of Youngstown, Ohio; a brother, Glenn Myers of Fairchance, Pa., two sisters, Mrs. Arlene Miller of Arkansas and Mrs. Florella Silvis of Murraysville, Pa.; and two granddaughters. Preceding him in death were two brothers, Edward R. Myers and Fred Myers. Friends may call at the LANE FUNERAL HOME, 5797 Mahoning Ave., Austintown, Ohio, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday until 1 p.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. Mark Merritt officiating. Interment will be in Green Haven Cemetery.
Garnet Dwyer MYERS (1914-2003)
Garnet Dwyer Myers, 88, of West Lake, Ohio, formerly of Shoaf, Pa., died Sunday, May 18, 2003 in Oakridge Nursing Home, West Lake, Ohio. She was born May 24, 1914 in Shoaf, Pa., daughter of the late Eugene Dwyre and Nancy Gaster Dwyre. She was predeceased by her husband Lloyd E. Myers. Surviving are two sons, Regis E. Myers and his wife Connie of Lorain, Ohio and Lloyd O. Myers and his wife Sue of Cleveland, Ohio; four grandchildren Keith and Douglas Myers of Lorain, Ohio, Craig Myers of Strongsville, Ohio and Julia Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio and two great grandchildren. The family will receive friends in the GOLDSBORO-TOMI FUNERAL HOME, 21 East Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to p.m. and Thursday until 11 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. George W. McLaughlin officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa.
Mrs.
George Glisan MYERS died in 1931. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Mrs. George Glisan Myers, aged 58 years, five months and two days died at her
home in Markleysburg, Monday, May 25, 1931, following an illness of short duration.
Funeral services will be held at the Union church, Markleysburg, Wednesday at
2 p.m.
Geraldine E. 'Gerry' McElhaney MYERS (1917-2002)
Geraldine E. Myers
Connellsville
Geraldine E. "Gerry" McElhaney Myers, 84, of Connellsville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Feb. 22, 2002, in the Harmon House, Mount Pleasant. She was born in South Connellsville, July 14, 1917, a daughter of the late Frederick P. and Caroline Margaret Capel McElhaney. She was active in the Church of God of Connellsville for many years, serving primarily as a children's Sunday school teacher and leader of the Friendways Club. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who loved the Lord, her family and her friends. Geraldine shared 51 years of marriage with her late husband, George A. Myers. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a half-sister, Pearl; and two brothers, Raymond F. and Paul D. McElhaney. She is survived by two daughters, Louella J. Koontz of Lake Orion, Mich., and Carolyn J. Close and her husband, Melvin, of Alverton; a grandson, James M. Close and wife, Sandy, of Toledo, Ohio; and a brother, Harry W. McElhaney of Rockford, Ill. A memorial service will be held in her honor at the Church of God of Connellsville, 126 Breakneck Ave., Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Jeff Matas and the Rev. Kay Kurtz co-officiating. Private interment will be held in the Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville. LUTHER J. GRIMM FUNERAL HOME, Mount Pleasant, is in charge.
Gilbert 'Gibby' MYERS (1926-2001)
Information taken from the obituary published in the local newspaper.
Gilbert "Gibby" Myers
Age 74, of Addison. A member of the Addison Methodist church where
he served as a caretaker for 23 years. He retired from Snavely
Forest Products as a tractor trailer driver. He served in the U.S.
Army infantry in WW II in the European Theater.
Born–May 1, 1926, Markleysburg, Pa.
Died–March 22, 2001, Addison
Buried–Addison Cemetery
Father–William Newton Myers
Mother–Mary Pearl Fisher Myers
Spouse–Grace Eleanor Green Myers
Children–Thomas Gilbert Myers
Samuel Myers
Twila R. Myers Kramer
Ricky A. Myers
Tamara Myers Rugg
Sheila Myers Hager
Glenn R. 'Bobby' MYERS (1957-2008)
Glenn R. "Bobby" Myers, 51 years, of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa., passed away suddenly on December 26, 2008, at his home. He was born June 1, 1957, in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. He was retired from the United States Army. Bobby was predeceased by two sisters, Pamela Myers and Michelle Cable. Surviving are his wife of 23 years, Patti Spade Myers; daughter, Sammi Myers and Jimmy Dice; son, Matthew Myers; grandson, Hunter Lisauckis, all of Fairchance, Pa.; his father, Glenn R. Myers, Sr.; sisters: Cheryl Collins and husband, Bob Collins, and Tricia Myers, all of Williamsport, Pa., and his brother, Mark King and wife, Aimee, of Fairchance. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., and on Monday, December 29, 2008, until 11:00 a.m., the hour of service, with Rev. Connie L. Moser, officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery Veterans' Section, Fairchance, Pa., with military rites being accorded at graveside.
Harold J. Myers, 65, of Brownsville, Pa., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2003, in Brownsville General Hospital. He was born Feb. 11, 1938, in Whitehouse, Pa., a son of the late John and Pearl Rishel Myers. Harold was a former employee of Fayette Tire Company, Uniontown. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Mildred A. Stuchal Myers on Oct. 22, 2001.Surviving are the following children, Joseph Myers and wife, Stephanie of Grindstone, Pa., James Myers, at home, Diane Myers of Searights, Pa., Donna Myers and Dennis Garrett of New Salem, Pa., and Judy Myers of Isabella, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; and a brother, John Myers of Uniontown, Pa. Friends will be received in the ROBERT T. KISH FUNERAL HOME INC., Legion Street, Republic, on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. Roland O'Brien officiating. Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa.
Helen E. Myers, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 20, 2006. Formerly of Farmington, Fayette County, Pa., she was the daughter of Ivan and Ann Myers (deceased). She was predeceased by the following brothers and sister, Hugh Alexander, and Ivan, Jr., James (Sonny), and Clara Hayden. She is survived by sisters: Dorothy Blose, of Shippensburg, Pa., and Lois Ann Myers, of Markleysburg, Fayette County, Pa., and very dear friends, Cerelda Ruocco and family, and several nieces and nephews. Final arrangements were under the direction of the ORA L. WOOSTER FUNERAL HOME, of Clementon, New Jersey.
Helen M. Fisher Myers, age 91, of Uniontown, Pa., passed away Monday morning, May 9, 2005, in Brownsville General Hospital, Brownsville, Pa. There will be no public visitation. A Memorial Service for family and friends will be held Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 11 a.m., in the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Hewitt Clinton officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of STEPHEN E. KEZMARSKY III FUNERAL HOME, AT 71 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., UNIONTOWN, PA.
Helen Revak Myers, age 85, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2008, in the Uniontown Hospital, with her loving family by her side. She was born on January 31, 1923, in Puritan, Fayette County, Pa., the daughter of Michael Revak and Helen (Salap) Revak. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Andrew "Shorty" Myers, daughter, Barbara Jean Myers Lyons, son, Mark M. Myers, brothers, Mike Revak, Andrew Revak, John Revak, Joseph Revak, Frank Revak, Tony Revak, and sisters, Mary Karish and Pauline Bokach. Left to cherish her memory are her son, John R. Myers and his wife, Brenda; grandchildren: Erin Marie Lyons, Christy Lynn Casler, Mark Michael Myers, Christopher James Myers, David Andrew Myers, Matthew John Myers, Sherri Ezzi, Stacey Bortz; great grandchildren: Kiera Graham, Izabella Casler and Michael Casler; and brother, Steve Revak. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are under the direction of the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 603 North Gallatin Avenue Extension, Uniontown, Pa. Your personal written tributes and memories are welcomed and encouraged at www.hakyfuneralhome.com.
Isaac O. MYERS died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Ill with pneumonia, Isaac O. Myers, aged 51 years and 29 days, of Shoaf, died
Saturday afternoon at 2:20 in the Uniontown hospital.
Mrs. Daisy Myers and the following children survive: Mrs. Sidwell Whoolery
and Mrs. David Yeager of Shoaf; Lloyd, Lida and Dorothy, at home. A brother,
John Myers, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Price, of near Smithfield, also survive.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Free Methodist
church of Fairchance with ???
(balance of obit is missing)
Genius - May 13, 1935)
James Ely 'Jim' MYERS (1932-2010)
James Ely "Jim" Myers, age 77, of Uniontown, PA., died on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Laurel Ridge Nursing Home, Uniontown, PA. He was born on April 2, 1932, in Mount Braddock, PA, son of Joseph and Arimenta (Bolen) Myers. Jim was the last member of his immediate family, he is preceded in death by his parents, a son, Richard Myers, a granddaughter, Christy Miller, and nine brothers and sisters. He was a United States Navy Veteran, and retired from the former Rockwell International, where he was a Quality Assurance Inspector for 32 years. Left to cherish his memory are, his beloved companion of thirty years, Diana Chapman; his children: Barry Miller, Carol Shuba and husband, Greg, Jamie Fant, and James Myers and wife, Laura, all of Uniontown, PA, and Theodore Myers and wife, Jo of Hopwood, PA; six grandchildren; four great-grand-children, and many nieces and nephews and their families. Friends will be received in the STEPHEN R. HAKY FUNERAL HOME, INC., 603 N. Gallatin Ave., Ext., Uniontown, PA, today, March 17, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. and on Thursday, March 18, 2010 until 11 a.m., the Hour of Service, with Pastor Paul Lesher officiating. Interment will follow in the Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, PA.
James Franklin MYERS (1954-2006)
James Franklin "Jim" Myers, 51 years, of Shoaf (Smithfield), Fayette County, Pa., died Friday, March 17, 2006, in his residence. He was born September 20, 1954, in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., son of Walter Raymond Myers, Sr. and Sylvia M. Cummings Myers. "Jim" was a very kind-hearted person, a very talented artist and enjoyed making crafts. He was predeceased by his parents and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Surviving are his fiancée, Aretta Null, of Shoaf, Pa.; two brothers and one sister: Walter Raymond Myers, Jr. and his wife Pamela, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., Donald Jesse "Bear" Myers and his wife, Mary, of McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pa., and Nancy Pearl St. Clair and her husband, James, of Smithfield, Fayette County, Pa.; uncle and aunts: Jesse and Cheryl Cummings, of Lambert, Fayette County, Pa., and Pearl Cummings Myers, of Fairchance, Fayette County, Pa.; several nieces and nephews; and many friends. 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, March 21, until 10 a.m. the hour of Service with the Rev. George W. McLaughlin officiating. Private interment will be in Woodbridge Cemetery, Smithfield, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the James Franklin Myers Memorial Fund, c/o the Dean C. Whitmarsh Funeral Home, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, PA 15436.
MRS. JANE MYERS
DIES AT MONARCH;
FUNERAL SUNDAY
Mrs. Jane Myers, 84 years old, widow of David W. Myers, formerly of Pleasant Unity, died this morning at 2 o’clock at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Drill, at Leisenring No. 3, where she had been residing for more than 10 years. She suffered a stroke last Sunday. Mrs. Myers is survived by the following children: Charles Myers, Goshen, Ind.; Samuel Myers of Millersburg, Ind.; Richard Myers, Hibbs, Pa.; Fred Myers, Chestnut Ridge, Pa.; and Mrs. Frank K. Drill, Leisenring No. 3, and Ted Myers, Norfolk, Va. A private funeral service will be held at the Drill home at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Relatives, however, are invited. Interment will follow in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery at Trauger. Rev. Albert K. Travis of the Pleasant Unity Methodist Episcopal Church will officiate.
Jeanne Therese MYERS (1929-2007)
Jeanne Therese Myers
Lemont Furnace
Jeanne Therese (Bittner) Myers, 78, of Lemont Furnace, died Thursday, August 2, 2007, at Jo Ella's Personal Care Home. She was born Oct. 18, 1929, in Pittsburgh, a daughter of the late John Bittner. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Connellsville and was a loving homemaker for many years. She is survived by her husband Leo Myers, of Lemont Furnace; and three children, Judy and Carl Myers, of Uniontown, and Len Myers, of Brownsville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Mel and Jack Bittner. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the PAUL G. FINK FUNERAL HOME INC., 418 N. Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, where a blessing service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception R.C. Church with the Rev. Fr. Terry Hercik as celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Connellsville. A parish wake service will also be held in the funeral home at 8:45 p.m. Friday.
John Arther MYERS, III (2004-2004)
John Arther Myers III, age 2 months, of Fairchance, Pa., died suddenly on Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, in Uniontown Hospital ER. He was born June 8, 2004, in Uniontown, Pa., son of John Arther Myers II, and Elizabeth Faye Addis Myers of Fairchance, Pa. Surviving, along with his parents, are his paternal grandparents, John A. and Madelyn Myers I, of Uniontown, Pa.; maternal grandparents, Richard E. and Martha Addis of Smithfield, Pa.; and many other loving family members and friends. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church St., Fairchance, Pa., today from 10 a.m. to noon, the hour of service, with the Rev. Robert Ford officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance, Pa.
John C. MYERS died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
John Calvin Myers, aged 79, a resident of Morgan Station for 49 years died Saturday,
October 22, 193, at the family residence. He had been in ill health since
the death of his wife, January 8, this year.
Mr. Myers, a son of Chauncey and Amanda Bowlin Myers, was born at Stonerville,
near Alverton, on July 28, 1859. His early life was spent at Pennsville.
After his marriage to Mollie F. Leeper on September 30, 1883, he lived
in Osborne county, Kansas for a few years, returning to this area in December
of 1888. Until 1914, he conducted a meat business at Morgan Station. Since
that year he was engaged in farming.
Surviving are the following children: Walter S., of Hollywood, California;
Clarence L., Los Angeles; John F., of Van Nuys, Calif.; Lloyd L. Connellsville
R. D. 2; Mrs. Ionia L. Whipkey, at home; Mrs. Myrta Thomas, Connellsville R.
D. 2; Mrs. G. F. Newman, Uniontown R. D. 3; Mrs. Alvie Canos?, Owensdale; Mrs.
Harry L. Moore, Buffalo, N. Y., and Mrs. Robert Lehew, of Philadelphia. He
also leaves 27 grandchildren; one great grandchild and two sisters, Mrs. Frank
Sutton, of Smithfield, and Mrs. Alma Mansfield, Johnstown, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with
Rev. Barnhart of the Owensdale United Brethren church officiating. Interment
will be in the Baptist cemetery at Pennsville. Six grandsons will serve
as pallbearers.
Joseph D. Myers, 44, of Rowes Run, Fayette County, Pa., died Thursday September 21, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie A. Figler Myers; children: Ashley and Joseph Myers, at home; brother, James Myers; sisters: Diane Myers, Kimberly Williamson, Barbara Vance, Donna Myers, and Judy Myers; nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles. Friends will be received in the Skirpan Funeral Home, 135 Park Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., on Monday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Kenneth Myers
Kenneth A. Myers, 71, of 517 Adams St., Port Clinton, Ohio, died Friday at H.B. Magruder Hospital. Surviving are his wife, Josephine Campagna Myers of Port Clinton; one daughter, Karen A. Hill of Port Clinton; one son, Jerry E. Myers of Rossford; two stepgrandchildren; one brother, Gerald D. Myers of Lorain, Ohio; one sister, Martha Felgar of Scottdale; one stepsister, Janice Owen of Canyon Lake, Calif., and one stepbrother, Clenris Pancoast of Lake Elinor, Calif. Funeral services were held in Port Clinton, Ohio.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
August 25, 1925
Died—–
August 17, 1990
LAWRENCE MYERS
Lawrence Myers, 57, of Columbus, Ohio, died Saturday in Columbus. He was born Dec. 16, 1909, in Uniontown, a son of the late John W. and Margaret McNaly Myers. In Uniontown, he had been a member of St. John’s R. C. Church and Lafayette Post No. 51, American Legion, and a charter member of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. He was a World War II veteran. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Marion Elleard Myers; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Voorhis of Washington, Pa., and Lois at home; a son, a granddaughter; two sisters, including Mrs. Theodore (Mildred) Schriver of Uniontown, and two brothers, John W. and James E. of Uniontown.
LAWRENCE W. MYERS
Lawrence W. Myers, 52, died at 4:45 p.m., Friday, January 2, 1931, in his home in Martha street, of a complication of diseases. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Myers; his mother, Mrs. Isabelle Myers and the following children: Mrs. J. B. VanSwearengin, Clearwater, Fla., and Christy, Albert, Lawrence, Jr., John, Mildred and James Myers, all of Uniontown. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. Lida Daniels, of Newcomer; Charles, of Continental; Mrs. Edith O’Brien, of New Castle and Mrs. Winona Rolwitz, Urbana, Ohio. Funeral services for Mr. Myers will take place Monday morning at 9 o’clock in St. John’s R. C. church with requiem high mass. Burial will be in Sylvan Heights cemetery.
Lillian Stewart MYERS (1921-2005)
Lillian M. Stewart Myers, age 83, a lifelong resident of Point Marion, Pa., died Friday evening, May 6, 2005, in Laurel Ridge Center, Uniontown, Pa. Born July 15, 1921, in Point Marion, Pa., she was a daughter of Edward Morgan Stewart Sr. and Manella Mae Pounds Stewart. She, along with her late husband, owned and operated Myers Dry Cleaners in Point Marion for many years. Lillian had formerly attended the Point Marion United Methodist Church and was active in the Democratic Party with Point Marion and Fayette County politics. Predeceased are her parents, her husband, Eugene W. Myers on May 1, 1989, brothers, Edward Jr. and Jeremiah, and sisters, Alberta Smith and Margie DeVault. Surviving are two brothers and their wives: Arthur "Lefty" and Barbara Stewart of Point Marion and Paul and Emily Stewart of Lake Lynn, Pa.; a sister, Ruth Stewart Travis of Baden, Pa.; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, 501 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, Pa., today, May 12, until 1 p.m., the hour of Service with Pastor Kathy Griffith officiating. Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion.
Lily Grace Myers, beloved infant daughter of Matthew Kevin Myers and Doreen Sue Lindsey Myers, passed away Friday, June 18, 2010. Also surviving are her Maternal Grandparents, Kenneth and Lois Lindsey; her Paternal Grandparents: Deborah Kern Metts and her husband Spencer Metts and Kevin Myers and his wife Tina Myers; Uncle and Aunt, Kenneth and Nicole Lindsey; Cousins: Grant Lindsey and Kason Lindsey; Maternal Great Grandmother, Naomi Myers; and Paternal Great Grandparents, Robert and Sharon Myers. Also loved by Great Aunts, Uncles, Cousins. Preceding her in death were Paternal Great Grandfather, Omer Myers; Maternal Great Grandparents, Levi and Freda Lindsey; and Paternal Great Grandparents: Antionette Kerns, Wayne Kerns and Paul Frost. A Graveside Service will be held today (Monday, June 21) at 11 a.m. in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Arrangements are under direction of the CRAWFORD FUNERAL HOME, Hopwood, Pennsylvania.
Louise Lacerenza MYERS (1920-2004)
Louise Lacerenza Myers, 83, of Washington, Pa., formerly of Downer Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., passed away Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, in the Washington County Health Center, Washington, Pa. She was born Nov. 29, 1920, daughter of the late Donato and Carmella D'Andrea Lacerenza. Louise was a member of St. Therese de Lisieux Roman Catholic Church, and is an Honorary Member of St. Therese Altar Society. She was a 1938 graduate of Uniontown High School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Myers on Feb. 13, 2000; two brothers, Donald Lacerenza and Nick Lacerenza; and four sisters, Marie Lacerenza, Nell Bongiorno, Julia Henry and Catherine Cerul. She is survived by two sons, John D. Myers and his wife, Stephany of Washington, Pa., and Frank T. Myers and his wife, Barbara of Dublin, Ohio; four grandchildren, Loretta Mutabayo, Virginia Myers, Sean Myers and Kristen Donegan; five great-grandchildren, Justin, Magan, Jessica, Nicholas and Alexander; two brothers, Peter Lacerenza of Uniontown, and Frank Lacerenza of Vienna, Ohio; two sisters, Margaret Lacerenza and Theresa Carnes, both of Uniontown; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the DOLFI FUNERAL HOME, Uniontown, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, until 9 a.m., at which time a Blessing Service will be held. A Mass of Christian Burial follows at 9:30 a.m., in St. Therese de Lisieux R.C. Church. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery. St. Therese Altar Society will recite the Rosary this evening at 7:30 p.m.
Maggie Myers
White, female, 21 years old, married
Cause of death–Typhoid Fever, sick 3 weeks
Born–1876, Wharton Twp.
Died–October 4, 1902 in Dawson
Buried–Cochran Cemetery
Marie MacBurney MYERS ( -1943)
MRS. MARIE MYERS
Mrs. Marie MacBurney Myers, 52 years old, a former resident of Vanderbilt, died Sunday morning at her home at Lakewood, Ohio, of a heart attack. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. S. G. MacBurney, formerly of Vanderbilt, she had been an active member of the Presbyterian Church, the Vanderbilt Saturday Afternoon Club and was the first president of Ladies Auxiliary to Emory Lewis Pratt Post of the American Legion at Vanderbilt, serving in that capacity until she moved to Ohio in 1922. A graduate of California State teachers College, she had taught in the schools of Dunbar township and Vanderbilt. She was married to Dr. Ira C. Myers in 1917 and he preceded her in death three years ago. Surviving are three children: Theodore S., in the U. S. Army in England and Wallace and Gerald all at home. The body will be taken to the Frank B. Galley funeral home at Dawson at 1:45 o’clock Wednesday afternoon where a service will be conducted at 3 o’clock. Interment will be made in Dickerson Run Union Cemetery.
Pearl MYERS died in 1946. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(3)
PEARL MYERS Born(1900) Died(6-25-1946) Buried(Fletchers Cem. W. Va.) Pearl Myers--aged
46 years of White house, died Tuesday, June 25, 1946, at 10:50 a.m., in the Uniontown
Hospital. Surviving are the following children: Alverda Smith, Hazel Wiles, Clarence,
Amy, Jean, Keith, Harold and John, all of Smithfield; her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Freeling Rishel, of Lake Lynn; brothers and sisters, Earl, John, Harry and Howard
Rishel, of Lake Lynn; Merle Smith, Ada Smith and Nellie White, of Lake Lynn,
Brief services will be held in the White House Free Methodist church at 2;30
o'clock. Burial will be in the Fletcher cemetery, under the direction of the
Vance Funeral Home, Smithfield.
Randolph T. Myers
Randolph T. ‘Randy’ Myers, 77, of Bentleyville died Saturday in Washington Hospital, Washington, Pa. He is survived by his wife whom he married in November 1955, Helen Tayhur Myers; brothers, his twin brother, Raymond E. Myers of Coal Center, Roland J. Myers of Lorain, Ohio, and Kenneth E. Myers of Bentleyville; a sister, Mrs. Aldene Myers Cox of Washington, Pa.; several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Greenlee Funeral Home, 619 Main St., Bentleyville, today from 7 to 9 p.m., Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday until 1:30 p.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
June 5, 1918
Died—–
September 2, 1995
Wilbur Parkhill MYERS ( -1933)
WILBUR P. MYERS
Wilbur Parkhill (Billy) Myers, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Myers, died in the family residence at Mt. Braddock, Friday, January 27, following a brief illness of diphtheria. Burial was in Franklin cemetery, Dunbar. Surviving besides his parents are the following brothers and sisters: Raymond, Theodore, Florence, Dorothy, Harold, Mary Elizabeth, Honey and Jimmie Myers.
MYERS FUNERAL
Funeral services for William Myers, were held yesterday in St. John’s R. C. church in charge of the Rev. Fr. B. P. Kenna. Military services were in charge of De La Lorna Post No. 15, Veterans of Foreign Wars. A firing squad fired three volleys and “Taps” were blown by Bugler Baker, at the grave in Sylvan Heights cemetery.
Lucille M. Licursi MYSZA
(1973-2012)
PROSPERITY
Lucille M. (Licursi) Mysza
Lucille M. (Licursi) Mysza, age 74, of Prosperity, Pa., died on Friday, September 7, 2012 at Southmont of Presbyterian Senior Care, Washington, Pa., after a lengthy illness. She was born June 18, 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio the beloved daughter of Peter Licursi and Elizabeth (Grazzoli) Licursi. Mrs. Mysza loved to play bingo and enjoyed immensely the wonderful times she shared with her grandchildren – they were the love of her life! On February 22, 1961 she married Frank A. “Muzzy” Mysza. He died October 20, 2009. Mrs. Mysza was also preceded in death by her parents; and a grandchild, Morgan Mysza. Surviving are her three sons: Pete Mysza of Washington, Pa., Dean (Jill) Mysza of Philadelphia, Pa., Frank Mysza of Washington, Pa.; a brother, Eugene Licursi of Cleveland, Ohio; five grandchildren: Zachary Mysza, Taylor Mysza, Alexius Mysza, McKenzie Mysza and Briana Mysza. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Friends will be received on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. in WARCO-FALVO FUNERAL HOME INC., Wilson at East Katherine Ave., Washington, PA 15301 (724-225-1500), S. Timothy Warco, Supervisor/Director, Susan Falvo Warco, Director, S. Timothy Warco II, Director. Committal Services and interment will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at the WASHINGTON CEMETERY CHAPEL, Washington, Pa. Everyone is asked to meet at the Cemetery Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Sunshine Kids Foundation in memory of Morgan Mysza, 2814 Virginia Street, Houston, TX 77098. Online condolences may be expressed at www.WarcoFalvoFuneralHome.com