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Washington County Pennsylvania History and Families
Deaths and Obituaries of People with ties to Washington County PA
 
Pre-1900s Undertaker's Horse-drawn Wagon, and early 1900s
automobile hearses.
All McDonald Newspaper Items from Victoria Hospodar Valentine,
researcher and transcriber.
Unless noted, all other Newspaper Items from Judith
Florian, researcher, transcriber, webmaster.
Obituaries from Jan. 28, 1936
1936
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1936, page 11, page unknown:
Matthew LINN - Mrs. Margaret Snyder, of
Braddock Station, R. D 4, has received word that her brother, Matthew
Linn, died suddenly at Long Beach, California, on Wednesday, January 23,
1936.
He was a former resident of the Lone Pine section and was born in
East Bethlehem Township.
He left this county when a young man and engaged in shipbuilding
on the Pacific Coast.
Mrs. Snyder is the only surviving sister.
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1936, p. 11, page unknown:
Andrew J. Kelley - Funeral services for
Andrew J. Kelley, [75 ??], who died Sunday, were held at 2 o'clock today
at his home, Northside, Pittsburgh.
Burial was in [Uniondale?] Cemetery. Mr.
Kelley was born in Washington County but lived in Pittsburgh most of his
life. For many years he was
active in the livery business. He
was a member of the Fifth United Presbyterian Church.
He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Goldie Passoth [?] and Mrs. Estella
Otterson Londeck, both of Pittsburgh.
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 28, 1936, p. 11, page unknown:
Frank Betler - Frank Betler, 44, an oil field
worker employed by Boyd & Company, McDonald oil operators, yesterday
died suddenly while at work on a well on the Hastings farm.
Mr.
Betler's death was ascribed to a heart attack.
The well was being closed down for the day, and Mr. Betler had
gone to the engine room to remove the belt from the flywheel.
A fellow worker saw him slump to the floor of the engine room.
He died immediately.
He had lived in McDonald for the last [30 ??] years, and was well
known in that district.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Edith Betler, and four children, [Willis
? maybe], William, Loui_ and Mary. Four
sisters also survive.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1936, p. 11:
DEATH ROLL - MRS. SAMUEL M'QUISTON - Mrs. Margaret Jane Braden
McQuiston, [86?], widow of Samuel McQuiston, died Tuesday, in the home
of a daughter, Mrs. Jane Simmons, of Finleyville, R. D. 1, after an
illness of several weeks. She was born and spent all her life in the
Library community.
She leaves five daughters: Mrs. Mary Simmons, in whose home she died;
Mrs. T. A. Riggs, of McKeesport; Mrs. Joan McClellnd and Mrs. Rachael
Klick, of Beechview, and Mrs. Elisabeth Reiter, of Library.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Shepler Funeral
Home in charge of the Rev. J. W. Williams, pastor of the Peters Creek
Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Library Cemetery.
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1936, p. 11:
DEATH ROLL -
COL. WM. P. GRIFFITH - Col. William Patton Griffith, a
native of Washington and for over 50 years associated with New York
metropolitan newspapers, in his later years becoming owner and editor of
the Brooklyn Press, died in his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., Monday. He was
92.
A son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Mary Preston Griffith, he was born in
Washington July 22, [1843?].
He began his career as a journalist at the age of [18 ?] as a printer's
devil on the Washington Commonwealth, one of the last Whig journals.
Four years later he enlisted in the Union army and served through the
duration of the Civil War. He was wounded at the battle of Maivarern [?]
Hill.
When he left the army, he went to Pittsburgh and later to New York,
where he worked for half a century on editorial staffs of the New York
World, New York Sun, New York Herald, and others, before acquiring the
Brooklyn Press. In politics, he was always a staunch Republican.
Where the Order of Purple Heart was revived, he was the first Civil War
veteran to receive the decoration. He married Lattia [?] A. Smith, of
Amboy, N. J., who died last year. Two of seven children survive, Edwin
and Mabel, both of Brooklyn.
Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1936, p. 11:
DEATH ROLL -
MRS. ANNA M'FALL - Mrs. Anna McFall, [69?], widow of
Charles McFall, died in the Canonsburg Hospital last Friday. Her death
followed an illness of several years, though her condition had been
serious for only a few days.
She was a daughter of Jacob and Ella Kerr [Faber?] and leaves two sons,
Howard B. Geyer, of _____, and Charles Geyer, of _____.
Funeral services will be held in the Fairview Presbyterian Church,
Thomas, Thursday afternoon at [rest of Obit was cut off of Xerox].
Obituaries
and Death Notices for People from or near McDonald PA
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