Fayette County Genealogy Project
Obituaries
Ella Joliff HATHAWAY died in 1935. Her obit was contributed to
the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.(15)
ELLA JOLIFF HATHAWAY
Ill for only two weeks, Mrs. Ella Joliff Hathaway, aged 77 native of Carmichaels, and well known in Uniontown, where she has made her home for a number of years, died Saturday morning in the home of her son, Charles Hathaway, 238 Wilson Avenue.
Mrs. Hathaway was well and favorably known and her death cast a pall among her large circle of friends.
Two sons, Harold and Charles, and grandson, Charles, Jr., survive. Rev. Whitlatch will have charge of the Funeral services Monday afternoon at 2:30 in the Charles Hathaway home.
Stamped May 25, 1935
Glenn Thomas HATHAWAY ( -1938)
GLENN T. HATHAWAY
Funeral services for Glenn Thomas Hathaway 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hathaway, who died at 2:50 Saturday afternoon, March 12, 1938, will be conducted at the home in Rices Landing at 2 o’clock this afternoon, The Rev. Paul Lightshall of the Rices Landing M. E. church will officiate. Burial will be in York cemetery. In addition to the parent, he is survived by the following brothers and sisters; William, Russell, Marie, Betty, Mrs. Sadie McDivitt and Mrs. Ethel McMichaels.
Edward Hatter, 85
Connellsville, Formerly of Monroeville
Edward A. Hatter Connellsville Edward A. Hatter, 85, of Connellsville, went home peacefully with the Lord Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. He was born Feb., 12, 1927, in Morrell, Dunbar Township, a son of the late Andrew and Lila Basinger Hatter. He was predeceased by his wife of 52 years, Irma Lowry Hatter, who died Dec. 15, 2009; his siblings, Beatrice Masciarelli, Albert Hatter, Melvin Hatter, Leonard Hatter, Ray Hatter, Barbara Madarish, Carolyn Moore and infant sister, Betty Hatter. He is survived by his daughter, Peggy Sue Hatter Lewis; son-in-law, James R. Lewis; and his granddaughters, Jillian Paige Lewis and Olivia Brianna Lewis, all of Connellsville; as well as his siblings, Loretta Martin, of Connellsville, Gifford Hatter, of Morrell, Mary Louise "Tootie" Paull, of Grindstone, Della Melvin, of Adah, and Lester Hatter, of Palm Bay, Fla.; and nieces and nephews. Ed retired as a drill press operator from U.S. Steel, Christy Park Works, McKeesport. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Navy Seabees in Guam. He attended Vanderbilt Church of the Nazarene and was a member of the NRA and United Steelworkers of America. Ed was an avid hunter and fisherman. He enjoyed working in his vegetable garden. He also enjoyed making various woodcrafts in the past. Ed was a very caring and loving man. His granddaughters were the joy of his life. His family would like to thank the staff of the Rehabilitation Nursing Center in Greensburg as well as the DCI dialysis clinic in Jeannette and Mutual Aid Ambulance for the wonderful care they provided to him. We will see you again, Pap - Love Lasts Forever!! Friends will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in the BURHANS-CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday with Pastor Clayton Van Verth officiating. Interment to follow in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar. Military honors will be accorded graveside by Amvets Post 103.
FRANK J. HATTER
Frank J. Hatter, 87, of Morrell was dead on arrival at 2 p.m. Monday at Connellsville State General Hospital. He was born July 31, 1890, in Dunbar Township, a son of the late John and Mary Comb Hatter. He was a World War I veteran and a retired employee of Anchor Hocking Corp. where he worked as a machinist. He served as an elder in the Dunbar Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, Bertha R. Hatter; one daughter, Mrs. George (Dorothy) Hankle of Connellsville; three sons, John of California, Albert, G. of Texas and William of Pittsburgh; one stepdaughter, Kathryn Boyd, at home; six grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lena mccleary of Oil City and one brother, William of Aspinwall. He was predeceased, in addition to his parents, by his first wife, Anna Hatter, one sister and one brother.
HATTER— Friends of Frank J. Hatter of Morrell, who died Monday, Nov. 28, 1977, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m.. today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and until 2 p.m. Thursday, the hour of service, at the Burhans Funeral Home, Dunbar with the Rev. Max House officiating. Interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Martha Louise Langford HATTER ( -2003)
Martha Louise Langford Hatter, 74, of Irving, Texas, and formerly of Connellsville, Pa., died Nov 29, 2003, at her residence. She is survived by her husband, Al Hatter, and children, Douglas Hatter and Valerie Hatter. Arrangements were under direction of Brown's Memorial Funeral Home, 707 North MacArthur, Irving, Texas.
Melvin Eugene HATTER (1924-2004)
Melvin Eugene Hatter, 80, of Connellsville, went to meet the Lord on December 16, 2004. He was born January 15, 1924, in Morrell, a son of the late Andrew J. Hatter and Lila M. Basinger Hatter. Melvin was retired from Oglevee Ltd., where he was employed for 47 1/2 years. He was a veteran of the army, serving in World War II with the rank of P.F.C. He received the Purple Heart while serving in Europe. Melvin was a member of the American Legion Post 301. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Marie E. Taxacher Hatter (1994), whom he was married to for 48 1/2 years; a grandson, Francis M. Hatter Jr. (1985); a daughter-in-law, Cindy Nichelson Hatter (2001); four sisters and three brothers, Betty Jane Hatter in infancy, Albert Hatter (1992), Carolyn Moore (1998), Beatrice Masciarelli (2001), Barbara Madarish (2002), Leonard Hatter (2003) and Ray Hatter (2004). He is survived by five sons and six daughters, David A. Hatter and wife Betty, Francis M. Hatter and wife Connie, Linda M. Molinaro and husband Louis, Joan C. Buttermore, Dennis M. Hatter and wife Paula, Sharon R. Keefer and husband Bob, James M. Hatter and wife Jackie, Martha J. Hatter, Margaret E. Younkin and husband Eddie, Theresa L. Stazetski and husband Paul and Joseph M. Hatter; grandchildren, Laura Livengood, Renee Hatter, Michelle Spotto and husband Sam, Dawn Gebe and husband Michael, Wendy Barrett and husband Todd, Jennifer Robson and husband larry, Tammy Mulroy and husband Quinn, Manda Meese and husband T.J., Jessica Check and husband Rich, Stephanie Hatter, Erik Hatter, Mindy Hatter, Robert "Kurt" Keefer, Kristy Keefer, Macy Hatter, Beth Hatter, Madison Hatter, Christopher Hellmann, Sue Stazetski and Heather Stazetski; great-grandchildren, Troy Klepsky, Justin Klepsky, Kaitlyn Livengood, Derek Miller, Olivia Spotto, Samuel Spotto IV, Nicholas Spotto, Adriana Gebe, Michael Gebe III, Devante Barrett, Logan Robson, Caynin Mulroy and Hunter Meese; brothers and sisters, Loretta Martin and husband Reuben, Edward Hatter and wife Erma, Mary Paull, Gifford Hatter and wife Dolores, Della Melvin, Lester Hatter and wife Donna; brother and sisters-in-law, Robert Moore, Edward Madarish, Beverly Hatter, Patty Hatter; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held in the PAUL G. FINK FUNERAL HOME, INC., 418 North Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, today from 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A blessing service will be held in the funeral home Monday at 9:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception R.C. Church, Connellsville, with the Rev. Terry Hercik as celebrant. Interment will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Connellsville, with full military rites accorded at graveside by the V.F.W. Post 21 and American Legion Posts 301 and 762. A parish wake service will be held Sunday at 8:45 p.m.
Hatter, Sydney P.
Dunbar (Morrell)
Sydney P. Hatter, 80, of Dunbar (Morrell), died Thursday, July 22, 2004, at home. Born Dec. 24, 1923, in Bitner, she was a daughter of the late John and Pearl Watson. She was a member of Anchor Hocking Retirees Senior Citizens and Old Time Fiddlers Association. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Hatter, in 1992; a son, Robert Hatter; two brothers; and three sisters. She is survived by three children, Brenda Rock and husband, Ross, of Morrell, Kenneth Hatter and wife, Roxane, of Morrell, and Mary Kay Leonard and husband, Lee, of Morrell; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Nora Clunn, of New Jersey; and nieces and nephews. Friends will be received Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 12 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the BURHANS-CROUSE FUNERAL HOME, 28 Connellsville St., Dunbar. Services will be held in the funeral home Monday at 11 a.m. with Pastor Lee Maley officiating. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
AGNES B. HAUGHT
Mrs. Agnes B. Haught, aged 72 years, died at noon Sunday, January 26, 1936, in her home, 19 Lawn avenue, following a four weeks’ illness of apoplexy. She was an active member of the First Methodist Protestant church. Surviving are one son, W. Ray Haught, at home; and six grandchildren. The body may be viewed at the J. Harry Johnston mortuary chapel until prior to the funeral there Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock with Rev. Willard M. Douglass, pastor of the First M. P. church officiating. Burial will be in the German Lutheran cemetery near High House.
Information taken from the obituary published in the local newspaper.
Chester G. Haught
Age 75 Of Lake Lynn, Died in Ruby Memorial Hospital.
A Retired Coal Miner
An Elder Of Oak Grove Church Of Christ In Morris X-Rds
Born–September 11, 1908
Died–April 7, 1984, In Morgantown, W Va
Father–S. Minor Haught, born about 1874
Mother–Olive G Skiles, born about 1880, died 28 August 1937
Spouse–Rosella Lyons Haught
Siblings–Lawrence, born 1901
Goldie Clark born May 7, 1903
Jeannette Hutchinson born April 16, 1905
Chester G, born Sept 11, 1908
Mabel Robinson born August 4, 1912
Gladys Jackman born 1915
Raymond
Jesse
Ada
MRS. ELIZABETH HAUGHT
Elizabeth Haught, aged 72 years, 2 months, 8 days, wife of J. Milton Haught, died Monday morning, July 12, at 11:15 o’clock, at her home near Masontown, of a nervous breakdown. She had been in very poor health for the past few years, suffering many attacks, but by her age she was unable to resist the one which she suffered but one week. Surviving are her husband, Milton Haught, Sr., and the following sons: James S., Minor F., Masontown, Pa.; Geo. W., New Salem, Pa.
Mrs. Haught was a member of the Masontown Brethren church since early womanhood. Funeral services were conducted from her late home near Masontown Wednesday morning, July 14, 10 o’clock, in charge of Rev. M. S. Shively and Rev. F. F. Durr. Pallbearers were: Dr. J. L. Messmore, J. B. Sterling, J. M Deffenbaugh, Delbert Rhodes, J. H. Honsaker, J. L. Hague, Frank Lardin.
KLONDIKE HAPPENINGS
(By John W. Williard)
MASONTOWN,— July 19.
The funeral of Mrs. Milton Haught took place from her late home near
Willow Grave in Nicholson township, Wednesday, July 14, 1920.
Funeral Director H. A. Johnson had charge of the remains. Interment
took place in the Fairview cemetery, south of Masontown. Doctor
Martin Shively, of Ashland, Ohio, conducted services at the Fairview
church, assisted by Rev. Joseph Gingrich, of Masontown, and Rev.
Francis Durr, of Nicholson township. The pallbearers were Attorney
Frank B. Lardin, John B. Sterling, James Hague, A. B. Rhoads,
Johnson Housaker, Doctor J. L. Messmore, J. Morgan Deffenbaugh, and
J. Walter South. The funeral was very largely attended by relatives
and friends. Mrs. Haught is survived by her husband and three sons,
J. S. Haught, F. M. Haught, and G. W. Haught, besides a number of
grandchildren and scores of other relatives. Mrs. Haught had passed
her “three score and ten” years at the time of her death. She was
Miss Elizabeth Inghram before her marriage. I am informed that her
people, Jacob Burgett and his two sisters, Polly Inghram and Betsy
Paul, came to Masontown 70 years ago from Burgettstown, Washington
county, Pa. The writer remembers the little log house in which they
lived on South Main street. One story log houses were common in
those days. “Lizzie” Haught, the subject of this sketch, was a
woman of service all her life. Doctor Shively said to the writer,
“She was a great mother.” She belonged to that class of women who
are always willing to lend a helping hand in time of need. She was
a good home maker. Some of her grandsons saw service in the World
War and her husband, a veteran steamboat engineer, took charge of a
steamer to help out during the war, notwithstanding his advanced
age. She was an old time mother who made her home a place of
welcome to all. She will be sadly missed by her family.
MRS. JOSEPH HAUGHT
Mrs. Joseph Haught, of Messmore, age 69 years 11 months and two days, died in Uniontown Hospital Friday morning at 6 o'clock from complications of diseases. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Haught home in Messmore, the body being removed today to E. L. Sangston funeral parlor. Mrs. Haught is survived by her husband and three children, Albert Haught of Messmore, Mrs. Tillie Hauge of Ralph and E. S. Haught of Messmore. In addition three brothers, Joseph McCoy of Normalville and John and Marshall McCoy of Connellsville and three sisters, Mrs. Tillie Hooser of Connellsville, Mrs. Blanche Miller of Normalville and Mrs. Laura Tuerher of Butte, survive. Rev. Shultz, pastor of the McClellandtown Lutheran church, will be in charge of the service. Interment will be made in the McClellandtown Lutheran cemetery.
We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy shown us during the recent illness and death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Haught. Also we wish to thank all those who sent flowers, donated use of cars, and the quartet that sang.
MR. JOSEPH HAUGHT AND FAMILY, Messmore, Pa.
Francis Minor HAUGHT (1874-1927)
FRANCIS M. HAUGHT
Francis Minor Haught, 53 years old, died Wednesday morning in his home on the Jacob Creek road near New Salem. He had been in ill health for the past three years and had been bedfast for the past week. Mr. Haught was born in Greene county, Jan. 1, 1874, the son of Joseph Milton and Elizabeth Ingram Haught, both deceased, and cam to Fayette county when only a year old where he has resided ever since. He was a farmer. Mr. Haught married Miss Olive Skiles at Masontown on March 24, 1898.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by two sons, Lawrence, of Lanark, Ill., Chester, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Lee Clark of Masontown, Mrs. Hugh Handlin of Poland, Pa., and Mable and Gladys Haught at home; four grandchildren and two brothers, Jim of New Salem and George of New Salem.
Funeral Services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock in his late home followed by service in the Fairview church of which he was a member. Rev. Jesse Whittaker, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be made in the church cemetery in charge of Funeral Director Johnston of Masontown.
HAUGHT, HARRY H.— Age 79 years, of R. D. 2, Smithfield, Pa., died suddenly at his home Saturday, October 16, 1976 at 6:30 p.m. He was born at Nicholson Township March 17, 1897, the son of the late James S. and Anna May Moore Haught. He was a retired school teacher from the Albert Gallatin School District, a member of and co-chairman of Penn. Retired Public Employees, Fayette County Retired Teachers Association, also member of the National Retired Teachers Association. Surviving are the following brothers and sisters, Milton E. Haught of Adah, Pa., William C. Haught or Erie, Pa., Mrs. Elizabeth Stair of Smithfield, R. D. 3, Pa., Rev. Albert M. Haught of Huntingdon, Pa., Mrs. Anna Harbey of Brownsville, Pa., Mrs. Sue Orgual of Masontown, Pa. and Mrs. Florence Konicki of Masontown, R. D. He was predeceased by two brothers, Herbert H. and James M. Haught. Friends will be received in the Andrew J. Skirpan Funeral Home, 135 Park St., Brownsville, today from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and where services will be held on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Carl O. Opel officiating. Interment in Lafayette Memorial Park.
Joseph 'Milton' HAUGHT (1844-1922)
MILTON HAUGHT
Milton Haught, aged 78 years, one of the oldest residents in Nicholson township, died Wednesday evening, December 6, 1922, at this home on Jacob’s Creek from gangrene. The deceased is survived by three sons, Joseph F. Haught and E. M. Haught, of Nicholson township, and George Haught, of New Salem. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from the Fairview church near Masontown with Rev. Mr. Glugrich, officiating. Interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
MRS. HERBERT HAUGHT
Mrs. Lela Sheppard Haught, 30 years old, died Sunday morning at 12:45 o’clock at Oresson Sanitarium. She is survived by her husband, Herbert Haught of Uniontown, and one son, Ralph Eugene; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sheppard of Dawson; three sisters, Mrs. Edward Corristan of Dawson, Mrs. Charles Rock of Layton and Mrs. Herman Crislip of Youngstown, Ohio, and one brother, Harry Sheppard of Cudahy, Wis. She was a graduate of Dunbar Township High School, Class of 1918.
The funeral will be held from the home of her parents, at Dawson at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. An additional service will be held at the Dawson Baptist Church at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Alexander Loffer will officiate. Interment will be made in Dickerson Run Union Cemetery.
Local Events of Years Ago
Friday, March 9, 1906
Mrs. Margaret Haught, who would have been 78 years old on March 12, died at her home in the rear of St. John’s church.
Mary Elizabeth HAUGHT (1879-1960)
HAUGHT, MARY ELIZABETH— Age 80 years, died in the Monongahela Memorial Hospital, March 30, 1960 at 5 a.m. Born in Painesville, Pa., August 18, 1879. She was a member of the Neamacolin Presbyterian Church. She is survived by two sons, Robert P. of Jacksonville, Fl.; Paul H. of Monongahela; one sister, Lila Brown of Uniontown; four grandchildren. Friends are being received at Bebout & Yolic Funeral Home, Monongahela. Services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Nemacolin Presbyterian Church with Rev. William Davies of Monongahela officiating. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown.
Mrs. James Haught died at her Nicholson township home last week. Interment took place at Fairview cemetery. Rev. Driver preached the funeral sermon. Mrs. Haught was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moral Bise. Her greatgrandfather, Steven Bise, was a pioneer settler at Masontown. She was the mother of 14 children and died at the age of 52 years. She is survived by her husband and several children and step-children. Her only sister, Mrs. Leah Bise, lives at West Masontown.
Olive C. HAUGHT died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Victim of recurring strokes of paralysis, Mrs. Olive C. Haught, 57, widow of
Minor Haught, died at 6:17 Saturday morning in the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Leroy Clark. Besides Mrs. Clark she is survived by the following children:
Mrs. Jeannette Handlin of Hopwood; Lawrence of Lanark, Ill.; Chester of
Point Marion; Mrs. James Robinson of Waynesburg, and Gladys, at home.
Mrs. Haught was the daughter of the late R. G. and Annetta Longenecker Skiles.
Funeral services will be held in the family residence at 2 o'clock this afternoon
with Rev. R. J. Shields in charge. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery,
near Masontown.
William Haught
White, male, 4 years old
Cause of death–Scarlet Fever
Residence–2nd St, Bridgeport
Born–1891
Died–June 11, 1895
Buried–Bridgeport Cemetery
Father–John H Haught
Mrs. Hans HAUPT died in 1931.
Mrs. Hans Haupt - 1931
Word was received in Uniontown last evening of the death of Mrs. Hans Haupt at her home in 60 East McMicken avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Death resulted from the effects of a prolonged illness extending over a period of more than two years.
Mrs. Haupt was the mother of Miss Charlotte Haupt, widely known in Uniontown as the former secretary of the Uniontown Girls Club and later as a member of the Benjamin Franklin Junior High faculty. Miss Haupt was forced to give up her duties here about two years ago in order to be at the bedside of her mother whose illness at that time was regarded as critical. Friends who wish to write Miss Haupt upon receipt of the news of her mother's death are advised to forward their mail to the home address, in Cincinnati.
Genius of Liberty, June 2, 1931
Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <jcb486 at cox.net>, typed by Carole Clarke
Leonard Havanis
Leonard Havanis, 67, of Carmichaels, Pa., died Monday, Dec. 5, 1994, in Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. He is survived by his wife, Wilma Smitley Havanis, whom he married on July 31, 1954; one son, Robert A. Havanis of Carmichaels; one daughter, Susan R. Machesky of Carmichaels; three grandchildren; and five sisters, Emma Anderson of Livonia, Mich., Irene Wilhelm of San Bruno, Calif., Helen Emerson of Pera Rancho Murieta, Calif., Ruth Barrett of Warren, Mich., and Ilene Wilkinson of Livonia, Mich. Friends will be received in the Behm funeral Home, Rt. 188, Jefferson, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Friday, Dec. 9, 1994 until 1:30 p.m.
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DEATH CAME FROM OLD HILL FARM
AND GARNERED A GHASTLY HARVEST
Twelve Killed, Eight Injured and One Missing as a
Result of Explosion at Ferguson
GAS IN THE WORKINGS SET OFF BY OLD FIRE
Which Has Raged in the Hill Farm Mine for the Past Thirteen
Years—Rescue Party Searching Passages for Missing Man
Details of the Disaster and Statements of Officials—Funeral
Arrangements Being Made Today
Death, that thirteen years ago stalked in Hill Farm mine and claimed the lives of 31 men, came in a flash of fire to the Ferguson slope, near Dunbar, on Saturday evening at 6:30 o’clock, and smote down the 21 miners who were working there. Ten lives were snuffed out by the explosion and the deadly after-damp that followed, and the grim destroyer has probably not yet finished his gruesome tally. Two victims have since died at the Cottage State Hospital and others are lingering between life and death. One man is missing and there is now no hope of his being alive. The Ferguson disaster comes as a sad memento to the Hill Farm horror of 13 years ago, for the statements of the mine experts show that the shouldering Hill Farm fire probably fired a body of gas in the old working at Ferguson. These are the dead, missing and injured.
THE DEAD
James McGurk, 22 years old, son of Fire Boss, John McGurk.
Wheatly Foster, 21 years old and single.
Mike Samandre, married, wife and family in the old county.
Joseph Ocklan, 27 years old and single.
Peter Sekora, 32 years old and married, wife and three children.
John Sedravia, 39 years old, has wife and family in the old county.
Charles Vera, 42 years old, has wife and family in the old county.
Mike Sekora, 22 years old and single.
Andy Kootsar, 38 years old and married, leaves wife and three children.
Mike Havarsjack, 24 years old, leaves wife and family in the old country.
Rijack Baleslaf, died at the Cottage State Hospital Sunday afternoon, 28 years old and single.
William Foster, aged 48 years, died at the Cottage State Hospital this morning. Remains will be sent to his home near Dunbar.
THE MISSING
Michael Bene, a Slav
THE INJURED
John McGurk, 39 years old, wife and five children, thought to have been fatally burned, cannot recover.
John Foster, 19 years old, serious burns about the body and face in a dangerous condition, will not recover.
Adam Linka, fatal burns, cannot recover.
Joseph Doviac, seriously burned about the body and face, condition considered serious.
John Patrick, badly burned, will recover.
John Marchich, severely burned about body and face.
John Korchusch, seriously burned.
Fred Longden, slightly burned.
The explosion occurred 10 minutes after the night shift had gone into the slope on Saturday evening. Because the mine is almost worked out only 21 men were employed in it. The work was 1100 feet from the mouth of the slope. The men were working in the entries near the main heading drawing ribs and letting down the roof. In about six months the mine would have been closed up. The miners had gone to their accustomed places and were just beginning the labors of the night when with a rush and uproar the blue flame of death swept up the slope entries and enveloped them. Some were hurled along the passages and crushed against the side of the mine. Others not in the direct path of the flame were overcome by the deadly black damp which followed the explosion.
O’Toole, the engineer at the main house saw the smoke and dust roll out of the mouth of the slope and knew that an explosion had happened. He tied down his work whistle and its shrill wail carried the news of terror over the countryside. Then John McGurk staggered out shrieking for help. In a few minutes the mouth of the slope was crowded with miners and a rescue party hastily formed. Headed by Robert Nelson, brave miners went into the place of death and assisted the injured to the outside. The dead were brought out with them.
Morgue and Hospital
Morgue and hospital were combined for the time being in the little black smith shop outside the mine. Here Drs. McKinney, Colley and Warne of Dunbar were called and gave the survivors first aid. The burned men were swashed in oiled cloths, and prepared to be sent to the Cottage State Hospital here. Three of them, however, preferred to be taken to their homes. Among these was Fire Boss John McGurk, who is badly injured.
The Pittsburg, McKeesport & Connellsville railway supplied a special car to bring the injured to the hospital, and the car made a record run over the road. The entire staff of the hospital was summoned, and as soon as the seven injured arrived they were given the best attention that the medical profession can offer. Sunday afternoon, however, Rijack Beleslaf, a Polishman, died, and after midnight this morning William Foster breathed his last. More deaths are expected at the hospital almost any time.
Up at the improvised morgue, Undertaker J. M. Burhans of Dunbar assisted by D. C. Fortz, cleaned up the bodies, and prepared them for burial. One by one they were dressed and laid on slabs on the floor of the shop. Almost all this work was done Saturday night.
Identifying the Dead
With the dawning of day, Sunday, crowds began to gather at the Ferguson mine. The idly curious mingled with the heart broken friends and relatives of the dead. Rapidly the work of identification went on. The names of the men who were first identified by their numbers were secured at the office of the Dunbar Furnace Company and the bodies labeled and numbered. All day long crowds thronged the scene of death. Canvas was hung up on the blacksmith shop windows to keep away the morbidly curious. Shortly before noon Sunday, Robert Nelson and a rescue party went in to search for the missing man, Michael Bene. Outside at the manway, a crown waited for tidings of him. When the rescue party came out in the evening however he had not been found. Something that looked like his coat had been found in one of the passages.
This morning a party in charge of James Conroy and James Palsley again entered the mine. They are making a thorough search and expect to bring the body of Bene out with them. The mine is not on fire and no further danger is anticipated for the present.
This morning, Dr. McKinney of Dunbar, reports the condition of John McGurk somewhat improved. He had bad burns but his physician hopes that he has not inhaled the fire and thinks he has considerable chance for life. The condition of the two foreigners who are at their homes are somewhat improved.
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Anna C. Havash
Anna C. Havash, 76, of Greensburg and a native of Mount Pleasant died Friday, July 26. She is survived by five sisters: Mrs. Mary Fornal of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Eleanor Prevenslik of Youngwood, Mrs. Isabelle McElfresh of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Donald (Josephine) Grosser of Greensburg, and Mrs. Dolores Lucas of Mount Pleasant. Friends will be received at Galone-Caruso’s, A Golden Rule Funeral Home, Mount Pleasant, today until 11:45 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
August 13, 1919
Died—–
July 15, 1996
Margaret Standish HAVRILLA (1912-1995)
Margaret S. Havrilla
Margaret Standish Havrilla, 83, of Phoenix, Ariz., and formerly of Masontown, Pa., died Monday, Nov. 6, 1995, in Phoenix. She was born May 9, 1912, in Masontown, Pa., and was a member of St. Mary’s R.C. Church in Leckrone, Pa. Her husband Stephen J. Havrilla preceded her in death in 1987. Surviving are two sons, Denny Havrilla of Phoenix, Ariz., and Chuck Havrilla of Apple Valley, Minn., six grandchildren, and four great- grandchildren. Services were held Thursday in Phoenix. Private burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Leckrone, Pa. Arrangements are under direction of the JOHN S. MAYKUTH JR. FUNERAL HOME, Masontown, Pa.
Betty Jane Hillen HAWK (1927-2007)
Betty Jane Hillen Hawk, age 80, of Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa., died Saturday, September 22, 2007, in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 24, 1927, in Smock, Fayette County, Pa., the daughter of the late Charles Hillen and Sharlet "Sal" Mosako Hillen. Betty worked during World War II for the FBI Fingerprinting Division, in Washington, D.C. She was employed by the now former Metzler's Department Store for many years at the Laurel Mall, in Fayette County, Pa. Betty and her husband owned and operated a convenience store in Continental # 3, Fayette County, Pa., for several years. She also attended faithfully the High House Church of God and devoted her life to her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, mother-in-law, Elizabeth Mathias Hawk, father-in- law, Earl Hawk, sister-in-law, Evelyn Hawk Butler, and a nephew, Dale Spiker. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of sixty years, Eugene Hawk; a son, Barry Hawk; and a daughter, Earlene Hawk Batis, all of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; two grandsons: Thomas Broadwater and his wife, Lori, of Uniontown, Pa., and Barry Hawk, Jr., and his wife, Kristen, of Smithfield, Fayette County, Pa.; three great-grandchildren: Ireland Hawk, Talon Hawk, and Carson Broadwater; a step- granddaughter, Kathryn Batis, of Front Royal, Virginia; a sister, Shirley Hillen Tretinik and her husband, Joseph, of Pitt Gas, Washington County, Pa.; a sister-in-law, Rozella Hawk Grahek, of Uniontown, Pa.; a niece, Donna Redman and her husband, Don, of Fayette City, Fayette County, Pa.; three nephews: Kurt Spiker and fiancée, Stephanie, of Smithfield, Pa., Daniel Spiker and his wife, Rachael, of Severn, Maryland, and Martin Urban and his wife, Pamela, of Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa.; along with many other relatives and friends. Arrangements have been entrusted to the ANDREW D. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC., 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa. The family will receive friends in the Funeral Home today from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Visitation will continue on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, in the HIGH HOUSE CHURCH OF GOD, Walnut Hill Road, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. A celebration of her life will begin at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Archie Smith officiating. Interment will follow in the Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Bonnie Lou Hawk, 59, of Ursina, Pa., died Monday, May 3, 2004, in Uniontown Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Harry Hawk; a son, Fred May and his wife, Sabrina of Massillon, Ohio; a daughter, Melissa May of Frederick, Md.; eight grandchildren; brothers, Donald "Bud" Lytle of Ursina, and Kevin Lytle of Confluence; and sisters, Donna Jean Spittal of Ursina, Margaret Kerns of Fort Hill, and Kay Clevenger of Markleton.Friends will be received in the Humbert Funeral Home, Confluence, today from 2 to 9 p.m., and Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m., the hour of service.
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Elizabeth Hawk
White, female, 66 years old
Cause of death–Pneumonia
Born—–Pittsburgh
Died—–November 17, 1903, Fayette City
Buried–Fayette City
Father–Wm. Hawk
Mother–Sarah Carroll Hawk
Ethel M. Hawk Normalville Ethel Marie Nicholson Hawk, 77, of Normalville, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Aug, 28, 2012, at her home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born June 23, 1935, in Connellsville, a daughter of the late Thomas P. and Edith Layman Nicholson. Ethel attended Mt. Zion Community Church in Acme. Ethel will be sadly missed but fondly remembered by her loving children, Tom A. Hawk and wife, Luella, and Kathy Lynn Hawk, all of Normalville; her grandchildren, Jayme Nicholson, Scott and Chad Johnson, and Benjamin and Lydia Hawk; her great-grandchildren, Sierra, Brooke, Shyann and Dakota Nicholson, and Kurt, Kyle, Aden, Dalton, Annette, Amber and Emily Johnson; her brothers, Earl Nicholson and wife, Carolyn, of Hazelton, and Homer Nicholson and wife, Evelyn, and Clark Nicholson and wife, Brenda, all of Normalville; her sisters, Doris Chapman, of Normalville, and Leah Taynton and husband, Doug, of Citrus Heights, Calif.; and several nieces and nephews . In addition to her parents Ethel was predeceased by her husband, Vernon L. Hawk on April 22, 2008; her daughters, Brenda Kay Hawk and Kerry Johnson and her husband, Jeffrey; and her son, Mark Vernon Hawk. Family and friends will be received from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville (724-628-1430), where a funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Leroy C. Kesler and the Rev. Paul Haasz co-officiating. A committal service and interment will follow in the Mt. Olive Cemetery, Bullskin Township.
Floyd E. HAWK, Sr. (1915-2007)
Floyd E. Hawk, Sr., 91, of West Leisenring, Fayette County, Pa., died on Tuesday, September 11, 2007, in the Uniontown Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pa. He was born on October 23, 1915, in Lemont Furnace, Fayette County, Pa., son of James and Pearl Hawk. His parents, wife, Marie (Sumey) Hawk, infant daughter, Janet Elaine, brother, James, and sisters, Audrey and Eleanor, preceded him in death. Floyd was a member of Cove Run Church, Lemont Furnace, Pa. He proudly served his country during World War II in the United States Army, and retired from United States Steel Irwin Works. Left to cherish his memory are his sons: Floyd E. Hawk, Jr., and wife, Donna, of South Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., and Gerald D. Hawk and wife, Candy, of Bitner, Fayette County, Pa.; eight grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and sisters: Mary and Guendaline. 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 Thursday, September 13, 2007 until 1 p.m., the hour of service with the Rev. Yeager, officiating. Military Honors will be accorded by the VFW Post 47, Uniontown, Pa. Interment will be private in the Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown, Pa. Your personal written tributes and memories are welcomed and encouraged at www.hakyfuneralhome.com
Glenn Hawk, 85, of Dawson, Fayette County, Pa., died Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, 2008, at his residence. He was born June 22, 1923, in Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa., a son of the late Elmer and Nellie L. Messimer Hawk. Glenn attended Scottdale Church of Christ for many years. For more than 20 years, Glenn was a self-employed welder and owner of Glenn's Welding, while residing in Ohio. He was also a retired employee of Duraloy Blaw Knox Corp., Scottdale. Previously, he was a street car motorman, in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa., from 1945 to 1950. Glenn was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army with Co. F, 324th Infantry, attaining the rank of private. Glenn is survived by children, Glenn Hawk, Jr., Elaine Faye Hawk, Jack E. Hawk, and Terri Wayne Hawk; two sisters, Mae Willard, of Ruffsdale, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Nellie E. Aikens, of Dawson, with whom he resided and who cared for him during his illness, and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Blanche M. (Shoemaker) Hawk, who died Jan. 25, 1994; a son, Jeffrey Alan Hawk, who died Jan. 17, 1972; seven brothers, George, Howard, Lawrence, Arthur, Robert, Harold, and Albert, in infancy; sisters, Ethel Bills, who died Sept. 21, 2007, and Rhoda Cohan. Glenn's family will greet friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the FRANK KAPR FUNERAL HOME, INC., 417 West Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, followed by his funeral and committal service to begin at 8 p.m. in the funeral home, with David Shively, Minister of Homeville Christian Church, West Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pa., officiating. Interment will follow at noon Friday in Eastlawn Memory Gardens, Brunswick, Ohio.
Harold W. Hawk
Harold W. (Pap) Hawk, 74, of Normalville R.D. 1, died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1994 at his home. He was born Dec. 11, 1919 in Scottdale, a son of the late Elmer and Nellie Messimer Hawk. He was a self-employed tree surgeon. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a son, Danny Walker; four grandsons; one granddaughter; three great grandsons; two great granddaughters; a son-in-law, Robert Whipkey; a sister, Rhoda Cohan; five brothers: Howard, Lawrence, Arthur, Robert and Albert Hawk. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Alice Layman Hawk; five sons: Harry Hawk, Larry Walker, and Lester Walker of Normalville R.D.1, Carson Walker of Plant City, Fla., and James Walker of Niles, Ohio; two daughters: Mrs. Samuel (Elma) Albright Sr. of Mill Run and Mrs. Richard (Rhoda) Newcomer of Tampa, Fla.; 55 grandchildren; 100 great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; six daughters-in-law; two brothers: George L. Hawk of West Mifflin and Glenn Hawk of Medina, Ohio; three sisters: Ethel Bills of Tarrs, Mae Willard of Ruffsdale and Mrs. Steve (Nellie) Misick of Dawson. Friends will be received at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Normalville Cemetery.
Joseph W. Hawk, Jr.
Joseph W. Hawk, Jr., 76, of 711 Mulberry St., Scottdale, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, Dec. 18, 1996, at his home. Family and friends will be received at the ROBERT B. FETGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 spring St., Scottdale (887-5300), today from 10 a.m. to noon, the hour of service there with his pastor, the Rev. Joseph A. Hajdu, officiating. Graveside committal services and interment will follow in Scottdale Cemetery. Family suggests memorials to Christ United Methodist Church, 203 Market St., Scottdale, in memory of Joseph W. Hawk Jr.
MRS. CHARLES K. HAWK
Mrs. Mary Ella Hawk, 75, wife of Burgess Charles K. Hawk of Dunbar ,died suddenly this morning at her home after suffering a fracture of her left leg at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Hawk, the daughter of the late Jacob and Sarah Miller was born July 4, 1870 in Buena Vista. She was a former active member of the Ladies Friendly Bible Class of Franklin Memorial Methodist Church in Dunbar, but due to ill health caused by a fracture of her right leg about eight years ago, had been confined to her home. Burgess and Mrs. Hawk celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary November 8, 1944. Besides her husband she is survived by the following children: Mrs. Ora Rechenberg, McKeesport; Mrs. Leona Harvey, Clarksville; Sherman Hawk, Doylestown, Ohio; Herman Hawk, Pittsburgh; and Charles R. and Mrs. Violet McVay at home. There are 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. George Lowry of Camplin, VA and one brother, Cyrus Miller of Ohiopyle. Internment in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
MRS. HAWKS RITES(MARY E. HAWK)
The funeral service for Mrs. Charles K Hawk, wife of the Burgess of Dunbar, will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home in charge of Rev. William S. Hamilton, pastor of the Methodist Church of Dunbar. Internment will be made in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
Nancy A. HAWK died in 1933. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
HAWK, Mrs. Nancy A.
Mrs. Nancy A. HAWK, aged 78 years and 11 months, died Tuesday morning at 8:30
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George W. FULLER of McClellandtown of complications
and age. She was born February 8, 1854. Her husband, John HAWK, preceded her
in death in 1916. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George FULLER and Mrs.
Frank NIBBI of South Connellsville, one son, Albert HAWK, of Vanderbilt, 20 grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren.
Short services will be held Thursday at 1 o'clock in the FULLER home, ???
(Jan 18, Herald)
Vernon L. Hawk, 76, of 166 Hawk Road, Normalville, Fayette County, Pa., passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at his home, where he had lived for 56 years. He was born Dec. 15, 1931, in Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa., a son of the late Lawrence and Edith Thomas Hawk. Vernon was a retired coal miner and timberman, having worked as a foreman for The Penn Line Service. He also worked with Keslar Lumber Co., in White, Fayette County, Pa., and was a mine foreman for Eastern Associated Coal Co., in Ruffsdale, Westmoreland County, Pa. He was a member of Mt. Zion Community Church, in Acme, Fayette County, Pa. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ethel Nicholson Hawk; a son, Tom A. Hawk and wife, Luella Fulton Hawk; a daughter, Kathy Lynn Hawk; the following grandchildren: Jayme Nicholson and husband Larry, Scott Johnson, Chad Johnson, Benjamin Hawk and Lydia Hawk; great-grandchildren, Sierra Nicholson, Brooke Nicholson, Shyann Nicholson, Dakota Nicholson, Kurt Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Aden Johnson, Dalton Johnson, Annette Johnson, Amber Johnson and Emily Johnson; six sisters, Edith Viola Febinger and husband, L.D., of Niles, Ohio, Thelma Dukich, Minnie Gowatski and husband, Henry, of Smithton, Westmoreland County, Pa., Helen Pirl and husband, George, of Rockwood, Somerset County, Pa., Mary Springer, of Scottdale, and Linda King and husband, Kenneth, of Rockwood, Pa.; and two brothers, James E. Hawk and wife, Rozella Barron Hawk, of Scottdale, Pa., and Clyde E. Hawk and wife, Mary Fuoss Hawk, of Acme, Pa. He was preceded in death, in addition to his parents, by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Thomas and Edith Nicholson; a daughter, Brenda Kay Hawk; a son, Mark Vernon Hawk; a daughter, Kerry Johnson and her husband, Jeffrey Johnson; a sister, Edna Pauline Flynn; and two brothers-in-law, Andrew Dukich and Clarence Springer. Friends and relatives will be received from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., where services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, with Pastor Leroy C. Kesler, officiating. Committal and interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pa.
Hawk — William Hawk died at his home at Gibson on Wednesday, January 9th, 1889, aged 35 years, of consumption. The funeral services will be held to-day at 2 o'clock. The deceased was a son-in-law of Joseph McManus, whose violent death was noted last week.
Percy, July 3, by a fall of slate in the mine of the Percy Mining company yesterday afternoon, William and David Hawk, brothers, were killed and their brother Peter was seriously injured. The day's work was about completed and William was filling out a wagon which was about half loaded. To do this he was "robbing a stump." There had been a fall of coal there and assistant mine boss Wilson had advised the workmen not to draw any more from that point until today. William Hawk disregarded the advice and the chance proved fatal to him. When the fell started David and Peter rushed to his rescue. David held the slate up for a bit when a second fall came and crushed him to death instantly. Peter was also caught and was badly bruised but not fatally. William was finally taken out from under the slate but died half an hour afterwards. Coroner Taylor came down and in company with Mine Inspector Conner upon looking into the matter decided that the company was not to blame and that no inquest was necessary. This is the first fatal accident at the Percy Mine for 20 years.
The Hawk brothers lived in Yauger Hollow, were old employees of the company and substantial citizens of the community. They were from 35 to 40 years of age. William's wife is dead and he leaves no children. David leaves a wife and several children. Another brother, John, was in the mine also but escaped injury.
William and David Hawk are killed and Peter Hawk are badly hurt when they are caught in a fall of slate in the mine of the Percy Mining company at Percy.
BOOK 1 PAGE 69 LINE 227 WHITE MALE 65 YEARS OLD DIED OF ASTHMA SICK 20 YEARS
WILLIAM HAWK was born February 06, 1830 in Cove Run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania and died February 10, 1895 and is buried in Percy, Pennsylvania.
He married (1) SARAH JANE HOAR daughter of JAMES HOAR and JANE BRONSON. She was born November 1837 in Pennsylvania, and died March 1926 in Cove Run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
He married (2) ELIZA HOAR, daughter of JAMES HOAR and JANE BRONSON. She was born Abt. 1845.
Children of WILLIAM HAWK and SARAH HOAR are:
i. WILLIAM HAWK, b. September 01, 1860; d. July 02, 1900,
Died with his brother David in a mining accident.
ii. JAMES ALBERT HAWK, b. May 28, 1861, Cove Run,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania; d. August 23, 1944, North
Union Township, Fayette County Pennsylvania.
iii. ANDREW J. HAWK, b. May 1863, Pennsylvania; d. 1945,
Pennsylvania; m. EMMA JANE CRAYTON; b. 1863, West Virginia;
d. July 14, 1936, Pennsylvania. More About ANDREW J. HAWK:
Burial: Old Cove Run Church Cemetery, Union Township,
Fayette County, Pennsylvania. More About EMMA JANE CRAYTON:
Burial: Old Cove Run Church Cemetery, Union Township, Fayette
County, Pennsylvania.
iv. DAVID HAWK, b. Abt. May 1870; d. July 02, 1900, Died
with his brother William in a mining accident.
v. SIMON HAWK, b. April 11, 1872; d. March 08, 1943.
vi. LUCINDA HAWK, b. March 25, 1875; d. November 25, 1876.
vii. JOHN DIXON HAWK, b. October 07, 1877, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania; d. September 06, 1949, Cove Run, Fayette County,
Pennsylvania.
viii. LAURA MAY HAWK, b. October 07, 1877, Pennsylvania;
d. April 26, 1936.
ix. NETTY HAWK, b. September 28, 1880; d. October 17,
1881.
Children of WILLIAM HAWK and ELIZA HOAR are:
x. PETER HAWK, b. March 1857, Pennsylvania; d. June 06,
1941, North Union Township, Fayette County Pennsylvania.
xi. ELIZABETH J. HAWK, b. March 22, 1858; d. June 26, 1943.
xii. ISSAC HAWK, b. May 1856, Pennsylvania; d. February
23, 1930.
Mrs.
Emma Caroline HAWKER died in 1934. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(3)
Morning Herald Uniontown- April 25,1934
EMMA CAROLINE HANAN HAWKER
Emma Caroline Hawker, the daughter of John Hanan and Nancy Martin Hanan, she
was born in Dunbar, May 11,1852, on the family farm. She passed away April 21,1934
at her home in Dunbar.
The funeral Service was held at the Methodist Protestant Church in Dunbar, with
interment in the Old Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Dunbar, on April 24,1934. Mrs. Hawker
was 81 years,11 months and 8 days old.
She is survived by the following children: Mrs. William (Minnie) Foltz; Mrs.
William (Nannie A.)Reynolds; John William Hawker and his wife Elizabeth Wilson
Hawker; Mrs. William (Elinor)Wilson;George Curtis Hawker and his wife Freda Murphy
Hawker; Mrs. William T. (Margaret B)Smith,
Elmer Gibson Hawker and his wife Florence Montgomery Hawker, and Robert Ray Hawker
and his wife Lelah Lynn Lynch Hawker.
She was predeeded in death by her husband, James Paul Hawker who died February
18,1930 and a daughter Elizabeth Shearin.
James
Paul HAWKER died in 1912. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(92)
"The Daily Courier" Connellsville Newspaper 19 February 1930 page 1 column 5
JAMES P. HAWKER DIES NEAR DUNBAR AT THE AGE OF 81
James P. Hawker, 81 years old, died Tuesday afternoon at 12:55 o'clock at this home near Dunbar. He had been ill for several months, his condition becoming critical about the first of the year. Mr Hawker had lived retired for some years past and with the exception of 10 years, spent at Fayette City, he had resided near Dunbar all his life. He was well known in that community. Mr. Hawker was married on April 3, 1870, to Emma C. Hanan, and had he lived until April 3, the couple would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Besides his wife, he is survived by the following children:
John W., G. Curtis and Robert R. of Fayette City, Elmer G. of Pittsburg, Mrs. Minnie Foltz of Dunbar, Mrs. William L. Reynolds of Lenox Street, Uniontown, Mrs. William W. Wilson of Washington, PA., and Mrs. William T. Smith of Dormont. Another daughter Elizabeth, wife of James A. Shearin, died March 31, 1905. There are 24 surviving grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Fanny Turner of Morgantown, Mrs. Matilda Rude of Morgantown and George Hawker of St. Clairsville, Ohio, also survive.
The funeral service will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Protestant Church of Dunbar, instead of the home as was previously arranged. Rev. William Hamilton, the pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
Col. Alexander Leroy HAWKINS
died in 1899.
His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.
(2)
All Western Pennsylvania is today a house of mourning, because of the death of the gallant commander of the Tenth regiment, Col. Alexander Leroy Hawkins. In this grief, too, a whole state, and more, joins, for the valor of the colonel had reached far beyond the bounds from which his now famous regiment comes.
Col. Hawkins was a typical soldier, born to lead, and he asked his men to go only where he himself led the way. He was the embodiment of courage and chivalry, and his care and forethought for his soldiers caused him to be affectionately known among them as "Pap Hawkins." Though not a Regular army officer, he knew more about drill, tactics and real war than most of those who hold West Point diplomas, and this jealousy of his superiors at Manila, and his refusal to take any snubs from them, doubtless explains the tardiness of official recommendation for his promotion.
The death of Col. Hawkins comes at a time that renders it peculiarly sad. He had survived the hardships of the Philippine campaign and was homeward bound, soon to enjoy the greeting of family and receive the plaudits of neighbors and friends, perhaps high honors of state from his fellow citizens. All is cut short by the last enemy, and joy is turned to mourning.
The preparations for receiving the Tenth will go on, but the glad welcome will be tempered with sorrow that the boys return home not following their loved commander, but bringing his body.
The leaderless Tenth will be welcomed home with subdued acclaim, and all will mingle their rejoicing with praises of the gallant deeds of the hero of two wars, who gave the best he had to his country and laid down his life on the altar of patriotism.
(August 3, 1899 handwritten at bottom of obit)
BASIL HAWKINS
DROPS DEAD WHILE
ON WAY TO WORK
Basil Hawkins, 50 years old, of Pechin, dropped dead of a heart attack at Mount Braddock at 6:30 o’clock this morning while enroute to his work at the Liberty Powder Company. Mr. Hawkins had just left the street car and had started to walk to the plant when he dropped over from the stroke. The body was removed by Funeral Director James T. Burhans to his parlors where it was prepared for burial.
HAWKINS’ SERVICE
The funeral service for Basil Hawkins, 49, of Pechin, who dropped dead Monday morning while enroute to work at Mt. Braddock, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the late home. Rev. William S. Hamilton of Dunbar will officiate. Burial will be made in Franklin Cemetery. Mr. Hawkins is survived by his wife, Lucy, five children, Russell of Uniontown, Mrs. James Grumble of Fredericktown, Mrs. Daniel Friend of York Run, and Junior and Dallas at home, six grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters.
GERALD HAWKINS
LOSES LIFE WHEN
CAR IS WRECKED
UNIONTOWN, Aug. 28.—Gerald Hawkins, 18, of Evans Station, was killed and seven other passengers of an automobile were more of less seriously injured in an accident on the old Connellsville road near Gaddis Cross Roads Sunday evening at about 6:30 o’clock. They were riding in the car owned by Joe Dunda and Paul Paloda of Lemont, said to be driven by Mike Pashko, 22, when it was wrecked.
The party was enroute to Connellsville. It is reported that the car had been zig zagging back and forth across the highway and that it went off the concrete section on the left side, sideswiping a telephone pole. The impact threw Pashko and Ida Woods, 19, from the machine, the girl suffering a probable fractured back or pelvis.
Careening off the pole, the car then continued down the highway a distance before the car halted. After Pashko, the driver, was reported thrown from the car, Joe Pashko steered the machine from the running board.
Article continues concerning other accidents.
BURIAL WEDNESDAY
Funeral service for Gerald Hawkins, 16, of Evans Station will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of his father, Basil Hawkins at Pechin. Rev. W. S. Hamilton, pastor of the Dunbar Methodist Protestant Church will officiate. Interment to be made in Franklin Cemetery in charge of Funeral Director, James T. Burhans. The young man was fatally injured in an automobile accident at Gaddis Cross Roads on the old Connellsville-Uniontown Road Sunday. He is survived by his father, two sisters and two half-brothers.
MOTORIST IS HELD IN HAWKINS DEATH
UNIONTOWN, Aug. 30.—On the grounds that he was operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor, Mike Pushko of Evans Station, Tuesday was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Gerald Hawkins, Sunday night on the old Connellsville- Uniontown road.
Johnston Jordon HAWKINS ( -1937)
Johnston J. Hawkins Dies; Frick Veteran
MOUNT PLEASANT, Oct. 11, — Johnston Jordon Hawkins, 82 years old, died Sunday evening at his home, 306 East Washington street, following a lingering illness. For a number of year Mr. Hawkins was an engineer at the Standard plant of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, but has been retired for some time. Surviving are his wife, Katherine Kuhns Hawkins, and three children, Rev. Edward Hawkins of Porterdale, Ga., Mrs. Edith Pringle at home and Mr. George E. Allison of Greensburg.
Sadie Showman HAWKINS (1886-1953)
The funeral service for Mrs. Sadie Hawkins of Popular Grove, who died Monday night will be held at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home with Rev. E.I. Manheimer officiating. Burial will take place in Hill Grove Cemetery, Connellsville. She was born Oct 26, 1886, in Normalville the daughter of the late Jeremiah and Malinda Bungard Showman. Mrs. Hawkins had lived at Popular Grave for the past 45 years. She was a member of the First E.U. B. Church. Surviving are the following children; James E of Youngstown, Ohio; Mrs. Grace Asenberger of Mill Run, Mrs. Frances Prinkey of Dry Hill and John W. of Scottdale. There are eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren; three brothers, Harry Showman, of Youngstown, Ohio; James Showman of Popular Grove and Albert Showman of Grindstone and two sisters , Mrs. Laura Rosenberry and Mrs. Lucy Wild of Connellsville. Her husband James Hawkins died June 7 1942, a son Harold preceded her on Feb 4, 1947 and an infant daughter.
Jack HAWLEY died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Word was received here late last night of the death at the family home in Pittsburgh
of Jack, 15-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hawley. Death came early
last night following a short illness of complications. Dr. Hawley is president
of the Pittsburgh conference of the Methodist Protestant churches and pastor
of the First Church in Pittsburgh.
(newspaper dated Jan. 2, 1935)
Anna Mary HAY died in 1891. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(5)
HAY, ANNA MARY
On Wednesday afternoon, October 14th, Anna Mary, daughter of Isaac HAY, of New Haven, aged 29 years. Interment will take place at Donegal this forenoon.
Courier Fri. Oct. 16, 1891
Carla R. Hay
Connellsville
Carla R. Hay, 40, of Connellsville died Thursday, June 19, 2003, due to injuries sustained in an accident. She was born May 8, 1963 in Connellsville, a daughter of Carl McKenzie of Connellsville and Roberta Ritenour Basinger of Mill Run. Carla lived most of her life in Mill Run and had been a resident of Connellsville for the last 10 years. She attended the Solid Rock Church in Connellsville. Carla is survived by her husband of 13 years, Mark T. Hay; a son, Adam T. Humphrey and his wife, Amanda, of Somerset; two daughters, Sadie Renee Humphrey and Angela Rae Humphrey, both of Connellsville; five grandchildren, Amber Dawn, Hunter Michael and Cicily Madison Hay and Alex and Abby Hutzell; two sisters, Barbara Baker of Mill Run and Lori Weinberg of Connellsville; her special nieces and nephews, Rachael Weinberg of Indian Head and Becky Weinberg of Mill Run and Tommy and Timmy Weinberg, both of Ohio; and several nieces and nephews and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Private funeral services will be held for the family at CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., Route 711, Melcroft. Rev. Mark Van Bibber will officiate.
Carla R. Hay, 40, of Connellsville died Thursday, June 19, 2003, due to injuries sustained in an accident. Private funeral services will be held for the family at CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., Route 711, Melcroft. Rev. Mark Van Bibber will officiate
State police at Uniontown have identified the woman pedestrian killed along 119 Thursday morning in a vehicle accident. Carla Hay, 40, of Connellsville, was crossing Route 119 from the Best For Less gas station toward the Melody Motor Lodge when she was struck by an Eagle Premiere in the northbound passing lane around 5:10 a.m. The Premiere's driver, Michael Fetsko of Uniontown, was driving to work in Irwin when "before I knew it, she was running in front of me." When Hay was in front of Fetsko, he said he tried to swerve to miss her, but wound up hitting her anyway as he veered off into the southbound lane.
And Made Their Way through the Choking Gas of the Man-way to Home And Anxious Friends Outside
Who the Entombed Miners Were, Where and How They Lived and
the Legacies Death Bequeathed to Their Families
A MUMBLE OF WIVES, SISTERS, MOTHERS AND ORPHANS DEPRIVED OF SUPPORT
Of the 51 miners who were in the mine at the time of the accident, 30 escaped through the man-way on the left side of the main slope. The fortunate were as follows, William Landy and two sons, William and Morris Jones, and William Yates, Barney and John Cosgrove, Patrick and Terrance Begley, who are brothers of Richard and Joseph Begley, two of the entombed unfortunates, Maurice Pine, James Miller, John McGuill, John Kerwin, Edward Condron, John Boyd, Thos Kelly, George Lowry, James Murphy and Thomas Shearen. The miners who were in the right heading number 31. Their names were as follows:
Something About Them, Their Families,
Homes and Circumstances
The unfortunate men were residents of Dunbar and vicinity. They were chiefly of English Irish and Scotch descent, no Hungarians or Poles having ever been employed at these works. Many of them owned their neat little homes and those who were not native born were naturalized. They were a frugal honest body of workmen, and were above the average miners in intelligence and thrift. They were personally known to nearly every resident of Dunbar and vicinity. Almost all were married and fathers of families ranging in numbers from one to ten children. The following gives more in detail the condition of the families left fatherless by the sad calamity.
Article includes individual accounts for each victim. For complete text, see David Davis.
David Hay, whose body was the second recovered was a married man with a family of three, beside his unfortunate son Willie, who perished in the first explosion. Hay was fifty years of age and had lived in the vicinity all his life. His family of three are left without any support by the death of himself and his heroic son and they are in poor circumstances. His home was near Beeson.
The Bodies of Shearen and Hay Laid Away
Many Pathetic Scenes
Hay’s funeral occurred in the afternoon of Wednesday. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and that order took charge of the remains. Hay lived in the row of houses at the opening of the mine. Almost at his door is the Franklin cemetery, where the body was laid to rest. Many friends, who were also in deep affliction but whose dead had not then recovered attended the funeral.
David Hay was the father of an 11-year-old blind girl, who was studying in a Philadelphia asylum. One of the saddest sights about the mines was the coming home of this child yesterday. She had intended coming last Friday, but was detained. She was met at the station by her little brother and sister, and the awful news of her father’s death almost prostrated her. She was Hay’s favorite child, and he had lavished on her every comfort his slender means could afford.
ELIZABETH HAY
Miss Elizabeth (Aunt Lizzie) Hay, 86, of Dunbar, died at 4 a.m. today in the Duffy home, Ranch Road, Dunbar. She was born Sept. 4, 1878 in Dunbar, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Hay. She was a member of the Franklin Memorial Methodist Church and its Ladies Bible Class. Surviving are two nephews, David Duffy of Dunbar and James Duffy of Buffalo, N.Y., and two nieces, Miss Elizabeth Duffy and Mrs. Janet Reilly, both of Dunbar. The body will be at the Burhans funeral home at Dunbar after 1 p.m. Thursday, and at Franklin Memorial Methodist Church from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, the hour of the funeral service. The Rev. Ellsworth Crispens will officiate. Burial will be in Green Ridge Memorial Park.
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HAY, HELEN MARTIN— Age 61 years, wife of Edward Hay, 329 Derrick Ave., died at the Mercy Hospital at 3:45 a.m. Friday, February 7, 1958, after a brief illness. Born at Dunbar, the daughter of the late Benjamin and Martha Broscious Martin. She had been a resident of Uniontown for the past 41 years. She was a member of the Bathany Class of the Third Presbyterian Church, Laurette Chapter 178, O.E.S., Uniontown, charter member of the Margaret E. Craven White Shrine No. 42, an active member of the Uniontoen Flower Club, Uniontown Council of Republican Women and was Fayette County Canteen Chairman of the American Red Cross for the past 12 years, having been a member of that organization for the past 16 years and had served on the Board of Directors. Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James (Lucille) Coldren of Uniontown, a grandson, Michael E. McDonaugh of Uniontown. She was predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Anna Bitz in 1955. Friends are being received at the Victor A. De Carlo Funeral Home, 135 North Gallatin Ave., until 2 p.m. Monday, the hour of service with Dr. William B Hindman officiating. Burial will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery.
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JONATHAN HAY
Jonathan Hay, 85 years old, a retired hotel keeping, died Sunday at this home in Pittsburg following a lingering illness. He was born in Somerset county, a son of Daniel and Catherine Hay, his father operating a road house along the national pike, this side of Donegal for many years. Mr. Hay moved to Pittsburg from Donegal 43 years ago to [emerge] in the hotel business. He retired several years ago. He was a veteran of the Civil War serving with Company A, 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania infantry, and was a member of Garfield Post No. 215 of the G.A.R. He is survived by three daughters. Mrs. James Reed of [ ], Miss Nancy [ ] Hay, at home, Mrs. George [ ], Ambr[ ], three sons [remainder is unreadable]
Laura B. HAY died in 1917. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(29)
The Daily Courier
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Wednesday, February 28, 1917
Page 2, column 4.
(typed exactly as printed)
Mrs. Laura B. Hay
Mrs. Laura B. Hay, formerly of Connellsville and Dunbar, died Monday afternoon
in Youngstown, O. The body arrived at Dunbar this afternoon and was removed to
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Pope in Bryson Hill, from which place the
funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
MRS. LOTTIE HAY
Mrs. Lottie Bush Hay, 60, of 211 West Washington avenue, died at 11:50 o’clock Monday morning in Shady Side Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born July 22, 1889, at Dawson, a daughter of Henry and Katherine Scheade Bush. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. She had lived most of her life in this community. Surviving are one son, Chief of Police George C. Johnson; two daughters, Mrs. Minnie Huey and Mrs. Genevieve Riley of Detroit, Mich., and two sisters, Miss Nellie Bush of 106 Greeley alley and Mrs. James Murray of South Connellsville. The body was taken to the Ansell funeral home where the service will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. Richard M. Langsdale, her pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Green Ridge Memorial Park.
HAY, PAUL, of Clearwater, died Friday, July 15, 1994, at Mease Hospital Dunedin. He was born in Connellsville, Pa., and came to Clearwater in 1979 from Shinnston, W. Va. He retired from Consolidated Coal Co., Shinnston, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dunedin. Survivors include his wife, Helen; a son, Paul, Jr. of Shinnston; a daughter, Trudy McDougal, Akin, S. C.; two sisters, Eleanor Snyder of Clarksburg, W. Va., and Geraldine Merrifield, Barracksville, W. Va., four grandchildren; and a great- grandson. Moss-Feaster Funeral Homes, Dunedin Chapel.
Ray Hay
Ray M. Hay, 73, of Somerset, R.D. 7, died Sunday, Oct. 22, 1995, at Conemaugh Hospital, Johnstown. He was born Oct. 16, 1922, in Mill Run, Pa., a son of the late Lloyd M. and Goldie Tissue Hay. He was preceded in death by his parents and a niece, Marjorie Dull Holloway. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, the former Helen Miller; four children, Mrs. Geary (Diane) Keller of Somerset, Mrs. Tom (Janet) Jury of Somerset, R.D. 7, Jeffrey M. Hay, married to the former Kelly Figard of Hollsopple, Pa., and Mrs. Jeffrey (Patricia) Tomko of Stoystown; grandchildren, Michael ad Matt Keller, Melissa and Jennifer Jury, Scott Hay, and Nicole, Vanessa and Ondrea Tomko; and eight nieces and nephews. He was the brother of Verla Mae Green of College Park, Md., Wade G. Hay of Bowie, Md., Dorothy Dull of Moon Township, W. Dale Hay of Annandale, Va., and Ralph E. Hay of Mill Run. He was a retired heavy construction worker and a former member of 2274 Carpenters Union, Pittsburgh. He was a self-employed carpenter in the Somerset area. He was a member of the Somerset Church of the Brethren. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the WILBUR D. MILLER FUNERAL HOME, Somerset. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Somerset Church of … remainder of article is missing.
And Made Their Way through the Choking Gas of the Man-way to Home And Anxious Friends Outside
Who the Entombed Miners Were, Where and How They Lived and
the Legacies Death Bequeathed to Their Families
A MUMBLE OF WIVES, SISTERS, MOTHERS AND ORPHANS DEPRIVED OF SUPPORT
Of the 51 miners who were in the mine at the time of the accident, 30 escaped through the man-way on the left side of the main slope. The fortunate were as follows, William Landy and two sons, William and Morris Jones, and William Yates, Barney and John Cosgrove, Patrick and Terrance Begley, who are brothers of Richard and Joseph Begley, two of the entombed unfortunates, Maurice Pine, James Miller, John McGuill, John Kerwin, Edward Condron, John Boyd, Thos Kelly, George Lowry, James Murphy and Thomas Shearen. The miners who were in the right heading number 31. Their names were as follows:
Something About Them, Their Families,
Homes and Circumstances
The unfortunate men were residents of Dunbar and vicinity. They were chiefly of English Irish and Scotch descent, no Hungarians or Poles having ever been employed at these works. Many of them owned their neat little homes and those who were not native born were naturalized. They were a frugal honest body of workmen, and were above the average miners in intelligence and thrift. They were personally known to nearly every resident of Dunbar and vicinity. Almost all were married and fathers of families ranging in numbers from one to ten children. The following gives more in detail the condition of the families left fatherless by the sad calamity.
Article includes individual accounts for each victim. For complete text, see David Davis.
David Hay, whose body was the second recovered was a married man with a family of three, beside his unfortunate son Willie, who perished in the first explosion. Hay was fifty years of age and had lived in the vicinity all his life. His family of three are left without any support by the death of himself and his heroic son and they are in poor circumstances. His home was near Beeson.
The Bodies of Shearen and Hay Laid Away
Many Pathetic Scenes
Hay’s funeral occurred in the afternoon of Wednesday. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and that order took charge of the remains. Hay lived in the row of houses at the opening of the mine. Almost at his door is the Franklin cemetery, where the body was laid to rest. Many friends, who were also in deep affliction but whose dead had not then recovered attended the funeral.
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THE HILL FARM TOMB
Yields Up Its Dead After Nearly Two
Years of Searching
TWENTY-THREE BODIES FOUND
Death Came Quickly and Painlessly in the
Shape of Black Damp
THE GHASTLY SIGHTS SEEN IN THE PIT
By the Coroner’s Jury and Others Yesterday
Names of the Lost Men
MANY ANXIOUS AND more curious people will assemble at the ill- fated Hill Farm mine this morning to witness the removal of the bodies of the victims of the disaster of June 16th, 1890, the long and weary search for which ended yesterday in the recovery of all but six of the twenty-nine. The flat in which these bodies were found was reached late Wednesday afternoon. The air was horrible and no attempt was made to pursue the search beyond the first few bodies.
Article includes complete account of the recovery of victims. For complete text, see John X. Joy.
W. G. HAY
William G. Hay, 89, of Dunbar, died at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the home of Mr. and Mr. A. Klink, with whom he made his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1874, in Dunbar Township, a son of the late John and Mary Garrison Hay. He was a retired carpenter for H. C. Frick Coke Co. and a member of Orient Lodge No. 590, F. & A. M., of Wilkinsburg, Royal Arch Chapter No. 285, the Lincoln Commandery No. 72 and the Masonic Veterans. He lived at Wilkinsburg before coming to Dunbar in 1942. Surviving are a son, John of Dunbar; two brothers, Clyde of Morgantown, W. Va., and Lloyd of Mill Run; seven grandchildren and 17 gerat- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mr. Margaret Gumerson Hay, in `1942, a daughter, Grace Young, and a son, Lorin. The body will be at the Burhans funeral home at Dunbar after 7:30 p.m. today. The funeral service will be held there at 1 p.m. Monday, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Wilkinsburg. The Rev. Lewis hunter will officiate. Members of King Solomon’s Lodge No. 346 of Connellsville will meet at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Masonic Temple to go to the funeral home to conduct a ritual at 9:30 p.m.
Abraham HAYDEN died in 1887. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(47)
HAYDEN---Abraham Hayden died at his residence at Hopwood, Pa., on Sunday night
last, May 1, 1887, aged 69 years. He was born in Georges township and was a
son of John Hayden, who is claimed by some to have made the first iron made west
of the mountain, and after whom Haydentown was named. Deceased was a respectable
citizen and had been for 50 years a consistent member of the M.P. church. He
leaves a wife, two sons and one daughter, also two brothers, Joseph, of Uniontown,
and Squire, of Nicholson township. There were in all 22 children of John Hayden.
The funeral was on Tuesday, the service being conducted by Rev. McCarty.
(Republican Standard, May 5, 1887, pg. 4)
DEATH OF BENJAMIN HAYDEN
The subject of this notice, long a resident of Monroe, North Union township, Fayette county, Pa, died on Saturday last, August 25th, 1877, aged 76 years, 11 months and 19 days. He was born in Georges township, in this county, September 6, 1800. In 1824 he married Eliza Springer, the second daughter of Jacob Springer. They had ten children, one of whom died in infancy, and Sylvester C., and Emily, wife of Archibald Skiles, of Iowa, died after they were grown. Albert S., and Jacob S., reside at Fairmont, West Va.; Chauncy B., in Benton county, Iowa; Napoleon B., in Saline county, Nebraska; Elizabeth A., wife of John Custead; Albina S. wife of Milford Shipley; and Mary A., widow of F. K. Martin, deceased, reside in Monroe. At the age of nineteen, Benjamin Hayden taught school at Crow's School-house, in Springhill township, afterwards at B. Brownfield's School-house, and also at Monroe. He was for several years a clerk at Redstone Furnace. From September 1, 1827, to March 1, 1829, in partnership with Hon. John Huston, operated Hampton Forge, at the mouth of Indian creek, on the Youghiogheny. From 1831 to 1862, a period of thirty-one years, he was continuously engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Monroe, since which time he has been engaged in no business. His father was John Hayden, who was born on Staten Island in 1749 and who was the father of twenty-two children, twelve by his first marriage and ten by his second, the subject of this notice being the second son of the second marriage.
[2011 note: John Hayden was actually born in Morristown, NJ, according to John's application for military pension, as recorded in the Hayden Family Mag, a quarterly written and published from 1929 - 1933 by Benjamin's brother Henry's grandson Charles Hayden, son of Enoch. There was a Staten Island connection however: Benjamin's grandmother Lydia (Casted or Kierstede) Hayden was christened and married (to William Hayden) on Staten Island (Lydia may have been born in Queens).]
These last ten children were all born on the farm now owned and occupied by F. Laughead, in Georges township. Benjamin Hayden had but a meagre opportunity to obtain an education, nevertheless he was a fair scholar, though he never attended school but three months. He was a man of considerable information and of unyielding Integrity, and having taken his stand on any subject, he could not be removed therefrom without the most undoubted testimony. His remains were interred in the graveyard near Monroe, on Monday, August 27, where a large concourse of friends and relatives had convened to perform the last act for a kind husband and father.
(2011 note: Monroe, PA (previously known as Woodstock) is now known as Hopwood, PA. The Hayden Family mag (1929 - 1933) is in the PA History room on the 2nd floor of the Uniontown, PA library. There is a $5. daily entry fee if you don't have an inter-library card (from a library that is part of their PA library system). You can also purchase a 3-month or 6 month admittance card.)
MRS. HENRIETTA HAYDEN
Mrs. Henrietta Hayden, aged 70 years, six months and 18 days, died Monday evening about 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Amos Dennis, of Oliphant, following a six weeks illness of paralysis, She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Alice Dennis, Mrs. Harriet Dennis, at whose home she died, Mrs. Lucy Mitchell and Mrs. Anna Childs, all of Oliphant. There are 31 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren. One brother, Alfred Davis, and three sisters, Mrs. Emma O'Bryon, of Masontown, Mrs. Hattie Puls, and Mrs. Jennie Firestone both of Tiffin, Ohio, also survive. The funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the White Rock church with the Rev. Mr. Archer in charge. Interment in the White Rocks cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
2011 Note: Henrietta (Davis) Hayden married (May 1, 1869) William Hayden (June 9, 1829 - May 2, 1900), son of Henry and Maria(h) (Peters) Hayden. Henry was the son of Rev War veteran John Hayden and his 2nd wife Mary (Snider or Sniwebney) Hayden. Their 7 known children:
- 1. Alice b 1870 d Married Mr. Dennis
- 2. Harriet born 1874, died Dec 3, 1929 Married Amos Dennis
- 3. Albert b Jan 28, 1876, died July 1876 (infancy)
- 4. Lucy b 1877, died Married Mr. Mitchell
- 5. Annie J. born 1879, died Married Childs
- 6. Lillie b 1885 died Mar 11, 1904 (possibly 1901)
- 7. Arthur b Dec 1889 died Feb 9, 1896 (age 6)
Ref The Hayden Family Magazine, a quarterly written and published 1929 - 1933 by Charles Hayden - son of William's brother Enoch and Cynthia Jane (Dyer) Hayden - from Chicago, Il.
JAMES E. HAYDEN
James E. Hayden, 71, died in his home in Hopwood, Monday, February 3, 1930, about 5:30 p.m., following a prolonged illness. He is survived by two daughters; Mrs. Orangee Shaw of Hopwood and Miss Jessie Hayden at home, together with five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the home and will be in charge of the Rev. Mr. Huber and the Rev. Mr. Manley. Burial will be in the Hopwood cemetery.
James E. Hayden was born in Fayette county, Penna. and married Miss Emma E. Hickle, Sept. 20, 1887; to them were born two daughters, Miss Jessie Hayden at home and Mrs. O. Shaw of Hopwood. His wife preceded him in death by seven years, he also leaves to mourn him a brother Hamilton Hayden of Evans City, Pa. and a sister, Mrs. Carrie Stillwagon of Connellsville, Pa. and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Thursday at the home at 2:30 o'clock, it was in charge of Rev. Mr. Huber and the Rev. Mr. Manley. Interment at Hopwood cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
BORN July 21, 1858 DIED Feb 3, 1930
2011 Notation: Hamilton and James were sons of Catherine Hayden (daughter of Henry and Mariah (Peters) Hayden) and her 1st husband Mr. Mickey. Hamilton (born July 1850) and James (1858 - 1930) went by the name of Hayden after their father's early demise. In 1870, Hamilton lived with his aunt and uncle Thomas (1817 - 1909) and Harriet (Hayden) Robinson (1824 - 1906) in Fayette Co, PA. At the time of James' death Hamilton was living with his daughter Mrs. Stewart R. Croft near Evans City, PA. James and Hamilton's stepfather was James Romage. James and Catherine's daughter Caroline "Carrie" was born in Sept 1861. She married John Stillwagon. Catherine also raised her niece Rose Ann (March 28, 1862 - Mar 29, 1896) daughter of Sarah Ann (Hayden) _______, who had married at the beginning of the Civil War. "Her husband had been among the missing." Sarah, born May 14, 1833, died a year after her husband, Oct 23, 1863.
The 10 known children of Henry and Mariah (Peters) Hayden:
1. Mary Ann Hayden born 1823 died 1823
2. Harriet (Hayden) Robinson (Feb 12, 1824 - Sept 10, 1906) married
Thomas Robinson, a farmer in Fayette Co, PA
3. Eliza Jane (Hayden) McGlaughlin (23 Oct 1825 - Nov 1901)
4. Catherine (Hayden) Mickey Romage (3 Aug 1827 - 24 Dec 1901)
5. William Hayden ( 9 Jun 1829 - 2 May 1900) married Henrietta Davis
6. John Hayden (13 Mar 1831 - 29 June 1901) married Anna Mira Huett
or Hewitt
7. Sarah Ann (Hayden) ______ (14 May 1833 - 23 Oct 1863) married
Civil War soldier who, one year later, was missing in action.
8. Enoch Hayden (19 Dec 1834 - 3 June 1905) married Cynthia Jane
Dyer. Cynthia and Enoch died in Missouri.
9. Seata (Hayden) Abel (8 Dec 1836 - 6 Aug 1900) married Harry Abel
10. Amanda Hayden (10 Sept 1839 - 17 Mar 1863) Single.
Notations gleaned from
1.The Hayden Family Magazine, a quarterly compiled and published
1929 - 1933 from Chicago, Il by Charles Hayden, son of Catherine's
brother Enoch Hayden who died June 3, 1905 in Kansas City Missouri.
Charles Hayden died Sept 4, 1933.
2. The 1870 Fayette Co, PA census.
3. Thomas and Harriet (Hayden) Robinson's 60th wedding anniversary
article, printed Sept 1905 on the front page of the local Uniontown
newspaper. It includes a photo.
John Randolph HAYDEN
obit was contributed
to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Walking from Ohiopyle to Uniontown in "the worst snow storm and blizzard
in years," John Randolph Hayden, at the age of 15 and a half years, enlisted
for service in the Civil war, on March 27, 1864. He was sent immediately
to Pittsburgh where he was accepted and assigned to Company K, 116th Pennsylvania
Regiment of Volunteers.
Two weeks later he was on picket duty on the Rappahannock and on May 10 he engaged
in his first real battle at Po River, Va. He was later transferred to the
First Division, Second Army of the Potomac, under command of General Hancock.
Mr. Hayden participated in numerous important battles of the war his 16th birthday
having been spent in the thick of Battle on the front. He was wounded twice
and only recently was decorated with the Purple Heart Medal.
Included among the battles Hayden is credited with on his Honorable Discharge
were the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; the siege of Petersburg where
he was in the lines for three months, and others. He was present at Appomattox
and participated in the Grand Review in Washington, D.C., after the war.
Mr. Hayden relates that during one of the battles he and Plummer Hall, also of
Ohiopyle, came upon a wounded soldier and upon going to him found him to be Zed
Collins, also of Ohiopyle, and a close friend of both. Collins, a member
of the 140th Infantry, was carried to the rear by his two friends. After Collins'
recovery the two "cronies" met often in the lines, Hayden said.
During the war, Private Hayden's parents, Abraham and Ana Hayden, removed from
Ohiopyle to Farmington, and it was to the new home there that John R. returned
following his discharge July 14, 1865.
Mr. Hayden will be 88 on September 17, next should be live.
(88th Birthday Article)
JOSEPH HAYDEN DEAD
Uniontown's Oldest Citizen Passes
Quietly Away on Wednesday Morning.
HE WAS IN 93RD YEAR OF HIS AGE
His Father and Himself Had Unbroken Record of Voting for
Presidential Candidates from Jefferson to Parker - Witnessed Great
Brownfield-Campbell Debate
Uniontown's oldest person, Joseph Hayden, aged over 92 years, died
at an early hour Wednesday morning, May 3, 1905,
at his home on Union street.
Mr. Hayden received a fall almost a year ago which resulted in a fracture of the hip and since that time he had been confined to his home. Death resulted from ailments incident to old age. The deceased was born July 9, 1812, in Georges township and was a son of John Hayden, a revolutionary soldier and one of the pioneer settlers of Fayette county and the first to make iron west of the Allegheny mountains. John Hayden was the father of 22 children, of whom 12 were sons and Joseph Hayden was the sole survivor of this large family.
An unbroken record of father and son having voted in every presidential election from the beginning of the government up to the present time was represented by Joseph Hayden. His father, John Hayden, voted in every election from the beginning of the government in 1789 up to his death, July 24, 1836, the same year that his son Joseph was first old enough to vote in a presidential election and thus carry forward uninterrupted the record of voting. Joseph Hayden voted at every election since 1836, or 13 in all, casting his vote last year for Alton B. Parker. He was always a Democrat. Many years ago Mr. Hayden was a candidate for county commissioner and as an evidence of his popularity although there were 14 candidates in the race and Wharton was not his home township yet he received every one of the 90 votes cast in that township, but was defeated for the office by a plurality of seven votes.
Although born two years after the murder of Polly Williams at White Rocks Mr. Hayden in his childhood heard the story of the murder so often and it was so impressed upon his mind that in his old age he frequently remarked that he could remember things that happened before he was born. In those early days of the last century, a murder was unusual and created great excitement and it was the leading topic of conversation for several years and Mr. Hayden heard the story time and again until it seemed that he knew it as if he were there when it happened. Polly Williams was buried about 200 yards from Joseph Hayden's father's house and the sandstone marker over the grave could be seen from the front door of the Hayden house.
Besides being the oldest person in Uniontown, Mr. Hayden was the only person living here who was present at the Redstone Association meeting in the old Redstone church at Smock when Alexander Campbell and Rev. William Brownfield had their memorable debate in 1826 which led to Campbell leaving the Baptist church and founding another church. Mr. Hayden also remembered the visit of Gen. Lafayette to Uniontown May 28, 1825 and many other important events in Uniontown and Fayette Co. Mr. Hayden had for many years been a member of the Baptist church. He was early married and his wife died years ago. There are surviving a daughter Miss Mary, at home, and a son Ayers Hayden who is past 70 years of age, and lives at East Liberty, near Vanderbilt. Another daughter lives in Missouri. Mr. Hayden during the greater part of his life followed farming.
The funeral will take place Friday at 2 p. m. from the Baptist church with services by Dr. H. F. King. Interment in White Rock cemetery.
(2011 note: Joseph's wife (who predeceased him) was Elizabeth Beals. Joseph's parents were the Rev War veteran John Hayden and his 2nd wife Mary (Snider or Sniwebney) Hayden who died Oct 13, 1863, age 90, daughter of Henry Sniwebney. John and Mary had at least 12 children: Henry, Benjamin, Susan, Catherine who married John Holtzman, Lydia, Samuel, Joseph, Jacob, Mary, Abraham, Squire Ayers, and Agnes. John Hayden and his 1st wife Charity Gard had at least 10 children. John received a veteran's pension until his death in July 1836. Mary received a widow's pension from Sept 5, 1849 - Oct 14, 1863.
Ref: 1. Hayden Family Magazine, written and published in Chicago, IL from 1929 - 1933 by Joseph's brother Henry's grandson Charles Hayden (son of Enoch and Cynthia Jane (Dyer) Hayden). Ref 2: Online Mayflower Descendant info. Line of descent from Mayflower passenger's John Alden and Priscilla (Mullens) Alden (see Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish and Priscilla's famous line "Speak for yourself, John!") 1.John and Priscilla - 2. Ruth (Alden) Bass - 3. Ruth (Bass) Web - 4. Priscilla Web married Samuel Hayden - 5. William Hayden married Lydia Casted or Kierstede 6. John Hayden married 1st Charity Gard 2nd Mary Snider or Sniwebney. John and both wives are buried in White Rock cemetery (formerly known as the Hayden Cemetery) about 10 feet from Mountain Rd, which runs between Hopwood (formerly known as Monroe) and Fairchance in Fayette Co, PA. John and Mary's joint tombstone is under a tree about 3 yards south of Polly William's grave and is legible from Mountain Rd. Charity's older style tombstone is about 2 feet from John and Mary's.)
Mary HAYDEN died in 1863. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(11)
HAYDEN—At her residence in Monroe, Fayette county, Pa., on the 13th
of October, Mrs. Mary, relict of Mr. John Hayden, aged 90 years and 17 days.
She was a remarkable woman, retaining her clearness of judgement, vigor of intellect
and strength of moral character to the close of her life. She delighted
in the service of the Lord, and in fellowship with His people. She had
been a devoted member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church thirty years previous
to her death.
—'A ripe shock gathered home to the garner of Heaven.'
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. Nov 12, 1863.
Vol. 3, No. 40, Pg. 2, Col. 7.
Sarah B. HAYDEN died in 1915. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(5)
HAYDEN, MRS. SARAH B.
Mrs. Sarah B. Hayden, 88 years old, died last night at the home of her sister, Miss M. C. SCOTT in South Brownsville.
Courier - Dec. 17, 1915
FIVE FAMILIES MADE HOMELESS
BY FIRE; TWO ARE DEAD AND A
THIRD MAY DIE FROM BURNS
Matthew Hayes Only One of His Family to Escape Injury.
BLAZE CAUSED BY OIL STOVE
Explodes While Mrs. Hayes is Preparing Breakfast
and Flames Trap Aged Woman and Child in Upper Floor;
Mother May Not Recover.
Two persons were burned to death, two were injured, one of whom will likely die, and five houses totally destroyed in a fire which swept Indian Creek early this morning. Five families were made homeless. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove in the home of Matthew Hayes which stood in the middle of a row of houses owned by the McFarland Lumber Company.
THE DEAD.
MRS. SUSAN C. BOWSER, 65 years old, mother of Mrs. Matthew Hayes.
MADELINE HAYES, 5 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hayes.
THE INJURED.
MRS. SEVILLA HAYES, 22 years old, badly burned about face and body; condition critical.MABEL HAYES, 3 years old; painfully burned, but will recover.
All of the injured persons were taken to the Cottage State Hospital, the Duquesne Limited being stopped for that purpose at Indian Creek.
The fire originated in the Hayes home shortly after 5 o'clock. An oil stove which neighbors say had not been working properly for several days past exploded as Mrs. Hayes was making breakfast. In an effort to extinguish the flames, Mr. Hayes threw a bucket of water on the stove which started the fire and caused it to spread rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and their little daughter Mabel were in the kitchen at the time. This saved them from being burned to death. Mrs. Bowser, Mrs. Hayes's mother, and little Madeline were asleep upstairs. So quickly did the flames spread that it was impossible for anyone to reach the upper floors and save the two imprisoned persons. Mrs. Bowser is believed to have been rendered helpless from fright. She was seen at the bathroom window vainly endeavoring to raise it and escape. Little Madeline was also seen at a window before flames enveloped the whole house. The last person to see Mrs. Bowser alive was Mrs. Charles Thorpe. She says she saw the aged woman at the window and later she was seen struggling on the bed. For a time the entire town of Indian Creek was threatened, but the arrival of the Connellsville chemical wagon reinforced the local volunteers and the flames were thus checked but not until the entire row in which the house stood was totally destroyed. All of the persons living in the row with the exception of the Hayes family saved their household goods. The families made homeless and who are now being taken care of by their neighbors were George Warrick, Charles Thorpe, Simon Burkholder and Grover Widener. All of them not only had time to escape safely and save their effects, but to aid in fighting the flames. Indian Creek is without fire protection. It was early apparent that nothing could be done to save the row of houses owned by the McFarland Lumber Company, and efforts were then centered upon preventing the flames from spreading to other properties. As it was, some damage was caused in the home of Mrs. Lena Bigam and Bruce Miller, and two vacant dwellings, but it was not of a serious nature. One engine of the Indian Creek Valley railroad was used to pump water on the flames, and helped materially in preventing the fire from spreading. Had the wind been blowing down the valley the residents say the entire town would have been wiped out.
Stickel's store and other buildings would then have been in the path of the flames. Fortunately the stiff breeze which blew carried the fire in a direction which did not seriously threaten property. Mrs. Hayes' condition is regarded at the hospital as serious. She was severely burned about the face, arms and chest, and her chances of recovery are further complicated by the fact that she is in a delicate condition. It was stated at the hospital that Mabel Hayes, who accompanied his wife and daughter to the hospital, had also been burned, but he did not require treatment. Mrs. Bowser, it was said, was subject to fainting spells, and it is believed that she was attacked with one of these when awakened by the flames, or the warning of those on the lower floor. One day during the fireman's convention here Mrs. Bowser had a spell in the West Penn waiting room and did not recover for an hour or more. Only the bones of the two victims resisted the flames, their bodies being almost totally consumed. The entire row of frame houses was laid in ashes. All of the furniture in the Hayes home was consumed. Great praise is given the Connellsville fire departments. Chief Haddock and his men performed splendid work and that for their efforts other houses would have been destroyed.
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Fire Victims' Funeral.
The remains of Mrs. Susan Bowser and Miss Madeline Hayes, who were burned to death in the Indian Creek fire Saturday morning, will be shipped to Somerfield tomorrow morning on Baltimore & Ohio train No. 48. Services will be held at the cemetery at that place.
MRS. MARY E. STUCK HAYES
Mrs. Mary E. Stuck Hayes died Tuesday evening at 11:30 at her home in Coolspring Street from a complication of diseases. She would have been 78 years of age next May. She is survived by a brother, James H. Stuck, several nieces and nephews and an uncle, James R. Stuck. Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of a niece, Mrs. Daniel Schiffbauer, 27 Forbes Street, by Rev. Alden Allen. Burial will be in Park Place Cemetery.
ANNA GEYER HAYS
Anna Geyer Hays, age 74, widow of the late Martin Luther Hays, for many years one of the most popular and outstanding store managers for the Union Supply at the Valley Store, died suddenly at her residence, 303 Loucks avenue, Scottdale, at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by one son, Clarence M. of Renton, Pa., and three daughters, Ruth, Mary and Isabelle at home. Funeral services were held at the residence at 4 o’clock this afternoon in charge of Rev. J. W. Witherspoon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Scottdale. Interment in Scottdale cemetery.
Charles J. Hays
Charles J. Hays of Uniontown and formerly of Pittsburgh passed away Saturday in Mount Macrina Manor, Uniontown. He is survived by these children, Marilyn Hays Dabkowski of Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, Charles J. Hays Jr. of Fairfax, Va., and Mrs. James (Joan) Foutz of Chalk Hill. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Donald r. Crawford Funeral Home, Hopwood.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
February 24, 1907
Died—–
September 2, 1995
Genevieve Hays
Mrs. Genevieve Hays, aged 45 years, died at her home, 563 Main Street, Belle Vernon, Sunday, July 19, 1953, at 6 a.m. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Ray, of Belle Vernon; one brother, Raymond Jacobs, of Long Island, New York, and one grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbur Hays, who died in 1951. Friends will be received in the Melenyzer-Ferguson Funeral Home. Services will be held there Wednesday, July 22, 1953, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas. L. Melenyzer and Shelby D. Ferguson are the funeral directors.
Harry W. Hays
Harry Wilbur Hays, 42, of 563 Main street, Belle Vernon, died at his home, Tuesday, April 17, 1951, at 11:30 p.m. He is survived by his wife, Genevieve Hays, one daughter, Mrs. Clyde Gray of Charleston, West Virginia, his father, Reed Hays of North Charleroi, his mother, Mrs. W. E. Carpenter of Marmet, West Virginia, one brother, Russell of Georgia, and one grandchild. Friends will be received at the Melenyzer Funeral Home. Services will be held there Saturday, April 21, 1951, at 2 p.m., and interment will follow in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Chas. L. Melenyzer is the funeral director.
JOHN A. HAYS
John A. Hays, aged 75, died Sunday at his home in center avenue, Greensburg from complications. For 53 years he taught schools in Westmoreland county. He was educated in the Uniontown Orphans School which later was removed to Jumonville. Mr. Hays was secretary of the Jumonville School Association and always attended and was largely responsible for the reunion of the pupils of the school. He recalls with pride that one of his pupils in 1879 was Edward Earhart, father of Amelia Earhart, famous flier. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at the home at 1:30 with additional services at three o’clock in the Donegal Lutheran church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Julis HAYS died in 1869. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(17)
HAYS--July 27th, at the residence of her mother's in Union Borough, Miss Julia
Hays.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. Aug. 5, 1869.
M. Hopwood HAYS died in 1862. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(17)
DIED
At Bellevue Hospital, New York, July 19th of Typhoid Fever, Corporal M. HOPWOOD HAYS of company I, 85th Penn'a Reg., son of the late Rev. Mr. Hays, of Monroe, Pa.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. July 24, 1862
Vol. 2, No. 25, Pg. 5, Col. 4.
Martha J. HAYSWOOD died in 1931. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Word has been received with profound regret of the sudden death Sunday night, April 5, 1931, of Mrs. Martha J. Hayswood, wife of the Rev. J. H. Hayswood, D. D., principal of Redstone Academy, a Presbyterial colored school at Lumberton, N. C. Death was due to pneumonia.
The school is named for and supported by the women of Redstone Presbytery. For 30 years Mrs. Hayswood has taught and labored faithfully with her husband in this school. Six years ago, Rev. and Mrs. Hayswood attended a Presbyterial meeting in Connellsville and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis P. Phillips, Morgantown, this city.
Dana Marie HAYWOOD (1971-1994)
DANA MARIE HAYWOOD
Dana Marie Haywood, 23, of 825 Orchard St., California, Pa., died Friday in Brownsville General Hospital. She is survived by her parents, Edmond Haywood of California, Pa., and Carol Rable Haywood of West Brownsville; one sister, Susan Caruso and her husband, Nick, of Boston, Mass.; and her maternal grandmother, Violet Haywood of California, Pa. The family will receive friends in the John E. Greenlief Funeral Home, 323 Fourth St. at Wood, California, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 11 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
April 12, 1971
Died—–
August 12, 1994
Raymond Jacob HAZELBAKER (1912-2004)
Raymond Jacob Hazelbaker, 91, of Uniontown Pa., died Sunday, January 4, 2004, in the Uniontown Hospital. He was born September 30, 1912, in Perryopolis, Pa., son of William Allen Hazelbaker and Sarah Olive Hazelbaker. Mr. Hazelbaker was a Mechanic at Sova's Body Shop in Uniontown prior to his retirement. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, Laurel Lodge No. 651 F. & A.M., and the Uniontown Lions Club. His parents, brother, Lackey Hazelbaker, and a sister, Mary Phelps, preceded him in death. Surviving are his loving wife of 65 years, Cora Flanigan Hazelbaker; three sons: Raymond William Hazelbaker and his wife Eloise and Gary Lee Hazelbaker and his wife Carole all of Bethel Park, Pa., and David Jacob Hazelbaker and his wife Cheryl Lynn of Coraopolis, Pa.; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and two sisters: Lula Williams of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Gladys Gates of Cleveland, Ohio. Friends will be received in the JEROME W. SHELL FUNERAL HOME, 164 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Uniontown, Pa., on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, January 7, until 11 a.m., the hour of Service. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery, Uniontown.
DIED
HAZEN— Abraham Hazen, of Franklin township, of disease of the stomach, aged 72 years.
Benjamin Wintermute HAZEN ( -1904)
Death notice taken from the Obit Index of the Pennsylvania Room of the Uniontown Public Library.
Benjamin Wintermute Hazen
White, male, 65 years old, farmer, Welsh descent, came to Perry Twp.
in 1784 from Chester Co., Pa.
Cause of death–Bladder Disease
Born–Franklin Twp.
Died–February 25, 1904, in Smock
Buried–Redstone Cemetery
David D. HAZEN died in 1863. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(4)
HAZEN -In Franklin Tp., on Friday, Dec 18th, ' 63, of Inflammation of the
Bowels, David D., son of George and Mary J. Hazen, aged ? months and 22
days.
' Tis Jesus speaks ? I fold, says He;
These lambs within my breast,
Protection they shall find in me,
In me, be ever bless'd.
Death may the bands of life unloose,
But can't disolve my love,
Millions of infant soles compose,
The Family above.
Their feeble frames my power shall raise,
And mould with heavenly skill;
I'll give them tongues to sing my praise,
And hands to do my will.
His words the happy parents bear,
And shout with joy divine,
O Savior, all we have and are,
Shall be forever Thine.
The Genius of Liberty, Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 31, 1863.
Vol. 3, No. 47. pg 2, col. 7
Grace Byers Hazen, 101, passed away on Saturday, June 16, 2007 in Harrisburg, Pa. She was born on July 14, 1905, in Fayette County, Pa., to the late Issac and Chints (Craft) Byers. A retired Schoolteacher and devoted homemaker. A graduate of the former California Normal School, in California, Washington County, Pa., she taught in Fayette County, Cumberland County - Rossmoyne Elementary School, West Shore School District, and Indiana County’s, in Pennsylvania. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Order of the Eastern Star. She also had enjoyed teaching Sunday School. Grace was preceded in death by her husband, James McKee Hazen, and a daughter, Margery Hazen Lowdermilk. She is survived by a son, James B. Hazen, of Harrisburg, Pa.; a granddaughter, Karin L. Curry, of Mendham, N.J.; grandsons, David H. Lowdermilk, of Murrieta, Calif., James G. Hazen, of Middletown, Pa., Jonathan D. Hazen, of Williamsport, Pa., four great-grandchildren, and four nieces.
A Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 30, 2007, in Mount Calvary United Methodist Church, 175 N. Fairville Ave., Harrisburg, Pa. Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 6, 2007, in Bowman-Flatwoods Cemetery, Georges Township, Fayette County, Pa. Memorial contributions can be made to the charity of the donors choice. HOOVER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, INC., of Hershey, Pa., (717-533-7700), is handling arrangements.
J. M. Hazen
Passes Away
A former district school superintendent has died in Harrisburg. James M. Hazen of Mechanicsburg, formerly of Uniontown, died Saturday in the Palyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg at the age of 64. Mr. Hazen was a former superintendent of schools in Franklin and South Union Twps. In addition he was a former superintendent of Northern Cambria Schools, former administrator in the Dept. of Education and a former adviser at the United Nations, Flushing, N. Y. He was a member of Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, a member of the F&AM Uniontown, Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and Pittsburgh Consistory. Surviving are his wife, Grace Byers Hazen; one daughter and one son, Mrs. Margery Lowdermild of Pearl River, N. Y., and James B. Hazen of Steelton; three grandchildren, and one brother, Thomas Hazen of Somerville, N. J. Private burial will be held today. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Blair Funeral Home, Perryopolis.
HAZEN, JAMES M.— Age 64 years of 50 Oakland Ave., Mechanicsburg, Pa., died Saturday 5 a.m., April 3, 1971 at Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg, Pa. He was the son of the late James P. and Margery McKee Hazen. He was a former resident of Uniontown, a member of Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, a member of the F. & A.M. Uniontown, Uniontown Lodge of Perfection and Pittsburgh Consistory. He was a former Superintendant of schools in Franklin and South Union Twps., Fayette County; a former Superintendant of Northern Cambria Schools; a former administrator in the State Education Dept. and a former advisor of the United Nations, Flushing, N.Y. Surviving are his wife, Grace Byers Hazen; one daughter and one son; Mrs. Donald (Margery) Lowdermilk of Pearl River, N.Y., James B. of Steelton, Pa.; three grandchildren; one brother, Thomas Hazen, Somerville, N.J. Private interment will be held today. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Blair Funeral Home, Perryopolis. In lieu of flowers contributions may be given in memory to the Heart or Cancer Fund.
JAMES P. HAZEN
The funeral service for James Piersol Hazen, 71 years old, well-known
farmer and lifelong resident of Franklin township who died early Friday
morning following a lingering illness, will be held at the family residence
near Smock Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in Redstone
Cemetery at Brownsville in charge of the undertaking firm of Ira Blair &
Sons of Perryopolis.
Mr. Hazen had long been identified with the community and civic
interests and at the time of his death was an elder in the Little Redstone
Presbyterian Church, a member of the Franklin Township Board of Education
and had held the office of justice of the peace for more than 30 years.
He was a descendant of early pioneer settlers of Fayette county.
His great-grandfather, David Hazen, migrated from northern New Jersey to
Western Pennsylvania in 1808, and was a member of the eighth generation of
the Hazen family in America, which dates back to the settlement of Edward
Hazen in the Puritan community of Rowley, Mass., in about 1640.
Mr. Hazen was a son of the late Benjamin W. and Edith Piersol
Hazen and was born in Franklin township November 22, 1864, and was educated
in the township’s public school and at Mount Union College at Alliance, Ohio,
where he received the degree of bachelor of commercial science in 1888.
In 1901 he was married to Margery Huston McKee who survives, with
three sons, Benjamin F. Hazen of Columbus, Ohio, Thomas Hazen of Montclair,
N. J., and James M. Hazen of Franklin township, and one grandson, James
Forsythe Hazen. There are three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Annette
Phillips and Mrs. Ella Shearer of Eighty Four, Mrs. W. L. Dunn of Uniontown
and William Hazen of Connellsville.
HAZEN REUNION
Members of Clan Gather at Old Homestead at
Perryopolis
A reunion of the Hazen family was held on the old Hazen homestead at
Perryopolis now occupied by James P. Hazen and family. Those in charge
put forth every effort possible towards providing entertainment for the
day and a delightful time was had by all. The children spent the day at
various games and music, while the older folks related reminiscences of
their younger days. At noon an elaborate dinner was served on the lawn
under the spacious silver maple trees, which bear the names of the deceased
descendants of the clan.
The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy
and daughter Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. James Rittenhouse, Mr. and Mrs.
Watson Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Fleming and sons Harry and James Rufus,
Mrs. Frank Brock and children Harriett, Helen, Blanche, Mildred, Frances,
James, all of Smock; Mr. and Mrs. William Henshaw and son Elmer, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Hazen and two daughters, W. L. Dunn and wife John and Mary,
and Mrs. James Hazen, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gans and sons Henry and James and
Paul Dunn all of Uniontown; Mrs. Ella Shearer and sons Emmanuel, Frederick
and Homer from Eighty-Four; Rev. W. F. McKee, wife and children, Paul.
Margaret and Mary, of Monongahela; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hazen, Mrs. Mollie
Kreger and children, Gladys and Thomas of Connellsville; Mr. and Mrs.
William Phillips and two daughters, Mrs. Belle Allen and daughter, Mrs.
Annette Phillips, all of Brownville; Dr. Harry Rittenhouse, wife and sons,
George and Frank, and Mrs. Lottie McKee and son Harry, all of Carnegie; Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Jones and family, Garnet, Nellie, David, John, Bennett and
Ira of Star Junction; Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Martin, Mrs. Phoebe Arnold, Mrs.
Anna Blair and Miss Mary E. McKee, all or Perryopolis; Miss Anna Duff of
Belle Vernon; Mr. and Mrs. Melburn Jones and sons Wayne and Everett and
Mary Simms, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Hazen and sons Benjamin, Thomas and
James, all of Smock.
Margery McKee HAZEN (1869-1953)
HAZEN, MRS. MARGAREY F HUSTON McKee—Died at her home in Perryopolis, at noon Monday, March 9, 1953. Mrs. Hazen was born at Brooklyn, Iowa, on March 24, 1869 and was the daughter of the late Finley and Eliza Harper McKee. Mrs. Hazen was a school teacher having taught in Franklin Township, Connellsville, Carnegie and Wilkinsburg. She was a member of the Little Redstone Presbyterian Church; the Missionary Society and the Presbyteriat; the Colonel Andrew Lynn Chapter, D. A. P., the Dorcas Class of the Perry Methodist Church and the Perry W. C. T. U. She was predeceased by her husband, James Piersol Hazen on November 22, 1953 (error: 1935 - see obit for James P. Hazen.) Surviving are three children: Benjamin Finley of Columbus, Ohio; Thomas of Bloomfield, N. J. and James McKee of Uniontown; seven grandchildren; one sister; Miss Mary E. McKee of Perryopolis and one brother, Joel S. McKee of New Castle. Friends will be received at the Ira Blair & Sons Chapel, Perryopolis after one o’clock Thursday, where services will be conducted Saturday at two o’clock with Rev. Ira Howard, officiating; assisted by Rev. Frank T. James. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery, Brownsville.
MRS. MINNIE HAZEN
Mrs. Minnie Hazen, 76, of 822 Morrell avenue, died at 11:30 o’clock
Sunday morning at the home of her son, William. She was born November 6,
1877, at Buena Vista. Mrs. Hazen was a member of the Flatwoods Baptist
Church.
Surviving are three sons, George of Scottdale, William of
Connellsville and Robert of Washington; three sisters, Mrs. Ada Allen
of Little Summit, Mrs. Harriett Gillen of Smock and Mrs. Charles Maxwell
of Buffalo, N. Y.; three brothers, Robert and Freeman Cooper of Connellsville
and William Cooper of Indianapolis, Ind., and six grandchildren. Her husband,
William Hazen, died in 1938.
The funeral service will be conducted at Blair’s funeral home
at Perryopolis at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be in
Little Redstone Cemetery at Brownsville. The family requests that flowers
be omitted.
Pneumonia Fatal
To William Hazen
A brief illness of pneumonia caused the death at 11:40 o’clock Friday
night of William Hazen, 62 years old, of 822 Morrell avenue. He was taken
ill with the grip on Sunday and pneumonia developed.
Mr. Hazen was a native of Franklin township, being born on a
farm near Tippecanoe on August, 1875, a son of the late Benjamin W. and
Edith Piersol Hazen. He resided there until 1901 when he moved to a farm
near Buffalo village in Washington county and remained there until 1916
when he moved to Connellsville. He had been employed since then by the West
Penn System and A. Overholt & Company and in recent years was working at
the Mount Braddock plant of the Liberty Powder Company.
Mr. Hazen, for several years, was a Democratic registrar in the
Seventh Ward. He was a member of the Flatwoods Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Cooper Hazen, with whom
he was united in marriage 41 years ago; three sons, George C. Hazen of 166
West Crawford avenue, William H. Hazen of Donora and Robert L. Hazen at
home; one granddaughter, and three sisters, Mrs. Annette Phillips and Mrs.
Wilbur Dunn of Uniontown and Mrs. Ella Shearer of Washington, Pa.
The funeral service will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the home in Morrell avenue. Interment will be in Redstone Cemetery at
Brownsville in charge of the undertaking firm of Ira Blair & Sons of
Perryopolis.
William Hazen
William Hoyt Hazen, 84, of Connellsville, Pa., died Monday, Jan. 30, 1995, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. Surviving are his wife, Louise Heffley-Hazen; and a brother, Robert L. Hazen of Claysville R.D. 1. A Memorial Service will be held Friday at 2 p.m., in the Faith Bible Church, under the direction of the Paul G. Fink Funeral Home, Inc., 418 North Pittsburgh St., Connellsville, Pa.
Margaret Jane HAZLETT (1860-1937)
MRS. MARGARET JANE HAZLETT
Mrs. Margaret Jane Hazlett, Aged 77 years, wife of the late W. A. Hazlett, died yesterday at the home of her son, W. E. Hazlett, 809 Crest Avenue, with whom she had been residing. A resident of this village for about 23 years, coming from Connellsville, she was well known to a large number of friends. Death followed an illness of about two years. Mrs. Hazlett was born in Dunbar, Pa., on June 29, 1860. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Connellsville. Funeral services will be held at the home of her son, 809 Crest Avenue, Monday afternoon, October 11, at 2 o'clock, Rev. A. E. Fletcher, of Dormont, Pa., a cousin of the deceased, assisted by the Rev. Frank S. Montgomery, pastor of the Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church, in conducting the service. Interment will be in Dunbar Cemetery (Franklin Cemetery). Surviving are two sons, W. E. Hazlett of Charleroi and Charles A. Hazlett, a member of the Monessen police force; two daughters, Mrs. Florence Phillips, of Bridgeport, Conn. and Mrs. Pauline Wentzell, of Monessen; twenty grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren.
Mrs. W. A. HAZLETT
Mrs. W. A. Hazlett, of Monessen, former resident of Connellsville, died Friday afternoon at the home of her son, William Hazlett, at Charleroi. Her husband, a well-known contractor of Connellsville for a number of years, preceded her in death. Surviving children are: Mrs. William Wentzell and Charles Hazlett of Monessen, Mrs. Harry Phillips of Bridgeport and William Hazlett of Charleroi. She is also survived by a brother, West Devann of Dunbar; 20 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The funeral services was held this afternoon at the Hazlett home, with Rev. Fletcher, a Methodist Protestant minister of Pittsburgh, a cousin of the deceased officiating. Burial was in a Dunbar cemetery.
MRS. RUTH E. HAZLETT
Miss Ruth E. Hazlett, who for many years made her home with a niece, Mrs. Walter Hicks, Jeffries Crossing, died at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. She was the daughter of Samuel and Jemima Condit Hazlett, formerly of Prosperity, Washington county, and was born October 18, 1855. At that time of death she was 76 years and 13 days old. The body will be removed this afternoon to the home of another niece, Mrs. T. W. Holland, McClellandtown road, Uniontown, where funeral services, in charge of Rev. J. C. Clark, will be solemnized Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Burial will be at Oak Grove cemetery.
SCOTTDALE — William Hazlett 75, of John Kane Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, died at 11 p.m. Wednesday in the Kane Hospital. He was born in Greensburg, a son of the late Harry and Alice Mason Hazlett. He had been an employee of the Kane Hospital since 1960. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Charles (Mary) A Miller of Scottdale and Mrs. John (Martha) Ford of Connellsville.
HAZLETT — William Hazlett, 75, of Pittsburgh, died Jan. 1, 1969. Friends will be received from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Friday in the James Murphy Memorial Home, Scottdale, where the funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. Charles E. Hamnett officiating. Burial will be in St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg.
Thomas HEADLEY died in 1915. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(34)
HEADLEY, THOMAS - about 1845 - February 1, 1915
Thomas Headley, of near Belle Vernon, Fayette county, Pa., died Monday, February
1, aged 60 years after a long illness of a complication of diseases. Mr. Headley
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Headley, deceased, who were well known among
many of the older citizens of this county. A large number of relatives and friends
who reside in Greene county mourn his demise, among them being a sister, Mrs.
B. F. Barnhart, of Franklin township.
Waynesburg (PA) Republican, February 11, 1915
HEADRICK, EVA MAY— Age 93 years of Smithfield, died Monday, Oct. 14, 1985 at her home. She was born at Smithfield, April 22, 1892, a daughter of the late Benjamin and Mary Beighly Dils. She was preceded in death by her husband, Crawford C. Headrick; and a brother, Guy Dils. She was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Smithfield, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Surviving are a daughter, Ellen A. Berninger of Pittsburgh; two sons, Gilmer R. Headrick of Smithfield and Ralph B. Headrick of Port Charlotte, Fla.; two grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. The family will…remainder of article is missing.
Alice Anne HEATH died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(9)
ALICE A. HEATH
Miss Alice Anne Heath, aged 85, died at 5:10 Wednesday evening, December 8, 1937,
at the home of a nephew, Bryson Heath, of Gans. She was the daughter of
Shephard and Mary Ann Linton Heath and was born near Masontown, Pa.
In addition to the nephew, she is survived by three brothers, John L., and Robert
F., of Grand Ridge, Ill., and Charles C., of Conrad, Mont., and one sister, Mrs.
Belle Fretz, of Monongahela.
Miss Heath was a member of St. John's Lutheran church at Morris Cross Roads.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday morning at 9 o'clock with a requiem
high mass in St. John's R. C. church. Rev. Fr. Thomas J. Dunn will serve
as celebrant. Burial will follow in Calvary cemetery, in Pittsburgh.
Christopher
C. HEATH died in 1861. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(17)
On January 9th, 1861, of Consumption, at the residence of his uncle J. S. Allebaugh, in Masontown, Pa., Christopher C. Heath, in the 23d year of his age.
The Genius of Liberty., Uniontown, Pa., February 7, 1861.
Samuel
HEATH died in 1864. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
HEATH - At his residence in Tyrone township, Fayette county, August 4th, 1864, Samuel Heath, after a protracted illness of dysentery, in his 57th year of age.
Brother Heath had been a professor of the Religion of Christ for almost thirty years in communion and fellowship in the United Brethren Church, in which he had been an exemplary member.
In intercourse with society his deportment was courteous and affable, a a friend frank and kind; as a Christian devoted and humble, beautifully illustrating his profession; as a husband, loving and faithful; as a father, affectionate and kind. In life he was an example of piety; in death, through the precious merits of Christ, enjoyed the comfort and support of a Saviour's love. The writer of this narrative, by request visited him on his bed of sickness and witnessed a striking pattern of christian resignation to the will of his Heavenly Father. Retaining his mind to the last, being asked by a friend what his hopes were in the future, exclaimed that Jesus was sweet to his soul. He gave satisfactory evidence to his friends that his peace was made with God, through faith in the precious merits of Christ, and departed this life in hope of a blissful immortality and eternal life at God's right hand in Heaven. He left a weeping wife and five small children to mourn their irreparable loss, but their loss is his eternal gain.
The mortal remains of the brother were conveyed by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances to the house prepared for all living. After interment, the people repaired into the Minonett Meeting House. A sermon was preached by the writer from Job 16th chapter and 22d verse. The congregation left on the solemn occasion with the conviction that the community had lost a valuable citizen, many indulging a hope of meeting again.
Yet again we hope to meet thee
When the day of life is fled,
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no farewell tear is shed.
Connellsville, August 14, 1864. J.W.F.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, PA Aug 18, 1864
DIED
In St. Clairsville, Ohio, on the 17th instant, JOHN AUSTIN, infant son of J. H. and R. Heaton, aged 13 months.
MRS. WILLIAM HEBB
Mrs. Della Hebb, aged 32, wife of William Hebb, of 52 Wayne avenue, died in Uniontown hospital, Wednesday morning at 9:40 o’clock. She was a victim of peritonitis. She was admitted to the hospital Tuesday morning. Mrs. Hebb had been ill for three weeks. She was the daughter of the late Caleb Rowe and Mrs. Hannah Rowe. Mrs. Hebb is survived by her husband, W. E. Hebb and four children, Billy, Olive Jane, Vernetta and Bobby. Her mother, four brothers, Clyde, of Republic; Walter of Allison; Earl and Irwin of Uniontown, and one sister, Margaret Klingensmith, of Greensburg, also survive. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the Hopwood Christian church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Ellen HEBB died in 1888. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(29)
Hebb.-Mrs. Ellen Hebb, of Gist, died of consumption on Friday, June 22nd, aged
46 years. Her remains were interred in the Percy cemetery on Monday. A husband
and six children survive her.
The Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Friday, June 29, 1888
Page 8, Column 3
Robert Hebb, Sr., Little League manager
Robert Richard ‘Bob’ Hebb Sr., 68, of 706 Chert Lane, Beckley, W.Va., died Thursday, Sept. 15, 1994, in Beckley hospital following a long illness. He was born July 26, 1926, at Morgantown, a son of the late Loman J. and Helen D. Neval Hebb. Hebb was an active member of the Memorial Baptist Church, serving in the capacity of deacon, Sunday School teacher, bus captain, youth director, chairman of the Men’s Fellowship and senior adult choir member. He founded the Sonshine Inn in the early to mid 70’s. He was an active member of the Beckley Gideon Camp of Gideon International, and for 32 years he served in the Beckley Little League as manager, league president and on the board of directors. In the early 1970s, he founded the girls softball league in Beckley. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II and participated in both the European and Pacific Theaters with the UDT and the OSS. Prior to moving to Beckley in 1960, he worked as a watchmaker with Wallace Miller Jewelry in Uniontown. In 1960, he came to Beckley and worked as a watchmaker and was manager of Be…man’s Jewelry. Hebb opened the Grace Book Store and Gift Shop on Sunrise Avenue in 1972, and it is now located at Beckley Crossing. Surviving are his wife of 45 years, Emma Jean Miller Hebb; two daughters, Mrs. Rod (Linda) Carney and Mrs. Mike (Kimberly) Withers, both of Beckley; a son, Robert R. Hebb Jr. of Beckley; seven grandchildren; a sister, Grace Holdcraft of Woodbury, N.J.; and a brother, Don Summa of Port Orange, Fla. Services were held in Beckley. Family requests donations be made to the Beckley Gideon Camp of Gideon International for donations of memorial Bibles.
Leo E. Hebda
Leo E. ‘Echo’ Hebda, 71, of Everson, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 1996, in Westmoreland Manor, Greensburg. He is survived by his brothers and sisters and their spouses: Joseph F. Hebda of Triangle, Va., Helen Hebda Baluch of Everson, Ladislaus ‘Duke’ Hebda and wife, Bernice, of Scottdale, Louis F. Hebda and wife, Mary E., of Everson, Cecilia R. Hebda Flanagan of Scottdale, and Dorothy J. Hebda Taxacher and husband, Robert, of Everson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends will be received in the Frank Kapr funeral Home Inc., 417 West Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 9:30 a.m.
Charles W. HEBENTHAL (1938-1996)
CHARLES HEBENTHAL
Charles W. Hebenthal, 58, of 205 Oak Hollow Court, Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Scottdale, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, N.C. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Aug. 26, 1938, a son of Margaret J. “Peg” Husak Hebenthal of Greensburg and the late Charles A. Hebenthal, who died Nov. 19, 1980. He was a former member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Scottdale. He was employed for 27 years with IBM in Raleigh as a design engineer retiring in 1986. He was a veteran of the Armed Forces, serving with the U. S. Navy for four years, attaining the rank of Petty Officer. He was a member of the Habitat for Humanity in Reno, Nevada. In addition to his mother, Margaret J. “Peg” Husak Hebenthal of Greensburg, he is survived by one daughter, Terri Michael and her husband, David, of Boca Raton, Fla.; two sons, Jeffrey S. Hebenthal of Cleveland, Ohio and Douglas C. Hebenthal and his wife, Nancy, of Redmond, Washington; two grandchildren, Alexander Ethan Michael and Mariam Catherine Hebenthal; one brother, Alton W. “Al” Hebenthal and his wife, Harriett of Elizabeth; one sister, Sandra M. Moural of Mount Royal, N. J.; and a number of nieces and nephews, uncles and aunts. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 8 p.m. in the FRANK KAPR FUNERAL HOME INC., 417 W. Pittsburgh St., Scottdale. A memorial service will be held Monday evening at 8 p.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Dr. Paul B. Morris, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church, Scottdale, officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
David W. HEBENTHAL died in 1932. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Funeral services for David W. Hebenthal, 71 years old, who died Sunday morning
at his home at 330 Harvey street, Greensburg, will be held this afternoon at
the home with Rev. J. E. Wagner, officiating. Interment will be made in
St. Clair cemetery.
Surviving are his widow and the following children: John R. and Walter
W. Booth of Greensburg, and John R. of this city. One grandchild, Edgar
Hebenthal, a sister, Mrs. George Leonard of Connellsville, and a brother, Charles
Hebenthal of Bridgeport, survive.
(Standard newspaper)
Margaret J. Hudec HEBENTHAL ( -1996)
Margaret J. Hebenthal
Margaret J. ‘Peg’ Hudec Hebenthal, 80, of Timber Ridge Apartments, New Stanton, and formerly of Scottdale died Friday evening, Sept. 27, 1996, in St. Anne Home, Greensburg. She is survived by a son, Alton ‘Al’ W. Hebenthal and wife, Harriet, of Elizabeth, Pa., a daughter, Sandra M. Hebenthal Moural of Mount Laurel, N.J., seven grandchildren, eight great- grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Edward (Elma) Johnson of Fairview Park, Ohio, and Mrs. Walter (Doris) Remaley of Alverton, and two brothers, Donald Hudec of Norvelt and Edwin Hudec of Mount Pleasant. Friends will be received at the Frank Kapr Funeral Home Inc., 417 West Pittsburgh St., Scottdale, today from 2 to 9p.m. and Tuesday until 10 a.m.
Kenneth W. HEETER died in 1931. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Kenneth W. Heeter, aged 36 years, of near Messmore, died at his home Thursday
morning, April 23, 1931, at 2 o'clock of pleural pneumonia. He is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Emma Heeter, two sons, Elwood and Wayne, a sister, Mrs. J.
A. Hayden, and two brothers, George Heeter, Jr., and Gilbert Heeter, all of near
Messmore. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Heeter, also survive.
Mr. Heeter, was a veteran of the World war and widely known and popular. Funeral
services, which will be military, will be in charge of the Fort Mason post, American
Legion, of Masontown. Burial will be in Jacobs Lutheran cemetery, but the
time has not yet been decided upon.
BRADENTON, FL
Owen F. Heffern
Owen F. Heffern, died on November 13, 2011 in Bradenton, FL. Owen was born on August 6, 1934 in Uniontown, PA. He was the son of the late, Michael J. and Jayne Flynn Heffern. Owen was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Patricia; and a brother, Michael. He was a graduate of St. John High School, a veteran of the U.S. Army and former Employee of the National Cash Register Co. of Dayton, Ohio.
Robert D. Heffern
Robert D. Heffern, 76 years, of Brownfield, Pa., died in Aurora Manor, Aurora, Ohio, on Thursday, July 5, 2012 with his family by his side. He was born in Uniontown, Pa., on April 8, 1936 the son of William J. Heffern and Blanche (DeVault) Heffern. Robert was predeceased by his parents; and his in-laws, Ed and Elsie Cunningham. Surviving are his wife, Mary Ann (Cunningham) Heffern of Twinsburg, Ohio; three sons: Robert E. Heffern, Stow, Ohio, Michael James Heffern of South Euclid, Ohio and James Alan Heffern of Stow, Ohio; grandson, Matthew J. Heffern; brothers: William J. Heffern of Meyersdale, Pa., and Barry Heffern of Solon, Ohio; nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today (Monday, July 9) from 10 a.m. until 12 Noon. Funeral Service will begin at 12 p.m. with Pastor Ken Walls officiating. Interment will follow in the Mountain View Memorial Park, Brownfield, Pa.
John P. HEFFLEY, Sr. (1925-2010)
John Paul Heffley Sr., 84, of Connellsville, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, in the Copper Ridge Nursing Home, Sykesville, Md. He was born Dec. 8, 1925, in Connellsville, a son of the late James and Nellie Balsley Heffley. John was a lifelong resident of Connellsville. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a plant engineer for the Anchor Hocking Corp. Cap Plant in South Connellsville. He was a veteran of the Army and served during World War II. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. John was a member of the Faith Bible Church in Connellsville.
John is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Jane Hardy Heffley; his son, John Paul Heffley Jr. and his wife, Debbie, of New Market, Md.; his granddaughter, Jessica Rose Heffley; and his sister, Louise Heffley Hazen, of Mt. Pleasant.
In addition to his parents, John was predeceased by his brothers, James D., Ernest L. and Robert L. Heffley. Private funeral services will be held for the family in the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, with the Rev. Barry Witt officiating. A committal service will be held in Green Ridge Memorial Park, Pennsville. Military rites will be conducted by the Connellsville VFW and American Legion and Trotter American Legion Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Faith Bible Church, 425 S. Arch St., Connellsville, PA 15425, in memory of John P. Heffley Sr.
Elizabeth Ann Kubec HEGEDUS ( -1964)
MRS. MICHAEL HEGEDUS
MOUNT PLEASANT— Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hegedus, 53, of Ruffsdale, R.D. 1, died Monday evening in her home. Surviving are her husband, Michael; her mother, Mrs. Anna Kubec of Pleasant Valley; three sons, Michael Jr. of Scottdale, R.D. 1, George R. of North Bridgeville, Ohio, and Jerome A. of Youngwood; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Emma Jane) Malic of Youngwood, and Caroline at home; three brothers, Andrew Kubec of Pittsburgh, John of Scottdale and Frank of Greensburg; a sister, Mrs. Mildred Garealabene of Pittsburgh, and 16 grandchildren. The body will be in the Grimm funeral home after 7 p.m. today, where a prayer service will be held at 8:15 a.m. Friday, followed by mass at 9 a.m. in Seven Dolors Church, Yukon. Burial will be in the church cemetery
Elizabeth T. Ginter HEGEDUS (1917-1994)
Elizabeth T. Hegedus
Elizabeth T. Ginter Hegedus, 77, of Ruffsdale R.D. 1 and a native of Philadelphia died Friday in Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. She is survived by one son, Joseph R. Hegedus Jr. of Mount Pleasant R.D. 2; three daughters, Mrs. Frank (Johanna) Koontz, Mrs. Gerard (Mary Ann) Bulna, and Mrs. Paul (Kathleen) Vaglia all of Ruffsdale R.D. 1; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three brothers, Nicholas Ginter of Yukon, Walter Ginter of Herminie, and Edward Ginter of Gardners, Pa.; and three sisters, Mrs. Josephine Cheslar of Elizabeth, Mrs. Anna Bohlander of New Mexico, and Clara Call of Largo, Fla. Friends will be received in the Eugene G. Saloom Funeral Home Inc., 730 West Main St., Mount Pleasant, today from 12 noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 9:30 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
March 22, 1917
Died—–
December 2, 1994
Lorraine Snyder HEHR (1931-1997)
Lorraine S. Hehr
Lorraine Snyder Hehr, 65, a resident since 1964 of Huron, Ohio, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio, and Uniontown, Pa., died Sunday, March 23, 1997, in her residence after an extended illness. She was born October 20, 1931, in Dunbar, Pa., daughter of William and Bessie Baker Snyder. She was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church in Huron and Huron Eagles Women’s Auxiliary. She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Edward Hehr; son, Larry Hehr of Milton, Fla.; two grandchildren; brothers, William Snyder and James Snyder, and three sisters. Her parents and a sister, Gloria Bruce, are deceased. Friends may call at the WHELAND-FOSTER FUNERAL HOME, 410 Main St., Huron, Ohio 44839 on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. where Christian wake services will be held at 8:30 p.m. Funeral service will be held Thursday, March 27, at 10 a.m. in St. Peter Catholic Church, 430 Main St., Huron. Rev. Edward Littelmann, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park, Huron Township, Ohio. Contributions may be made to Staff Builders’ Hospice, 413 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH 44870.
Dorothy Ruth HEINBAUGH died in 1918. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(5)
HEINBAUGH, DOROTHY RUTH
DOROTHY RUTH HEINBAUGH died at 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 20, at the Jefferson
Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio from pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
She is the oldest daughter of HARRY M. HEINBAUGH, formerly of Connellsville.
Her mother will be remember as LOLA KATE HANLON, who died in June. DOROTHY
was seven years old on November 7, and is survived by her father and one brother
MARCUS, and sister, LAURA JANE. Her sister, JANE is in the hospital now
with the same disease but is recovering rapidly.
Courier Thurs. 11-28-1918
HEINBAUGH, KENNETH E.— aged 38 years, husband of Evelyn Miller Heinbaugh, of 11 Trader street, died in the Uniontown Hospital Wednesday morning, March 24, 1951 at 12:05 o’clock. In addition to his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Joan, at home, two brothers, William, Washington, D. C., Gilbert, Uniontown, two sisters, Mrs. Florence Ross of Pt. Marion, Mrs. Rebecca Artis, Uniontown; also his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Detweiler of Uniontown, He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 828. He was a graduate of the Uniontown Senior High school, Class of 1931 where he received five letters for basketball, football, track and baseball. Friends will be received in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 S. Fayette street after seven o’clock this evening. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
HEINBAUGH, KENNETH E.— Friends are being received in the Gleason Funeral Home, 114 East Fayette Street, where services will be held Friday, March 26, at 2:20 p.m. with Rev. E. J. Keffer officiating. Interment will be in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown. The Fraternal Order of Eagles will conduct their ritualistic services in the funeral home this evening at 8 o'clock.
Solomon J. HEINBAUGH died in 1925. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.
Solomon Heinbaugh died at his home in Downer avenue, Wednesday morning, April
22, 1925, at 1:10am of pneumona. He was 72 years, one month and four days old.
His widow, Emily [Melinda Emily Bowser]and the following children survive:
J. F. [James Frank] Heinbaugh and [Jennie] Mrs. William Cassassa of Beaver Falls,
[Lydia J.] Mrs. Hugh N. Black of Uniontown, [Pearl Isabelle] Mrs. William Bennett
of Greenboro, and [Edna M.] Mrs. Herman E. Escherich of Friedens, Somerset County.
Two step children, Mrs. Robert McFarland and Herman L. Bowser of Uniontown,
also survive together with 17 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and nine
step grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the residence
of his daughter, Mrs. H. N. Black of North Gallatin avenue. Interment will be
in Park Place cemetery. Rev. Joel Lee Jones, pastor of the Central Christian
Church, will conduct the services.
Source: 23 Apr 1925 Morning Herald, Uniontown, PA
Charles G. HEINEMAN died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Charles G. Heineman, of Pittsburgh, a former resident of Fayette county, died in Sewickley Hospital Wednesday morning, June ?, 1938, of injuries recently received in an automobile accident. He was the brother of Mrs. J. P. McMullen of Marklesburg.
George B. HEIPLE died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(93)
George B. HEIPLE, 76, prominent auctioneer and for more than 50 years owner of a sawmill, died Wednesday morning at his home in Ligonier township after a lingering illness. His wife preceded him in death and he leaves one daughter, three grandchildren and two brothers, including Murphy M. HEIPLE of Indian Head.
The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home. Interment will be made in Green Mountain Cemetery at Waterford.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pa, Thursday, December 8, 1938, page 6
Obits provided by Ruth Sprowls and typed by Carole Clarke
Obits typed exactly as written.
Eunice Chaffee Hall HEISE (1920-1996)
Eunice Heise
Eunice Chaffee Hall Heise, 76, of 5 W. Nightingale St., Apopka, Fla., formerly of Scottdale, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996, in Health Central Hospital, Winter Garden, Fla. She was born in Springfield, Mass., Aug. 23, 1920, a daughter of the late Frank and Elise Grundy Chaffee. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church, Scottdale and was presently a member of the First Baptist Church of Apopka. She had moved to Apopka from Scottdale in 1970. She is survived by her husband of 26 years, Clarence Edward ‘Lefty’ Heise of Apopka, Fla.; the following children, Carol H. Valentovish and her husband Edward of Scottdale, Ralph ‘Moe’ Hall of Scottdale, James Heise and his wife Peggy of Florida, Judy Keller of Apopka, Fla., and Carole Clelland and her husband Robert of Florida; seven granddaughters and a number of great-grandchildren; one brother, Roland Chaffee of North Brookfield, Mass. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph J. Hall on June 10, 1968; a son and daughter in infancy; one brother, Norman Chaffee, killed in action during World War II; and one sister, Viola. Friends will be received in the BALDWIN-FAIRCHILD FUNERAL HOME, 601 N. Park Ave., Apopka, Fla., Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Apopka Chapel of Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, with the Rev. Don Yates officiating. Interment will follow in Highland…
THE DEADLY FIRE DAMP
Claims Eight Victims at the Umpire Mine
OPEN LIGHTS FIRE THE GAS
An Investigation by the Coroner’s Jury
Ends in Holding the
MINE OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE
A Boy Operator Shut Off the Air Current When the Explosion Occurred.
The first information of the explosion came from George Lacy, John
Smith, Samuel Meese and James G. Bennett, brother of one of the men
killed. They were at work in the mine also, and as soon after the
concussion of the explosion as possible they worked their way into
the effected district and found the bodies of Bennett and Hager.
From appearances it was believed that the drivers had gone into the
entry and ignited an accumulation of gas. Open lights were used.
Both bodies were burned somewhat, and also showed the effects of the
concussion. Later the bodies of the other miners were discovered,
in their rooms, where they had succumbed to the fatal lethargy that
overtakes the senses when the oxygen has been burned out of mine
air. As usual the bodies showed that the miners had not made any
struggles. The explosion, as judged from the indications left on
the side walls and roof of the mine, was strongest at the face of
the heading, leaving the impression that the gas had been liberated
at the face of the heading and worked its way out the entry.
The party named as rescuers were working in an entry not more than
50 feet removed from the heading in which the explosion occurred,
but they were uninjured, the air current leaving them pure air.
Another group of miners, a little nearer the deadly explosion, heard
the force of the gas as it ignited, and immediately started out.
They were met by the after-damp and some wished to stop, but an
experienced miner named John Ralston urged the men not to stop and
finally the party worked its way out to safety. A large force of
men volunteered to go into the mines immediately following the
announcement that there had been an explosion, and by 11 o’clock A.
M. all the bodies had been brought out of the mine. The scenes
about the opening were heartrending. A great crowd gathered and
many were the anxious faces that crowded about mourning about the
loved ones who were known to be in the mine at the time of the
explosion, and who were awaited, dead or alive, non knew which.
When the accident occurred there were 120 men in the mine and the
anxiety did not cease till all had been found. The explosion effects
did not cover a wide territory in the mine, and after the eight
bodies had been found no more casualties were found.
Peter F. Smith, Coroner of Fayette county left Uniontown for the
seat of the disaster and arrived early upon the scene. The
officials of the United Mine Workers sent as their representative at
the mine, Frederick Dilcher, from Pittsburg. Dr. Smith empaneled a
jury consisting of E. L. Moorhouse, John A. Robinson, Henry Leonard,
William L. Lenhart, Fletcher E. Chalfant and W. M. Fisher, who
viewed the bodies Friday evening.
The Coroner’s jury conducted a lengthy and exhaustive inquest over
the remains of the victims of the disaster, and rendered the
following verdict late Wednesday night:
We find that John Bennett, John Cartwright, Harry Hagar, Robert
Davis, William Pritchard, John and Silas Helston and James Bell came
to their death by an explosion of gas in entry 10 of the Umpire mine
of Friday, the 23rd of September, 1898, between the hours of 7 and 9
A. M., and our verdict is that had the proper mine officials, whose
duty it was to remove the danger that was known to exist, fulfilled
their duty, the accident would not have happened.
During the inquest, at which Robert Brownlee, Chief of the Bureau of
Mines was present, it developed that Raymond McCune, aged 13 years,
was engaged to operate the fan, and that he had shut off the air
current when the explosion occurred. Part of the time the fan was
run by Corbin McCune, aged 14 years, the father of the boys starting
it each morning.
John T. Armstrong, formerly fire boss at the Umpire mines, but now
employed at South Fork, Pa., said, “On the morning of March 21st, I
pronounced the mine unsafe, put up ‘danger’ and told the men to stay
out. Pit Boss Underwood said there was no danger in entries 5 and 6
and told the men to go to work.”
MRS. CHARLES HELD
DAWSON, July 28.—Mrs. Ida Somers Held, wife of Charles Held and a former resident of this borough, died Wednesday night of influenza. She is survived by her husband and two children. Funeral services will be held in Johnstown, Pa. Interment will be made in the same city.
Bronislaa Rosinsky HELINSKY (1874-1945)
Mrs. J. M. Helinsky
Mrs. Bronislaa Helinsky, who would have been 71 years old today, died at about 7 o’clock Thursday evening at her home at Trotter after an extended illness. Her condition became serious Tuesday. She was born in Poland April 13, 1874, and came to this country 45 years ago, settling at Mount Pleasant and locating at Trotter 25 years ago. She was a member of Holy Trinity Church. Surviving are her husband, Joseph M. Helinsky, and the following children: Frank, Stanley, Joseph Jr., John, Edmund, and Mrs. Genevieve Grinko. There are two brothers, Alexander and Martin Rosinsky, of Ronco, and 18 grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday morning with the cortege meeting at the home at 8:30 o’clock and requiem high mass at Holy Trinity Church at 9 o’clock in charge of Rev. W. Wisniewski, pastor. Burial will be made in the church cemetery at Poplar Grove.
Cecilia M. Luczak HELINSKY (1906-1994)
Cecilia M. Helinsky, Connellsville resident
Cecilia Margaret Luczak Helinsky, 87, of Connellsville, died Sunday, May 15, 1994, at Highlands Hospital, Connellsville. She was born Nov. 13, 1906, in Connellsville, a daughter of the late Andrew and Catherine Ridleski Luczak. She was a member of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank Leo Helinsky and a son, Raymond Helinsky who died in World War II.
Edmund Jerome HELINSKY
(1940-2012)
Edmund “Jerry”
Jerome Helinsky
Edmund “Jerry” Jerome Helinsky, age 71 of Connellsville, Pa., passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Jerry was born September 26, 1940 in Connellsville, son of the late Veronica Elizabeth Adamik Helinsky Lilly and Edmund Helinsky. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Ronald Helinsky and sister, Patricia Ann Helinsky Swaney. Jerry was a long-time employee and retiree of the Connellsville sewage-treatment facility. He was a loyal member of several Connellsville area social clubs. Jerry is survived by his sister, Audrey Lilley, and brother, Earl “Doug” Lilley, both of Fairchance, Pa. and sister, Robin Cook, of Marietta GA and other loving relatives and close friends. Friends will be received in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance PA on Friday, July 13 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday, July 14, 2012 until 11:00 a.m., the hour of service with Pastor Paul Lesher officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairchance PA.
Ethel Palankey HELINSKI (1915-1942)
HELINSKI, MRS. ETHEL PALANKEY,— age 27 years, of Trotter died Wednesday evening at 10:25 o’clock in her home following a five months’ illness of complications. She was born March 5, 1915, in Adelaide. She was the daughter of Mrs. Mary and the late Joseph Palankey. She married John Helinski in 1937 in the Holy Trinity Church, Connellsville, and since that time had resided in Trotter. In addition to her mother and husband she is survived by two brothers, Edward of Trotter and Alfred of Vanderbilt. She attended the Parochial schools of Connellsville and the Dunbar Township High school, from which she graduated in 1932. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning, with prayer in the home at 8:30 o’clock followed by Requiem High Mass at 9 o’clock in the Holy Trinity R.C. Church of which she was a member, with Pastor Rev. W. Wisniewski celebrant. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery, Brookvale, under the direction of Milton V. Munk, Connellsville.
JOHN HELINSKY
John M. Helinsky, 42, of Trotter, died in Connellsville State Hospital at 11:15 o’clock Sunday night. He was admitted there early in the day. He was born at Mount Pleasant November 22, 1910, a son of the late Joseph and Bronislawa Rosinsky Helinsky. Deceased operated trucks for the Koppers Company at Adelaide, hauling posts. He was a member of St. Michael’s Lodge and St. Rita’s R.C. Church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Genevieve Grinko of Trotter, and three brothers, Frank, Stanley and Joseph of Trotter. His wife, Mrs. Ethel Helinsky, preceded him in death October 10, 1942. The body was taken to the Munk funeral home. The cortege will meet there at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday morning followed by requiem high mass in St. Rita’s R. C. Church with Rev. Renato Gianni, acting pastor, officiating. Interment will be in St. John’s Church Cemetery at Brookvale.
MISS MARY HELINSKI
Miss Mary Helinski, 24 years old, died Monday morning at 11:25 o’clock at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg, where she had been a patient for five weeks. Death was caused by meningitis. She was the daughter of Joseph and Bridget Rosinki Helinski of Trotter. There are one sister, Genevieve, and five brothers, Frank, Stanley, Joseph, John and Edmond, all at home. Miss Helinski was a member of Young Ladies’ Sodality, St. Michael’s Society and Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church.
Helinski Death Told
Funeral services were being arranged today for Raymond B. Helinski, 55, of 623 Garfield Ave., Scottdale, who died suddenly yesterday in McKeesport Hospital after being admitted Wednesday. He was born in Mount Pleasant, a son of the late John and Mary Ann Ovicki Helinski and had been employed as a polisher with the Emerson Imperial Lighting Co. of Latrobe for the past 15 years. He was a member of St. Joseph’s R.C. Church of Everson and the Holy Name Society. Survivors include his widow, Clara Peta Helinski; four brothers, John of Scottdale, Julius of Baltimore, Md., Felix of Hyattsville, and Stan of Sarasota, Fla., and one sister, Mrs. Kate Zimmerman of Gary, Ind. Friends are being received in the Ferguson Funeral Home. Arrangements are incomplete
HELINSKI RITES
SCOTTDALE— A prayer service for Raymond B. Helinski, 55, who died Thursday morning in McKeesport Hospital, will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Ferguson funeral home, followed by requiem high mass in St. Joseph’s R. C. Church, Everson, at 9 a.m. The Rev. A. J. Politowski will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Pfc. Ronald J. HELINSKI ( -1964)
HELINSKI, PFC RONALD J.— Aged 22, 58 S. Morgantown St., Fairchance, died suddenly in Germany, Friday, May 1, 1964. He was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lilley; brothers and sisters, Edmund Jerome, Earl Jr., Patricia Ann, Audrey Lee and Robin Joyce at home. Friends will be received in the Wagner-Cooley Funeral Home, Fairchance after 2 p.m. today until Tuesday at 2 p.m., the hour of service. Rev. Eugene Oswert will officiate. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery. Military rites at the graveside by Alfred Memorial post of the VFW 7219. Connellsville Courier, please copy.
Stephen F. HELISEK, Jr. (1912-1995)
Stephen Helisek, Jr.
Stephen F. Helisek, Jr., 83, of Crucible in Greene County and a native of Leith in Fayette County died Thursday afternoon in Greene County Memorial Hospital, Waynesburg. He is survived by his wife whom he married June 10, 1937, Margaret Sokol Helisek; children, Stephen R. Helisek III of Clarksville, Tenn., and Mrs. Betty Jean Helisek Brennan and her husband, Robert, of Upper Marlboro, Md.; one granddaughter and one grandson. He was the last member of his immediate family. The family will receive friends at the Behm Funeral Home Inc., Route 188, Jefferson, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 9:30 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
March 19, 1912
Died—–
November 9, 1995
EDWARD D. HELLEIN
Edward Dale Hellein, of Connellsville, died at 10:45 Saturday morning, November 5, 1938, in Uniontown Hospital. Aged two years and four months, the child is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hellein, and one sister, Patricia Ann. Funeral services were to be held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in the home of J. C. Laick, of Connellsville. Burial will be in Church Hill cemetery. Rev. Samuel Wade Stewart will be in charge.
George HELLEIN died in 1933. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(12)
FRICK VETERAN DIES
George Hellein, aged 75, died Friday morning at 7:10 at his home on Broadway,
Scottdale, of a heart attack. Mr. Hellein was a H. C. Frick pensioner. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Hellein, two daughters, Mrs. Josephine Huntley
of Scottdale, and Mrs. Iva Victor of McKeesport; two brothers, Martin, of Uniontown,
and Paul, of Donegal; three sisters, Mrs. Rose Schaffer, of Greensburg; Mrs.
Anna Snyder of Hibbs and Mrs. Lucy Hauger of Stahlstown. Also surviving are six
grandchildren.
funeral services will be held at the home in Scottdale, Monday afternoon, at
two o'clock. burial will be in the Scottdale cemetery.
(Genius - Jan 14, 1933)
HELLEIN, RUTH— Age 81, formerly of Hopwood, passed away Thursday, February 28, 1974 at Fairmont, West Virginia. She was a daughter of the late James and Laura Smith McLaughlin. Preceding her in death were her husband, Milton, in 1948, and one son, Martin, in 1943. Surviving are the following children: Kenneth and David Hellein, both of Cleveland, Ohio, Walter Hellein of Beaver Falls, Eugene Hellein of Uniontown, Mrs. Evelyn Classen of Jamaica, New York, Mrs. Ethel Marinelli and Mrs. Catherine Barnhart, both of Uniontown, Mrs. Greta Davis of Easton, Mrs. Thelma Hennsley of Columbia, South Carolina, Mrs. Betty Price of Fairmont, West Virginia, with whom she made her home; thirty-three grandchildren; forty-three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Hazel Thomas of Youngstown, Ohio; one brother, Edward Hellein of Youngstown, Ohio. She was a member of the Lemont Methodist Church. Friends will be received in the Crawford and Haky Funeral Home, Hopwood, today from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Sunday until 1 p.m., the hour of service, with Guy E. Rider officiating. Interment will be in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Benjamin HELLEN, Sr. died in 1864. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(30)
DIED.
HELLEN—Benjamin Hellen, Sr., died at the residence of his son, B.F. Hellen,
Esq., in South Union Tp., Fayette co., Pa., on Sunday, Jan 3rd, 1864, aged ?4
years, 2 months and 26days.
He was born in Calvert co. Md., but came to this place in the year 1802, and
was consequently one of the oldest citizens. During his illness, he gave evidence
that his mind had found rest from worldly cares in the religion of Christ. To
the writer he frequently spoke of death as a welcome messenger, and at times
seemed to long for the hour when his spirit should quit the scene (?) of trials
and sufferings and go to meet those who had preceded him to the heavenly world.
He retained the use of his reason to the last moments, yet gave no evidence of
fear, his confidence in the mercy of God remaining unchanged, until he quietly
sank to rest, as into a peaceful sleep, never again to awaken to earth, until
the resurrection morning. M.L.C.
The Genius of Liberty. Uniontown, Pa. Jan 14, 1864.
Emma Corilla HELLEN
(1851-1853)
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DIED
In Uniontown, on the 8th inst., EMMA CORILLA, infant daughter of B. F. and Sarah J. Hellen, aged 1 year, 7 months, and 2 days.
Like some fair bud of promise which withers ere it blooms, or the trembling dew drop which empearls the rose at eve, but leaves the earth at morn and flies upward to the skies, so Emma has gone from us forever. A few weeks ago the hue of health mantled her cheeks, and, to the loving hearts which clustered around her, Hope painted a long and brilliant future. But Death’s icy fingers twined around her heart and it ceased to throb—a dim mist covered the eyes—the rose on the cheek yielded to the lily—Emma was dead! No, not dead. Though the casket moulders the spirit lives—
| “She is not dead: but breathes the air | ||
| In worlds beyond the starlit sky.” | In that blessed clime | |
| “Where no blight falls | ||
| On the lovely rose of youth.” |
She blooms in beauty, and is brightening to a seraph under the approving smiles of her God. And now, as the beautiful Iris arches the depths where sink the waters of the cataract, so Hope bends over the grave of Emma, and pints to that land, “Where golden fruit and shadowy blossom shine, In fields immortal and in groves divine.”
There go to her, not in the twilight hour, when dull shadows are gathering over the earth, but in the sweet spring morning when the flowers bloom and the birds sing, for “she is not dead but sleepeth.”
Alma Geraldine LaBorde HELLER (1925-2009)
Mt. Pleasant
Alma G. Heller
Alma Geraldine LaBorde Heller, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Jo Ella’s Personal Care Home, Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Heller was born Oct. 16, 1925 in Climax, Pa., the daughter of the late Frank and Emma Uplinger LaBorde. She had been a longtime member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Mt. Pleasant. Alma had worked as a seamstress for the former Connellsville Sportswear. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the East Huntingdon township Fire Department and an active member of its Card Club. Alma loved to crochet and enjoyed going to bingo. She was an excellent cook and baker and her homemade bread was especially loved by everyone. Alma was an avid TV watcher and enjoyed listening to country music. Her favorite pastime was tending to her family. Her love and kindness was extended to everyone and she will be missed by all who knew her. Alma is survived by her loving family, her sons, Jackie S. Heller and his wife, Regina, Kenneth W. Heller and his wife, Tamie, all of Scottdale, Glenn S. Heller and his wife, Beverly, of Mt. Pleasant, and David L. Heller and his wife, Melodie, of Bear Rocks; and by her daughter, Naomi (Jeannie) Tressler and her husband, Ed, of Mt. Pleasant. She will be sadly missed by her grandchildren, Glenn Heller and Michelle, Diana Cramer and Ryan, Kenneth Heller and Emily, Nicole Heller, Tyson Heller, Donnette Hauer and John and Benjamin Heller, Adam Heller, Trevor Tressler and Jennifer; and by her 11 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, Alma was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn S. Heller, in 1966; her brothers, Lewis, Richard and Francis LaBorde; and by her sisters, Nellie Nulph, Helen Rearick, Cora Mae Truitt and Gertrude Holibaugh. Family and friends will be received from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the GALONE-CARUSO FUNERAL HOME, 204 Eagle St., Mt. Pleasant. Additional viewing will be from 12:30 p.m. until the time of her funeral.
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Service at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home with the Rev. David A. Watkins officiating. Interment will be in the Green Ridge Memorial Park, Connellsville. The family suggests memorials be made to Medi Home Hospice, 109 Crossroads Plaza, Scottdale, PA 15683 or a charity of one’s choice, in memory of Alma G. Heller.
John C. Heller
John C. ‘Jack’ Heller, 52, of Scottdale died Monday, Feb. 20, 1995, in Mt. Pleasant. Surviving are his wife, Ramona M. Horm Heller; two stepsons, Donald Steele of DuBois and Edward Seyler of Mercer; four stepdaughters, Mrs. Jack (Jean) Snyder of DuBois; Mrs. Michael (Carol) Crockley of Portland, Me.; Mrs. Robert (Barbara) Casperosky of New Castle and Lola Seyler of Titusville; several step-grandchildren; one step-great- granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Donald (Patricia) McElroy of Youngwood; one brother, Fred W. Heller of South Connellsville, and several nieces and nephews. There will be no public viewing.
FAYETTE COUNTY
Edward J. Hellman
Edward J. Hellman, age 70 of Fayette County, Pa., passed away Monday, August 20, 2012. He was born January 22, 1942 in Pittsburgh, Pa., the son of Elizabeth Hellmann and the late Edward Hellmann. He was a member of Teamsters Local 66 and he had a passion for antique cars. He was a proud veteran serving in the U.S. Army Artillery. He is survived by his loving wife Patricia (Molek) Leyda Hellmann; two sons: William Hellmann, Bryan Leyda; three daughters: Pamela Hellmann, Lorraine Leyda, Michele Leyda; five grandchildren: Amber Travis, Christopher, Larry, Lance; future Son-in-law, Chris VanDivner; brothers: Donald and Butch Hellmann and numerous nieces and nephews. Edward was preceded in death by his father, a sister, Betty Leonhiser and two nieces Lou Lou and Crisy. Friends will be received in the BLAIR-LOWTHER FUNERAL HOME, INC., 305 Rear Independence Street, Perryopolis, PA, Wednesday, August 22nd from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, August 23rd from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Friday until 10:00 a.m., the hour of Service with Mr. Mike Vindivich officiating. Interment will be in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, PA 15415.
Alois HELLUS died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Alois Hellus, aged 40 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hellus, of near Brownfield,
died at 4 o'clock Saturday morning, August 10, 1935, in U.S. Veterans' hospital;
Aspinwall, where he had been admitted but 20 days previously.
Besides his parents he is survived by one brother, William Hellus, at home, and
two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Long, Oliphant Furnace, and Helen Hellus, at home.
He was a veteran of the World war, having served 23 months overseas with the
Fourth Division Engineers. He was a member of Lafalette Post No. 51, American
Legion, Uniontown.
Funeral services in charge of the Legion will be solemnized at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon in the home of the parents. Burial, also in charge of the Legion,
will be in a Hopwood cemetery.
G.
C. HELMEY died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
HELMEY, G. C.
Word has been received here of the death of G. C. Helmey, well known here, at his home in Savannah, Ga., October 6, of the infirmities of age.
Mr. Helmey, who would have been 86 years old Monday, is the father of C. H. Helmey, 70 Collins avenue, and W. H. Helmey, Cycle avenue.
Funeral arrangements have not been learned.
(Standard - October 6, 1938)
Alvero HELMICK died in 1928. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(2)
Injuries Fatal to Car Driver.
Alvero Helmick, Ronco, Victim; Yough City Girl Injured.
Avero Helmick, aged 20 years, of Ronco is dead and Sarah Stephens, aged 6
years, of 195 Morton avenue, Connellsville, is in an unconscious condition
in the Connellsville State Hospital as a result of automobile injuries.
Helmick died in the Uniontown Hospital Friday night, September 29, 1928, at 8 o'clock from injuries suffered in Greene county late Thursday afternoon. The Stephens child was struck by an automobile.
Helmick, it was reported, was injured when the automobile in which he was riding went down an embankment on the Carmichaels road about two miles from Carmichaels. It is reported that his automobile turned over several times.
Helmick was removed from the wrecked car by passing motorists and rushed to the Nemacolin hospital from which institution he was discharged.
Helmick returned home late Thursday. A short time after returning he began complaining of internal hurt and a Masontown physician was summoned. He immediately ordered the patient removed to the Uniontown Hospital, where an operation was performed Friday. Helmick died at 8 p.m.
He was the son of Eva Clark of Ronco. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
Party, Enroute to Dances,
in Fatal Crash Near Hays Works
Truck, Leaving Road Covered With Washed Down Mud and Water,
Slithers, Tilts and Overturns
Against Tree– Victims Pinned Beneath Vehicle
– Others Thrown Out – Highway Patrol,
Coroner, District Attorney Make Investigation
at Scene of Wreck.
Death gripped three fair young women in its sudden, crushing embrace shortly before 9 o’clock last night when a dance-bound truck carrying more than a dozen happy young people left the road and plunged, tilting and turning into a tree at the sharp S turn at Barnhart’s on the Hague school house road near intersection with Uniontown-Continental No. 8 road, at Hays Works. The dead are Madelyn Helmick, 19, and Clara Helmick, 15, of Uniontown and Mary Elizabeth Layhue, 14, of Uniontown. Nine persons were injured being admitted or treated at the Uniontown Hospital. Possibly others suffered hurts although they were not attended at the hospital. Two of the injured, Frank Gardner, driver of the truck, and John Livingston, Uniontown, were the most seriously injured. Gardner’s condition was regarded as critical at the hospital this morning. The truck, carrying the young people to dances in the High House neighborhood, was dropping around and down the sharp turn at the road intersections when it struck mud and water which had washed across the highway. Skidding, the heavy truck with its load of boys and girls – some of them in the driver’s cab, some sitting, others standing in the bed of the vehicle, careened on the embankment, slipped and slid and finally overturned against a tree, pinning the three victims beneath it and crushing them. The Helmick girls were dead when they were removed from beneath the wreckage. The Layhue girl, it was thought, was still living and was rushed to the hospital but was dead when she arrived. At least one of the men was drawn from beneath the truck. Lulu Young, 12, a niece of the driver, who had been visiting her cousin, the Layhue girl, suffering brush burns and bruises, at the hospital was unable to tell what happened. She saw the truck leave the road and said after that she couldn’t tell just what occurred. Tom Dillon, standing on the bed of the truck, about the center, he said, jumped as the truck started its fatal, slithering dash over the embankment. He rolled over and over down the embankment but was uninjured except for shock. Dillon said he thought the truck was traveling not more than 20 miles an hour when it stuck the slippery covering of mud and water. Lewis Warman, 24, said he was riding in the bed of the vehicle when it started leaving the road and was thrown clear as it tilted over. He told officers at the hospital he thought the truck was traveling about 35 miles an hour, although he is not a driver. He said the party had gotten onto the truck in Church street being bound for a dance on the High House road. He had made several such trips to dances but this, he said, “was the first one over the road traveled last night”. Warman was bruised and dazed when he was thrown clear of the truck. Frank Hozak also was thrown from the truck but not hurt. Others in the truck were thrown out or escaped its crushing embrace as it overturned. E.R. Barnhart, who lives at the scene of the accident, some distance farther down over the embankment from where the truck ended its fatal ride, said he saw the truck leave the road. He was the first to reach the scene and, crying for help, immediately began the work of rescue. Calls were sent to physicians, officers and the hospital. Injured were removed as quickly as possible and rushed to the hospital. The Helmick sisters, one about 19 and the other 15, were beyond medical treatment. Their bodies were laid tenderly on the wet, sodden ground near the truck, their forms covered with blankets. The Johnston funeral car arrived quickly and the bodies were removed to the mortuary where, an hour later, the body of the Layhue girl was brought from the hospital. The truck was a complete wreck. Cab was torn away; steering apparatus demolished, parts of the bed torn out and the sideboards, there was no top, splintered off. Highway patrol officers directed that the truck be left in position pending a further investigation of the accident. The tree against which the truck overturned is 35 feet down the embankment from the roadside but officers estimated the truck traveled, from the turn, 150 feet to smash against the tree. Corporal McKee of the State Highway Patrol, about to leave the barracks in Fayette street on a hold-up call, was the first officer to arrive at the scene a few minutes after the accident happened, and took charge of the investigation. He was joined in a few minutes by Private Kettren. In the meantime District Attorney Wade K. Newell, Coroner S.A. Baltz and other officers were on the scene.
Coroner Baltz officially pronounced the Helmick girls dead and directed the removal of their bodies, performing a similar rite at the hospital later for the Layhue girl. District Attorney Newell, Coroner Baltz, and Corporal McKee and Private Kettren made personal investigations of the accident at the scene and later at the hospital where they questioned several of those who were in the truck. Corporal McKee, at the scene of the accident, said it was the worst he had ever been called upon to investigate. In the face of the emergency, service at the hospital to the wounded was carried forward quickly and efficiently in a manner which won the commendation of officials and officers.
Mary Elizabeth Layhue was one of five children of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Layhue of Fairview street, just off Oakland avenue, Uniontown. In addition to her parents, she is survived by four brothers, Ralph Edward, Amos, Jr., Charles Richard and Thomas Henry.
Madelyn and Clara Helmick are the daughters of Mrs. Flora Helmick of 36 N. Pennsylvania avenue, Uniontown. Their father, Charles Helmick, died about three years ago. The bodies will be taken to the H. A. Johnston mortuary at Masontown this morning and thence to the home of the girls’ grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Darr. Funeral services will be held at the Church Hill cemetery, McClellandtown. Arrangements have not been completed. Funeral arrangements for the Layhue girl were not completed last night.
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MASONTOWN
David B. Helmick
David B. Helmick, age 89, of Masontown, Pa., passed away on Thursday, August 16, 2012. David was born on September 4, 1922 in Grindstone, Pa., the son of Francis Helmick and Harriet (Ritson) Helmick. He was a member of Masontown Brethren Church. David served his country with the United States Army in World War II and was a lifetime member of the Faith-Gray- McArdle Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4584. He was preceded in death by his parents and his loving wife Betty M. (McManus) Helmick. Left to cherish his memory are his daughters: Bonnie Helmick and Lynn Helmick; grandson, David Czikary and his wife Alexis; and a great granddaughter, Claire Czikary. Funeral arrangements are private and are under direction of the HAKY FUNERAL HOME INC., 515 North Main Street, Masontown, PA 15461. Memorial donations can be made: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, Source Code: IIQ040799001. Your personal written tributes and memories are welcomed and encouraged at www.hakyfuneralhome.com
EMMA L. HELMICK
Emma L. Helmick, 68, widow of George Helmick, died Thursday, April 24, at the home of her son, Ray Helmick, Daisytown, Washington county, following a lingering illness of a complication of diseases. The body was taken to the mortuary chapel of Herbert Johnston, Masontown, and prepared for burial. It will be removed today to the home of a daughter, Mrs. John Lytle, Grays Landing. Surviving Mrs. Helmick are the following children: Amos, Grays Landing; Milton of Martin; Harry of Grays Landing; and Mrs. Lytle. Funeral services will be held at the [unreadable] Sunday at 2 p.m., followed by [unreadable] services in the Brethren Church, Masontown, at 2:30 o'clock in charge of the Rev. H. W. Koontz. Burial will be in Greendale cemetery.
John W. Helmick
John W. Helmick, 71, of Mount Morris and a native of Potomac Manor, W.Va., died unexpectedly Saturday afternoon in Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. He is survived by his wife, Georgia Bryant Helmick whom he married March 28, 1946; two sons, Robert E. Helmick of Hope Mills, N.C., and David L. Helmick of Core, W.Va.; four daughters, Mrs. Faye Thomas and her husband, Gary, of Mooresville, W.Va., Judith Vaughn of Tupelo, Miss., Mrs. Pamela Candella and her husband, Paul, of Mount Morris, and Mrs. Beverly Allen and her husband, Allen, of Maidsville, W.Va.; 15 grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Route 19, Mount Morris, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday until 1 p.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
February 21, 1923
Died—–
December 10, 1994
Miss Helmick’s Funeral In Masontown Wednesday
Funeral Services for Miss Mary Alice Helmick, 36, daughter of Ira and Agnes Hunt Helmick of Masontown, who died at her home in East Ohio street, North Side, Pittsburgh, yesterday morning, will be held at the parents’ home tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock with burial in the Masontown cemetery. For the past eight years Miss Helmick had been employed in a Pittsburgh department store. Death followed illness of influenza. In addition to her parents, she is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Francis Helmick, of Library; Charles, William L. and Ira Ray Helmick, Mrs. Gilbert Collins and Miss Osie Helmich, all of Masontown.
Mary Jane Collins HELMICK ( -1937)
MARY J. HELMICK
Mrs. Mary Jane Helmick, aged 75, widow of Adam Helmick, died at 3:50 Monday afternoon, November 22, 1937, at the family home in North Main street, Masontown, after a long illness. Her death was attributed to heart disease. She was a daughter of James Collins and Sophia Cover Collins. Surviving are four sons, Playford, John and Robert, of Masontown; Minor, of Penn Pit; five daughters, Mrs. John Cumley, Mrs. William Griffin and Mrs. William Ferrier, of Masontown; Mrs. Alfred Sheets, Beallsville, and Mrs. Jay Rockwell, of Mt. Sterling; two brothers, Calvin Collins, Masontown, and Marshall, of Carmichaels, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Durr, of California state. Brief funeral rites will be held in the home at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, followed by services in the Mennonite church, in charge of Rev. Floyd Sibert, assisted by Rev. Mr. Roth. Burial will be in the Mennonite cemetery.
Jean Helmken
Jean (Wilcox) Helmken, 87, a former resident of Fayette City and Monongahela, died Wednesday, March 1, 1995, at Horizon Senior Care in Canonsburg. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. George (Irene) Leyda of Monongahela; by one sister, Mrs. Joseph (Irene) Vent of San Diego, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home, Fayette City, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday until 11 a.m.
Eleanor Helms
Eleanor E. Helms, 82, of Connellsville, died Tuesday in the Harmon House, Mount Pleasant. She is survived by a son, Ralph T. Helms Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Edward (Mary Ellen) Pisula of Pittsburgh; three grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; a brother, Mike Brown of Vermillion, Ohio; and a sister, Nora Nance of Toms River, N.J. Friends will be received at the Brooks Funeral Home Inc., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and until 11:30 a.m. Friday.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
October 22, 1912
Died—–
July 25, 1995
Body Coming Tomorrow
The body of Roy Helms, who died at Watervliet arsenal, New Your, will arrive in Connellsville tomorrow morning and will be taken to the home of a half-brother, Watson Trump, Painter street, South Connellsville. The funeral will probably be tomorrow afternoon.
HELMS FUNERAL SUNDAY
Military Honors Will be Accorded South Connellsville Soldier
Roy Helms, who died at Watervliet arsenal, New York, will be buried with military honors tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the residence of a half-brother of the deceased, Watson Trump, in Painter street, South Connellsville.
The young soldier’s death was not caused by Spanish influenza, but on account of the quarantine on for the malady, the services will be private. However, friends of the young man will be permitted to view the body up until the hour for the services. Company G will attend in a body. Captain A. O. Stone requests all members to assemble at the armory at 1 o’clock.
MEN OF CONNELLSVILLE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
SIXTEEN YIELD THEIR LIVES ON FIELD OF BATTLE
ELEVEN OTHERS ARE CARRIED OFF BY DISEASE
So far as the records show, 28 men of Connellsville gave up their lives during the war. Thirteen were killed in action, three died of wounds, 11 from disease and one by accident.
Other soldiers are listed before and after.
The following is a partial list of the soldier dead whose homes were in the vicinity of Connellsville:
Roy Helms, South Connellsville, October 3, 1918, at Watervliet arsenal, New York, influenza.
Matthew E. Helon
Matthew E. ‘Matt’ Helon, 77, of Perryopolis R.D. 2, died Wednesday at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Adele Troiano Helon; one son, Matthew A. Helon and wife, Leslee of Monessen; one daughter, Vicki and husband, Michael Olexa of Perryopolis R.D. 2; three grandchildren; four sisters: Mary Jane Jesson, Mrs. Frank (Louise) Bednarczyk, Dolores Lane and Stella Joann Van Allen, all of Silver Springs, Md. Friends will be received in the Howard W. McCrory Funeral Home, Fayette City, today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday until 9:30 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
December 16, 1916
Died—–
September 7, 1994
John D. Helt
John D. Helt, of Eastlake, Ohio, formerly of Uniontown, Pa., died Tuesday, May 6, 1997. He is survived by the following children, Ms. Gloria Kostelnik of Mentor, Ohio, Ms. Janet Penczak of Parkersburg, W.Va., Ms. Helen Nemecek of Port Clinton, Ohio and John Jr., of Mentor, Ohio; seven grandchildren; one sister, Mary Carom of Uniontown, Pa.; and one brother, Joseph Helt of Middlefield, Ohio. While living in Uniontown, Pa., he was owner of Helen’s Bar and Grill for many years. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Monreal Funeral Home, 35400 Vine St., Eastlake, Ohio. Viewing was held on Thursday, May 8, from 7 to 9 p.m., and will be held today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Helterbran — Beulah, 62, of 515 Highland Ave., North Charleroi, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 1978, in Brownsville Hospital. She is survived by her husband, Clarence T. Helterbran; two daughters, Mrs. Mike (Georgette) Tividor of Charleroi and Mrs. Thelma Lucas of Donora; one foster daughter, Mrs. James L. (Earlene) Russell; two brothers, John Williams and Fred Williams, both of Mill Run; 13 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Home, Inc., 235 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held at the funeral home on Thursday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Lloyd C. Sickles, Sr. officiating. Interment will be in Monongahela Cemetery. Leonard M. Pavlic is funeral director in charge.
Clarence T. HELTERBRAN (1896-1978)
Clarence T. Helterbran — Clarence T. (Hildy) Helterbran, 81, of 73 Highland Terrace, Denora, died last night in Charleroi Division of Mon Valley Hospital. Mr. Helterbran was born Sept. 1, 1896, in North Charleroi, a son of the late Sam and Lydia Turner Helterbran. He had resided in Charleroi most of his life and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Mr. Helterbran was a retired employee of the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. and a member of the Charleroi Fishing Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Beulah Helterbran, on Feb. 26, 1978, and a brother Earl Helterbran, in 1970. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mike (Georgette) Tividor of Charleroi and Mrs. Thelma Lucas of Denora, one brother, George Helterbran in the state of Arizona, 13 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in the Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Home, Inc., 235 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Frances Sechez HELTERBRAN (1901-1978)
HELTERBRAN— Frances, 76, of 817 Washington Ave., Charleroi, died Saturday, Feb. 25, 1978 at 5 p.m. at her home. She is survived by two brothers, Remy Sechez of Charleroi and Edmund Sechez of Stroall Acres. Friends will be received at the Leonard M. Pavlic Funeral Home, Inc., 235 Fallowfield Ave., Charleroi, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, Charleroi, with Msgr. William Maher as celebrant. Interment will take place in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Carroll Twp. Leonard M. Pavlic is funeral director in charge.
LEYDA HELTERBRAN — Mr. Leyda Helterbran, 74, of 1002 McKean avenue, Charleroi, died in the Charleroi-Monessen hospital, April 18, 1951, at 7:12 p.m. She was a member of the First Methodist church of Charleroi. She is survived by three sons, Clarence, Earl and George of Charleroi, one daughter, Earlene at home, two brothers, Charles Turner of Uniontown and John Turner of Butler, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Died
HENCH— January 27th, 1869, of Scarlet Fever, Mattie Mercer, only daughter of Rev. J. C., and Nannie J. Hench, aged 3 years and 5 months.
Samuel Johnston HENCH ( -1869)
Died
HENCH— January 29th, 1869, of Scarlet Fever, Samuel Johnston, only son of Rev. J. C., and Nannie J. Hench, aged 7 months.
Victoria HENCH died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(12)
VICTORIA HENCH
Mrs. Victoria Hench, 65, died at 11:55 o'clock Saturday night, May 29, 1937,
in the family residence at York Run. Death followed a protracted illness of complications.
Surviving are her husband, John Hench; and nine children: Charles Hench, York
Run; Mrs. Marie Joswick, Herbert; Katherine Hench, at home; Mrs. Samuel Barri,
Carmichaels; Mrs. Joseph Minkus, Republic; Mrs Mrs. Benjamin Franckowiak, York
Run; Mrs. John Pleban, Wynn; Mrs. Louis Skonea, Orient; and Martha Hench, at
home; in addition to 22 grandchildren.
Mrs. Hench was a member of Sts. Cyril-Methodius R. C. church, Fairchance and
of the Polish Union of Everson.
Prayers will be said in the residence Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock followed
by requiem mass at 9 o'clock in Sts. Cyril-Methodius church, in charge of Rev.
Fr. Thomas Harnyak. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery.
Following a 10 month illness of a complication of diseases, Charles F. Henck, aged 49 years, died Wednesday, April 26, 1939 at the family home in Chewtown, near West Brownsville. Surviving are his widow, Corabelle Remington Henck; three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Williams of Denbo, and Evelyn and Doris Jean at home, and four grandchildren. He also leaves his mother, Mrs. Julia King, of Republic. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the family residence. Rev. R. C. Van Eman, pastor of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will follow in Park Place Cemetery, Uniontown, under the direction of G. Earl Podvia, of Republic.
John W. HENCK died in 1935. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb
Project.(22)
John W. Henck, aged 40 years and 29 days, well known resident of Hiller Plan,
Brownsville, died Sunday night, August 11, 1935 at 11:30 o'clock of a
complication of diseases. He was a member of the Thomas J. Prendergast American
Legion Post of Republic; V.F.W. Camp No. 377 of Brownsville and the Jr. O.U.A.M.
of Merrittstown. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Ella Remington Henck, two
children Jean and Jack; his mother Mrs. Julia King of Republic and the following
brothers and sisters: Charles Henck of West Brownsville; Silas King of Republic;
Harry King of Cleveland; Mrs. Howard Black of Waltersburg; Mrs. G.C. Jones of
Colonial No. 3; Mrs. Thomas Cullen of Pricedale and Miss Elizabeth King of
Republic. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Cora Bute HENDERSON (1866-1948)
MRS. J. B. HENDERSON
Mrs. Cora Bute Henderson, 82 years and one month old, of 207 East Cedar avenue, wife of Joseph B. Henderson, and well known in the community, died at 6:10 o’clock Sunday morning at Connellsville State Hospital where she had been a patient since last Thursday night. She had been in ill health for the past two years. A daughter of the late Joseph and Clarissa Bute, she was born May 13, 1866, in Franklin township, near Buena Vista, and resided there until her marriage in October 22, 1896, to Joseph B. Henderson, then of Martins Ferry, Ohio. The couple went housekeeping at Vanderbilt and continued to reside there until locating in Connellsville 28 years ago. Active in church and civic work, Mrs. Henderson was a devout member of the First Methodist Church, Woman’s Society of Christian Service, the afternoon Circle of that church and the N. C. D. Class of the Sunday school. She was a member of the Connellsville Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Women’s Auxiliary to Connellsville State Hospital, Woman’s Culture Club and Saturday Afternoon Club of Vanderbilt. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son, J. Hugh Henderson, of Harrisburg; one daughter, Mary, wife of Ira O. Fleming, of Lock Haven; four grandchildren, J. Hugh, Jr., and John Henderson, Patricia and Ruth Fleming, and one great- grandchild, Linda Carole Henderson. Also surviving is one sister, Mrs. George L. Armstrong, of South Pittsburg street. The funeral service will be held at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the family home with Dr. LeRoy S. Cass, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will e made in Flatwoods Cemetery. Funeral Director Charles C. Mitchell will have charge.
Edward L. HENDERSON (1915-1996)
Edward L. Henderson
Edward L. Henderson, 80, of 120 Oak St., Scottdale, died Sunday, March 24, in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Rosemary and William Miller. He is survived by his wife of 56 years whom he married Dec. 26, 1939, Virginia T. Helkowski Henderson, the following children, Edward J. Henderson and his wife, Esther, and Thomas Henderson, all of Mount Pleasant, Jane Cuzzupe and her husband, Tony, of New Salem, Jean Seminsky and her husband, Greg, and Kathreen Miscovich, and George Henderson and his wife, Jean, all of Mount Pleasant, Rosemary Miller, and her husband, William, with whom he resided, John Henderson and his wife, Sandra, and Barbara Brooks, and Margaret Brothers and her husband, Charles, all of Scottdale, Susan Pletcher and her husband, John, of Somerset, 20 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and four sisters, Mrs. Mary Coppula and Mrs. R. B. (Helen) Leasure, both of Mount Pleasant, Mrs. Ruth Zelinsky of Connellsville, and Mrs. J. R. (Gladys) Williams of Uniontown. Friends will be received in the Frank Kapr Funeral Home Inc., 417 West Pittsburgh Street, Scottdale, today from 7 to 9 p .m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Wednesday until 9:30 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born–May 9, 1915
Died–March 24, 1996
Died
HENDERSON— November 10th, 1869, at her residence in Knox county, Illinois, Mrs. Hannah Henderson, wife of Thomas Henderson.
Harry Henderson, a veteran of the Philipine war, died Wednesday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Annie Ross, Swaugertown road.
Lula HENDERSON died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(2)
Mrs. William Henderson
Mrs. Lula Henderson, wife of William Henderson, and a lifelong resident of Uniontown,
died Saturday morning, at 2:45 at hr home, 157 Grant street. An ardent
church worker, Mrs. Henderson lived a Christian life.
In addition to her husband she is survived by the following children: Charles,
William, Mrs. Alice Williams and Joseph Henderson.
Two brothers, Sam Mandexter and Joseph Mandexter, and two sisters, Mrs. Ethel
Hill and Mrs.? Finney, survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced
upon the arrival ????
(balance of obit is missing)
Marjorie Lingenfield Fait HENDERSON (1911-1996)
Marjorie Henderson
Marjorie Lingenfield Fait Henderson, 84, of Youngwood and a native of Scottdale died Friday in Uniontown. She is survived by her son, David J. Fait and his wife, Laural, of Youngwood and their children, Scott Fait and his wife, Lisa, and Mrs. Laura Mitchell and her husband, Dan, and one great-grandson and one great-granddaughter. Friends will be received at the C. Richard McCauley Funeral Home Inc., Youngwood, today until 11 a.m.
Social Security Death Index:
Born–June 21, 1911
Died–January, 1996
Cpl. Robert L. HENDERSON
(1889-1918)
Visit Sick Brother
Earl and Jesse Henderson arrived home this morning from Camp Mills, N. Y., where they visited their brother, Corporal Robert K. Henderson, who has been critically ill of bronchial pneumonia and pleurisy. Corporal Henderson’s condition is some improved.
CORP. HENDERSON DIES
Coalbrook Soldier in Regular Army Is Victim of Pneumonia
Stricken with pneumonia in New York at the time his command, the 62nd Infantry, was about to sail for France and just before the armistice was signed, Corporal Robert L. Henderson of Company I, and a resident of Coalbrook, this county, died yesterday morning at the bas hospital in New York. The disease was complicated with Pleurisy. Henderson had been ill about eight weeks.
Corporal Henderson was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Henderson of Coalbrook. He joined the Regular Army four years ago and was ordered to France from San Francisco, at which place he had been located for some time. He enlisted with Claude Williams also of Coalbrook. Williams got to France and is now in New York on his return. Besides his parents, Corporal Henderson, who was unmarried, in survived by the following brothers and sisters: Jesse, Daisy, Clyde, Mattie, Edward, Earl and Clarence Henderson and Mrs. Wilson Bosley, all of Coalbrook.
The body will be brought to Connellsville for interment.
MEN OF CONNELLSVILLE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
SIXTEEN YIELD THEIR LIVES ON FIELD OF BATTLE
ELEVEN OTHERS ARE CARRIED OFF BY DISEASE
So far as the records show, 28 men of Connellsville gave up their lives during the war. Thirteen were killed in action, three died of wounds, 11 from disease and one by accident.
Other soldiers are listed before and after.
The following is a partial list of the soldier dead whose homes were in the vicinity of Connellsville:
Corporal Robert L. Henderson, Coalbrook, in New York, pneumonia, on way to France.
Died, at Forid [Florid, Putnam Co., Illinois], September 5, 1895, Uriah Henderson, aged 83 years, 9 months, 17 days. He was born in Fayette county, Pa., where he lived through his childhood. Was married to Eliza Hartman and emigrated to Illinois in 1854, where he has since resided, with the exception of the time spent in the army. He enlisted at the first call for troops. It was not fear of draft or for the paltry $13 a month, but pure, unadulterated patriotism that caused him to enlist, for he was over age. Two of his sons served in the same company and regiment, while three others joined other organizations as soon as old enough. Three of the sons are dead. Mr. Henderson served his country faithfully, so his soldier comrades testify, and when disease disabled him so that it was necessary to discharge him, it is said that he shed tears on that account, as he could do nothing more in active service to sustain the honor of the "Old Flag." He was unable to partake of food for 24 days previous to his death, literally starved. He became a professor of Christianity many years ago, and who can say that he is not safe "over there?" - -I think he tried to do his duty as he understood it.
Willis B. Henderson
Willis B. Henderson, 80, of Edgewater, Fla., formerly of Davistown, died on Tuesday, May 23, 1995, at his home. Surviving are two sons, David W. Henderson of Burton, W.Va., and Ralph “Benny” Henderson of Morgantown, W.Va.; four daughters, Mrs. Gene (Sara) Yost of Mt. Morris, Mrs. Mary Kay Martindale of California and Mrs. Mike (Nancy Lee) Edwards and Mrs. David (Jeanie) Bryner, both of Newton Falls, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; a brother, Eugene Henderson of West Palm Beach, Fla., and one niece and two nephews. Friends will be received in the Yoskovich Funeral Home, Rt. 19, Mt. Morris, today from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, May 27, 1995, until 2 p.m., the hour of service.
Elizabeth HENDRICKSON died in 1863. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(11)
HENDRICKSON-In Uniontown, on the 18th of July, Elizabeth, widow of John Hendrickson,
deceased, in the 89th year of her age.
The Genius of Liberty, Uniontown, Pa. July 30, 1863.
Vol 3, No. 25., pg 3, col. 3.
Died
HENDRICKSON— AT his residence in this place, on the 12 inst., John Hendrickson, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.
Excerpt from obituary of sister, Elizabeth Miller.
Daniel Henkel, a brother, died in France, and the news of his death was received by his parents December 1. The shock of her brother’s death seemed to affect Mrs. Miller greatly and her condition became serious.
MEN OF CONNELLSVILLE WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
SIXTEEN YIELD THEIR LIVES ON FIELD OF BATTLE
ELEVEN OTHERS ARE CARRIED OFF BY DISEASE
So far as the records show, 28 men of Connellsville gave up their lives during the war. Thirteen were killed in action, three died of wounds, 11 from disease and one by accident.
Other soldiers are listed before and after.
The following is a partial list of the soldier dead whose homes were in the vicinity of Connellsville:
Private Daniel Henkel, Bullskin township, in action.
Earl A. HENKEL, Sr. (1919-1999)
EARL A. HENKEL, SR.
Earl A. Henkel Sr. 80, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, November 2, 1999 at Harmon House Convalescent Center, Mt. Pleasant, Pa. He was born July 9, 1919, in Pennsville, a son of the late Henry and Bertha Swain Henkel. Mr. Henkel was a coal miner for more than 47 years for U. S. Steel, Maple Creek Mine and was a member of UMW of America. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Betty Jane Rodgers Henkel, in 1998. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He is survived by his children, Earl A. Henkel and his wife, Malinda of Mt. Pleasant and Robert A. Henkel of Arizona; two grandsons, David and Scott Henkel of Connecticut. Hours of visitation at Galone-Caruso, Mt. Pleasant, were private. Services with the Rev. Terry A. Murray officiating, were private. Interment, Green Ridge Cemetery.
Patricia L. Simmons HENKEL ( -1995)
PATRICIA L. HENKEL
Patricia ‘Patty’ L. Simmons Henkel, 51, of 110 Broad St., Scottdale (Upper Tyrone Township), died this morning, April 5, 1995, at her residence. Friends will be received until 9 p.m. today in the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, where services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday with the Rev. Dr. Marvin C. Watson officiating. Interment will follow in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
HENNESSEY, ADA — Age 65 years died at 5:15 a.m. Monday morning, May 2,1966, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice James, Dunbar Pa. She was born in Dunbar, February 6, 1861, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hardy. Surviving are her husband, Calvin Hennessey, Sr., Dunbar; two daughters, Mrs. Alice James, Dunbar, and Mrs. Margarert Yoders, Brownsville; two sons, James Hennessey, Grand River, Ohio, and Calvin Hennessey, Jr., of Painesville, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Sadie Moodey, pf Thompson No. 2; twenty-two grandchildren, and a number of great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Burhans Funeral Home, Dunbar, after 7 this evening, and where services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. Pastor George Hagan will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Notes from contributor:
Mother–Alice Myers Hardy
CALVIN HENNESSEY
Calvin Hennessey,87, of Dunbar, died at 6 a.m. today in Uniontown. He was born Aug. 2, 1879, in Dunbar, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs, William Hennessey. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alice James of Dunbar and Mrs. Samuel (Margaret) Yoders of Brownsville; two sons, James of Painsville, Ohio, and Calvin Jr. of Euclid, Ohio, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Ada Hardy Hennessey, in May 1966. The body will be at the Burhans funeral home, Dunbar, after 7 p.m. today. The funeral will be held there at 2 p.m. Monday with Pastor George Hagan of the Dunbar Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Dunbar.
Correnda R. Tassone HENNESSEY (1915-2003)
Correnda R. Tassone Hennessey, age 88, of Republic, Pa., passed away Saturday, April 19, 2003 in her residence. She was born January 18, 1915 in Republic, Pa., daughter of Elario and Rose Tassone. Correnda was a member of Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, Republic, and was the owner of Hennessey's Bar in Republic for the past 45 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward C. Hennessey (February 3, 1987), sisters, Anna Terrace, Helen Semonick, Julia Cole and Virginia Tassone, brothers, Angelo "Jack" Tassone and Fiore Tassone, and her parents. Surviving are a daughter, Patricia Hennessey of Republic; a grandson, Eddie Adams of Republic; a sister, Theresa Vangel of Rosindale, Massachusetts; brothers: Tony Tassone of Brownsville, Pa., James Tassone of Clearwater, Florida, Richard Tassone of Uniontown, Pa., and Cosmo Tassone of Burbank, California. Friends will be received in the ROBERT T. KISH FUNERAL HOME INC., Legion Street, Republic, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday, April 23, until 11 a.m. when a Prayer Service will be held. A Funeral Mass follows at 11:30 a.m. in Holy Rosary Church, Republic, with Rev. Fr. Stephen Bugay as Celebrant. Interment will be in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pa. A Parish Wake Service will be held on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
Frances G. HENNESSEY died in 1997. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(8)
Extract:
Name: Frances G. HENNESSEY, died in 1997
Age:96
Born: January 22, 1901, Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Death date: November 13, 1997
Place of death: Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Parents: The late T. Ira and Lizzie Keefer Gribble
Spouses: The late Harry Edward Hertzog and Harry Hennessey
Survivors: Son, Harry E. "Jack" Hertzog, Jr.; daughters, Minerva Oliver,
Erma Carpenter, step-daughter, Ruth Ferency, a brother Thomas Gribble.
Funeral Service: Confer Funeral Home, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, November 17,
1997
Burial: LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, PA
Source: Unnamed newspaper notice; perhaps The Herald Standard, Uniontown, PA
MRS. HANNAH HENNESSEY
Mrs. Hannah Hennessey, 61, of Thompson No. 2, died Monday morning in Uniontown Hospital. Her husband died two years ago. Surviving are the following children; Mrs. Larry Yocabet and William Hennessey of Thompson No. 2, James Hennessey of Tennessee and Mrs Ann Pittenger of South Dakota. There are also 12 grandchildren.
Mrs. Isa May Hennessey, wife of Harry Hennessey, died Wednesday morning at the home of her father, Edward Vaughn on Furnace Hill, Dunbar. She was 24 years old and well and favorably known in Dunbar and vicinity. Her husband, father and the following brothers and sisters survive: Harry Vaughn of Dunbar; Russell Vaughn of Somerset; Carrie and Edna at home; Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman of Erie; Mrs. Robert Gaddis of Dunbar. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon from the Vaughn Home at 2 o'clock with Rev. O. W. Bolton, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church of Dunbar officiating. Interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
MRS. HAROLD E. HENNESSEY
Mrs. Jean A. Hennessey, 47, of Dickerson Run, died early today at Connellsville State General Hospital. She was born Aug. 28, 1929, at Leisenring, a daughter of the late Thomas B. and Melinda Pirl Ansel. She had lived most of her life in Dickerson Run, had been employed at Connellsville Sportswear, and was a member of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union Local 433. She was a member of Dawson Baptist Church, but attended Liberty Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband, Harold E. Hennessey; two brothers, Herbert Ansell of Everson and Richard Ansell of Connellsville, and five sisters, Mrs. Walter (Marie) Miller of Connellsville, Mrs. Stella Newcomer of Leisenring, Mrs. Dom (Pearl) DelBusso of Cumberland, Md., Mrs. Eugene (Dorothy) Harshman and Mrs. Anthony (Della) Mass, both of Dickerson Run, and Mrs. Arthur (Betty) Brooks of Connellsville. She was predeceased by three sisters, Mrs. Violet Bellus, Pauline and Arabelle Ansell, and two brothers, James Robert and George.
HENNESSEY — Friends of Mrs. Jean A. Hennessey of Dickerson Run who died Wednesday, April 20, 1977, will be received after 7 p.m. today at the Brooks Funeral Home, Inc., 111 E. Green St., where services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday with Rev. John H. Higgins officiating. Interment will be in Dickerson Run Union Cemetery.
HENNESSEY, JOHN SR. (PADDY)— Age 92 years of 225 Morgantown St., died Monday, April 4, 1966 at 3:10 p.m. in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret McTighe. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine and one son, Michael in 1955. He is survived by the following children, Mrs. Donald (Mary Agnes) shay of Uniontown, Patrick of Carmichaels, Mrs. Charles (Josephine) Boger, George Edward, John, all of Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Edward (Alice) Bair of the State of California and Mrs. Tim (Margaret) McTighe of Uniontown; thirty-five grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. John's R. C. Church of Uniontown. Friends will be received in the Haky Funeral Home, 139 W. Fayette St. this evening from 7 to 10 p.m. And on Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. And until Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Followed by a Blessing Service in St. John's R. C. Church at 10 a.m. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Connellsville. Requiem High Mass will be celebrated, Monday, April 11 in St. John's r. C. Church with Rt. Rev. Msgr. Andrew J. Schneider as celebrant.
Memory Card:
In Memory of
Mrs. Olive Hennessey
Date of Birth
January 5, 1897
Date of Death
February 22, 1982
Date of Service
February 26, 1982, 3:30 p.m.
Service held from
Heath Funeral Chapel
Officiating
The Reverend James M. Armstead
Pastor of
Westminster United
Presbyterian Church
The Reverend Herbert R. James
Retired Minister
Place of Interment
Lakeland Memorial Gardens
Funeral Conducted by
Heath Funeral Chapel
Lakeland, Florida
Tom HENNESSEY, Sr. died in 1938. His obit was contributed to the Fayette County
USGenWeb Project.(15)
TOM HENNESSEY
Tom Hennessey Sr., 59, well known resident of Republic, was found unconscious
Sunday morning about 2 o'clock. Removed to a nearby restaurant he was pronounced
dead of a heart attack at 2:30 o'clock.. (May 1, 1938)
John Damico, night watchman at Republic found the man as he was making his rounds.
Hennessey was in the shadow alongside the Princess Theater, Republic.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emma Hennessey, four sons, Thomas Jr., Donald,
Edward at home and George of Cardale and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Murray of Republic.
Three brothers, Michael and George of Broadford and Patrick of New Salem and
three grand children also survive. Funeral services will be held at the family
home Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock with burial in St. Joseph's cemetery, Connellsville.
Stamped-Herald May 2, 1938
Mine Foreman Hennessey Killed
William Hennessey was found dead on the Baltimore & Ohio track near Brownfield Saturday morning. He lived at Hopwood and had been a mine foreman at the Anchor works, near Dunbar. Hennessey was 42 years old and was well known throughout the coke region.
WILLIAM HENNESSEY
William Hennessey, 84 years old, died at 7:30 o'clock, Thursday evening at the home of a sister, Mrs. Anna Meegan of Leisenring No. 1. Born in England Mr. Hennessey came to this country about 57 years ago and worked around the Leisenring and Trotter mines. He leaves his sister with whom he made his home and several nephews and nieces. The body was removed today to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McQuade of Leisenring where the funeral will be held Saturday morning. Mrs. McQuade is a niece of the deceased. After a prayer at the home at 8:30 o'clock requiem high mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock at the St. Vincent dePaul Church of Leisenring with the pastor, Rev. L. D. McNanamy, celebrant. Burial will be in the church cemetery in charge of Funeral Director Milton V. Munk.
Notes from contributor:
Father–Thomas Hennessey
Mother–Mary Morrison Hennessey
WILLIAM HENNESSEY
William Hennessey, 64, died Sunday evening at his home in Ralph. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hannah Hennessey, and the following children: Mrs. Alberta Yacobet of Thompson No. 2, Mrs. Anna Pittenger and James Hennessey of South Dakota, and William Hennessey, Jr., at home. There are 10 grandchildren; one brother, Calvin Hennessey of Searight and one sister, Mrs. Emma Beal of Dunbar. The funeral service will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Yacobet in Thompson No. 2. Burial will be made in Acklin Cemetery.
William G. HENNESSEY (1949-1995)
WILLIAM G. HENNESSEY
William G. Hennessey, 45, of Mount Pleasant, R.D. 7, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1995. He was born Nov. 17, 1949, in Connellsville, a son of William and the late Anna Mae Chain Hennessey. He was a self-employed truck driver and heavy equipment operator. Surviving are his wife, Donna, of Mount Pleasant; two sons, William of Mount Pleasant, and Patrick, at home; two granddaughters, Jesse and Nicole; one stepdaughter, Jamie Eicher of Mount Pleasant; one brother, Michael Hennessey of Dawson, R.D. 1; and one sister, Mrs. Donald (Rose) Sproat of Dawson, R.D. 1. He was predeceased by a sister, Barbara Clark. Friends will be received in the RALPH E. GALLEY FUNERAL HOME, Dawson, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today, and until 1 p.m. Saturday, the hour of service. Officiating minister will be the Rev. Shirley Farino.
MICHAEL HENNESSY
Michael Hennessy, 72 years old, of Broad Ford, one of the first settlers of that vicinity, died Monday at his home of complication of diseases. Mr. Hennessy was born in Dublin, Ireland, and came to this country when a young man, settling at Broad Ford, where he spent the greater part of his life. His widow and the following children survive, Michael and George, Broad Ford; William, Greene county, and John and Thomas, Allison.
Catherine C. HENNINGER (1883-1969)
Mrs. C. HENNINGER
Mrs. Catherine C. Henninger of 121 West Second St., Greensburg, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward (Evelyn) Watts, Wednesday. Born in Larimer, Oct. 20, 1883, she was a daughter of the late Hiram and Mary Lentz Sarver. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Greensburg, Gold Star Mothers, WCTU, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Union Mission Sunday School. Besides her daughter she is survived by six additional children, Joseph, Kenneth, Mrs. Leo (Mary) Crosby Sr., Mrs. Mildred Suttle, Mrs. William (Alice) Ruff and Mrs. Joseph (Peggy) Joguh Jr., all of Greensburg. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
Marguerite D. HENRICK died in 1937. Her obit was contributed to the Fayette
County USGenWeb Project.(2)
Word was received here Saturday of the death of Marguerite Denney Henrick of
North Stratford, N.H.
Mrs. Hendrick (?) was born in Uniontown, June 10, 1896, the daughter of the late
George W. and Lucy Johnson Denney. She is survived by her husband Lloyd
and seven children, all of North Stratford; an aunt, Mrs. George Williams and
two uncles, Ewing and Harry Denney of Menallen township. Four children
preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 23,
1937 in North Stratford, N. H., with burial at that place.
(Surname spelled two different ways in the obit.)
HENROTIN, AIME (VI-PA) S., aged 78 years, died at his home, Water street, Point Marion, early Tuesday morning, April 16, 1946. He was born in Jumet, Belgium, August 21, 1867. He is survived by his wife Catherine, and a niece, Rita W. Hall and a nephew, Maurice Wery. Funeral services will be held at the home Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. Joseph Fleshman, officiating. Interment in Evergreen Memorial cemetery under the direction of E. J. Conn & Son, Point Marion.
Albert L. Henry, 80, of Connellsville R.D. #2, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. He was born Aug. 27, 1927, in Normalville, Fayette County, Pa., a son of the late Rebecca Henry. Albert was a heavy equipment operator for many years. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and especially enjoyed playing his guitar. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Evelyn Pirl Henry; two sons, Steve Henry and his wife, Dianna, of New Stanton, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Gregory Henry, of Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa.; daughter, Connie L. White, of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa.; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a sister, Della Saylor and her husband, Warren, of Rockwood, Somerset County, Pa. In addition to his parents, Albert was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Savannah Henry. Friends will be received from 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Friday in VITO C. MARTUCCI FUNERAL HOME, 123 S. First St., West Side, Connellsville, and until the hour of service at 11 a.m. Saturday, with Pastor John Fosbrink, officiating. Interment will follow in Normalville Cemetery, Normalville.
DIED
HENRY— On Sunday, April 26, ARABEL, daughter of George Henry, of Mt. Pleasant Tp., Westmoreland Co., Pa., of Diptheria, aged 8 years and 6 months.
Brian S. Henry
Acme
Brian S. Henry, 17, of Bear Rocks Road, Acme, passed away at 3:25 p.m., Monday, January 3, 2005, at his residence. Brian was born May 19, 1987, in Merrillville, Ind., a son of Ronald C. Henry, of Acme, with whom he resided, and Shirley K. Henry, of Dunbar. Brian was a loving son, grandson and brother. He was a senior student at Connellsville High School with the Class of 2005. Brian enjoyed motorcycle and trail riding, computers, working on engines and weight lifting. Brian will be sadly missed by his surviving family; his parents, Ronald C. Henry, of Acme, and Shirley K. Henry, of Dunbar; his three brothers, Brett, Barry and Brandon Henry, of Acme; his sister, Katie Leigh Greenawalt, of Dunbar, and her father, Keith S. Greenawalt; his maternal grandparents, Geraldine and Roy Faidley, of Connellsville; three aunts; many cousins; numerous friends; and his three special pet dogs, Ivey, Reannie and Dummy. Brian was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Clyde and Genevieve Wujcik Henry. Family and friends will be received Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. at the ROBERT B. FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, where a prayer service will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Friday at 10 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Scottdale, with the Rev. Father Leonard W. Stoviak as celebrant. Graveside committal service and interment will follow in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Cemetery, Everson. Love Lasts Forever! Memorials in memory of Brian Henry may be directed to the funeral home.
Cecelia Moore HENRY obit was contributed to the Fayette County USGenWeb Project.
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Mrs. Cecelia Moore Henry, 25, wife of Bernard Henry, died at 8:15 a.m., Tuesday,
December 30, in Pittsburgh.
In addition to her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
F. Moore, and the following brothers and sisters: Vincent, Kenneth, Bernadette
and Gertrude, all of New Salem.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in St. Procopius
R. C. church, New Salem. Burial will be in St. Vincent DePaul cemetery,
Leisenring No. 1.
Clayton Delaney HENRY ( -2010)
Clayton Delaney Henry of Smithfield, Pa. died May 4, 2010. His parents are George and Carol Lee Porupski of Smithfield, Pa. The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa. on Friday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday until 11 a.m., the hour of service with Rev. George W. McLaughlin officiating with Military Rites being accorded by the United States Marine Corps.
Death notice for Captain Elias Henry, formerly of Wharton Twp, appeared in the Daily News Standard, Uniontown, PA, August 23, 1898. Complete text is not currently available.
Negro Died at the Age of 116.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 27,— Edward Henry, reputed to be the oldest man in the country, died at his home, in a log cabin, on Woodville avenue, Thirty-fifth ward, aged 116 years. The old man was born a slave in Culpepper, Va., in 1784, and served in the Confederate army under General Johnson.
PVT. E. M. HENRY
The body of Private Emerson M. Henry of Rockwood, R. D. 3, who was killed in action June 22, 1944, at Normandy, will arrive here today and be removed to the Milton V. Munk funeral home. Private Henry was born in Somerset county, November 9, 1918, a son of Milton A. Henry of Rockwood, R. D. 3, and the late Catherine Geary Henry. Former residents of Normalville and Indian Head, the family moved to Rockwood about four years ago. The soldier was a member of 101st Airborne Division, and served as a glider pilot. Surviving besides his father are one half-brother, Raymond Henry of Rector, and two half- sisters, Mrs. Marie Stein of Rector and Miss Gladys Henry of Normalville, R. D. A half-brother, William Clinton, was killed in action in Italy, February 29, 1944. The funeral service will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon in the Normalville E. U. B. Church with the pastor, Rev. Robert Blank, officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery.
The funeral for Jacob C. Henry, will be held Tuesday afternoon. The body will be removed from the residence, 359 East Crawford Avenue, at noon Tuesday and taken to the First Methodist Church, where it will be held in state until 2 o'clock, the time of the service. Dr N.F. Richards, pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Bennett W. Hutchinson, former pastor, who is now retired and living in Pittsburgh. Burial will be in Hill Grove Cemetery.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, PA, Sunday, January 20, 1941, page 6, column 5
Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <SFFoster at aol.com>
DIED
HENRY— At her residence in Franklin Tp., on the 24th day of May, '63, Jane Henry, in the 78th year of her age.
MRS. MARY HENRY
Mrs. Mary Henry, widow of Dr. James C. Henry, died yesterday morning at her home at Dawson, following a lingering illness of complication of diseases. Funeral tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock, Rev. W. H. Purnell, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Dawson, will officiate. Mrs. Henry had resided at Dawson for a number of years, and was married to Dr. James C. Henry, who for many years was one of the leading physicians in the Yough region. His death occurred a few years ago. Deceased was a daughter of Elder Barnett Cunningham of the Old Tyrone Presbyterian Church. She is survived by the following children: R. D. Henry, Carl Henry, Roy Henry of Dawson; Miss Zola Henry at home and Mrs. Clymer Painter of Greensburg, and two brothers, Barnett Cunningham of Uniontown and T. J. Cunningham of Iowa.
MICHAEL HENRY
Michael Henry aged 64 years, died while at work at Searight, Monday afternoon, January 14, at 12:30 o'clock of apolexy. He is survived by the following children: Miss Anna Henry of Wilkinsburg; Mrs. Agnes McNulty and Mrs. T. L. Lacke of Charleroi, Mrs. J. E. Carroll of Dansville, N.Y., Mrs. M. W. Mangus of Johnstown, William Henry of Pittsburgh and Clarence and Bernard Henry of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. John Kennedy of Belle Vernon also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 o’clock in St. John's R. C. church followed by burial in Park Place cemetery.
Savannah Henry
Savannah Celeste Henry, infant daughter of Georgia Piper of Normalville, R.D. 1 and Greg Henry of Connellsville, R.D. 2, died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997 in Frick Hospital and Community Health Center, Mount Pleasant. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother, Shawn Michael Henry of Normalville. Her grandparents are Mrs. Sarah Fulton and the late Henry Fulton of Normalville, R.D. 1 and Mr. and Mrs. Albert (Evelyn) Henry of Connellsville, R.D. 2. She is also survived by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, loving family and friends. Friends will be received Sunday at the CLYDE BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., Route 711, Melcroft, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the hour of funeral services in the funeral home with the Rev. Leroy C. Keslar officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Saltlick Township.
Wilbert Henry, retired farmer and miner
Wilbert R. Henry, 83, of Normalville, R.D. 1, died Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, at his home. He was born April 3, 1911, at Somerset county, a son of the late Roy and Kathryn Geary Henry. He was a retired coal miner and farmer. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Somerset. Surviving are his wife, Orpha Stout Henry; four sons, Delmar, at home, Donald and Charles Henry, both of Connellsville, and John Henry of Somerset; five daughters, Mrs. Harry (Alice) Sanner of Somerset, Mrs. John (Elise) Porter of Greensburg, Mrs. Richard (Judy) Blackstone of Connellsville and Mrs. Joseph (Ethel) Renna of Somerset and May Henry of Normalville; 22 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers, John Henry of Normalville and Roy Henry of Scottdale; and five sisters, Mrs. Ray (Rebecca) Peck of Rockwood, Nettie Wilson of Holsopple, Mrs. Ray (Ruby) Miller of Somerset, Mrs. Clarence (Emily) Ritenour of Normalville and Mrs. Clyde (Beda) Fresh of Rockwood. He was predeceased by four children; a brother, Tommy Henry, and two sisters, Blanche Oakes and Leona Henry.
William W. Henry
William W. Henry, 74, of Laurel View Manor, Mount Pleasant R. D. 2, died Monday, June 13, 1994, in Westview Care Center, East Huntingdon Township. He was born Jan. 29, 1920, in Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pa., son of the late Grace Rena Long Henry. He was a former truck driver for Quinn Freight Lines, served as a foreman for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, life0time member of Everson VFW Post 595, and member of Teamsters Local 491 and Hopwood American Veterans Post 103. A veteran of World War II, he served as a corporal in the 486 Air Service Squadron, 9th Service Group in the European African-Mid-Eastern Theatre. During his service he was awarded four Bronze Stars, and the Good Conduct Medal. He is survived by his wife, Irene Mt. Joy Henry, and two sisters, Mrs. Dolores G. Andrews of Scottdale and Mrs. Vincent (Louise) Patrick of Mount Pleasant. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by one sister, Elizabeth Miller, in 1978. No public services will be conducted. Private burial will take place in Mount Olive Cemetery. The Robert B. Ferguson Funeral Home, 105 Spring St., Scottdale, is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Richard HENSEL died in 1935.
HENSEL, Mrs. Richard
Mrs. Richard Hensel, aged 38, of Brownsville, died in Brownsville Hospital, Saturday morning at 6:30, following an operation undergone last Tuesday. She is survived by her husband and two children, Alice and Richard, Jr.; her father, James Callahan and one sister, Agnes, of Pittsburgh. Three brothers, Peter of Martin; James of West Brownsville, and Archie of Uniontown, also survive.
Funeral services will be conducted in St. Peter's R. C. church, Brownsville, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock when requiem mass will be celebrated by the pastor, Rev. Fr. Martin J. Brennan. Burial in St. Mary's cemetery at Latrobe.
(obit stamped November 19, 1934)
Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <jcb486 at cox.net>, typed by Carole Clarke
Sidney R. HENSEL, Sr. (1935-1995)
Sidney Hensel, Sr.
Sidney R. Hensel, Sr., 59, of Mill Run R.D. 1, died Wednesday in the Henry Clay Villa, Markleysburg. He is survived by his father, Robert Hensel of Mill Run R.D. 1; two sons, Sidney R. Hensel Jr. of Charlestown, W.Va., and David A. Hensel of Fort Mill, S.C.; two grandchildren; five brothers, Paul Hensel of Alpine, Calif., Charles Hensel of South Connellsville, Earl Gene Hensel of Connellsville, Walter Hensel of Texas and Clarence Hensel of Whitehouse, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Louis (Helen) Demiere of Connellsville and Mrs. Hugh D. (Margaret) Price of Casar, N.C. Friends will be received in the Clyde Brooks Funeral Home Inc., Route 711, Melcroft, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and until 2 p.m. Saturday.
Social Security Death Index:
Born—–
July 9, 1935
Died—–
April 26, 1995
Howard K. Henshaw, age 86, of Brownsville, Pa., who was born in Merrittstown, Pa., died Monday, April 25, 2005, in Mount Macrina Manor, Uniontown, Pa.
He is survived by his children: Howard F. Henshaw and his wife Carolyn and Lois A. Henshaw Falsetto and husband Dennis Falsetto all of Brownsville, Pa.; grandchildren: Howard F. Henshaw, Jr., Vonnie Henshaw, Marc Henshaw, Kristi L. Headley and Kevin A. Falsetto and his wife Mishelle; five great grandchildren; sister, Helen M. Henshaw Harshman, Uniontown, Pa.; nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received at the Novak Funeral Home (formerly Confer Funeral Home), 515 Front Street, Brownsville, Pa., on Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
James W. Henshaw
Dies in Hospital
James William Henshaw, 50 died Wednesday in the U.S. Veterans Hospital at Aspinwall as a result of injuries suffered in 1945 in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, Cal. Born June 10, 1888, in North Union township, he was a son of the late Samuel Wilson and Elizabeth Hankins Henshaw and a direct descendant of Colonel Alexander McLean, Joseph Huston and Nicholas Henshaw. Mr. Henshaw served in World War I and World War II. He was a member of Sawtelle Post No. 322, American Legion, and Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Della Henshaw Gregg of Greensburg and an aunt, Mrs. E.B. Jefferis of Uniontown. The funeral service will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, in the J. Harry Johnston and Sons funeral home. Burial will be made in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.
Winifred R. Roadman HENSHAW (1917-2010)
Winifred R. (Roadman) Henshaw, 93, of Merrittstown, Pennsylvania passed away peacefully Sunday, August 15, 2010 in Uniontown at the home of her daughter, Janet. She was born on June 1, 1917 at Tower Hill No. 2 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania to George Cecil Roadman and Hazel Lint Roadman. "Winnie" was a life-long member of Hopewell United Presbyterian Church where she served as Choir Director, Elder and Sunday School Teacher. She graduated from former Redstone Township High School and also California State Teachers College (now California University of Pennsylvania) and taught in the Redstone and Brownsville Area School districts for many years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clark Henshaw; an infant son, Bruce; two brothers and two sisters: Dr. George Roadman, Jack Roadman, Loma Evans and Rita Roadman.
She is survived by her son, Clark D. Henshaw Jr. and his wife Nancy of Fredericksburg, Virginia; her daughter, Janet Adamovich and husband Dick of Uniontown, Pennsylvania; grandchildren: Scott Henshaw, Alan Henshaw, Jamie Henshaw, Elliott Adamovich; and seven great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received in DEARTH FUNERAL HOME, New Salem, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 until 11 a.m., the hour of the Service with Rev. Gail Mason officiating. Interment will follow in LaFayette Memorial Park, Brier Hill, Pennsylvania.
HENTHORN
Died, in great peace, at his residence, near Columbia, Putnam county, Ill., on the 19th of August, 1836, James HENTHORN, in the 66th year of his age. This excellent man was a native of Fayette county, Pa., which in the days of his boyhood was a frontier country. Hence he had not the facilities enjoyed by the youth of the present day. Yet, being taught by the Word and Spirit of God, he early turned his feet to the testimonies of the Lord, which make wise the simple. He sought and found the experimental knowledge of salvation about the same time that the late Rev. Samuel PARKER and James QUINN became the subjects of renewing grace, say 1792. These three pious youths being companions in boyhood, were united as "a band of love, a threefold cord;" and it was thought by many that they all were destined to stand on Zion's walls, as heralds of the gospel of peace. Yet our beloved HENTHORN, although possessed of the spirit of seventy-six, having "pledged life, property, and sacred honor," to be true to the interests of Christ's kingdom, came to the settled conclusion that he had not talents for, or a call to the ministry, but that he might be useful in the church as an exhorter and a leader of people. In this work he engaged with all his heart; and his success and usefulness; proved that he was not mistaken in the will of God concerning him. He held the office of leader and circuit steward for about forty years; first in Old Redstone circuit--then in Perry county, Ohio--and last of all, in Illinois. The writer of these lines has often sat in class where he led, and deliberately thinks, that as a leader, he had few, if any superiors. His questions so affectionate and unaffected, his admonitions so appropriate, his exhortations so fervent, his verses so well chosen, and sung in such melting strains of musical melody and sweetness, that cold and hard indeed must have been the heart that was not moved, melted, yea, fired into devotional fervor in his meetings. In the society of God's people, he was always at home. He loved them, and they loved him. He was a favorite of Bishop ASBURY, who delighted to have him in his company, to hear him sing, converse, and pray, and write for him (for he wrote a beautiful, almost copper-plate hand). But he is gone to his rest and reward. To him, death was not the "king of terrors," nor a "leap into the dark;" but a gentle departure, to "be with Christ, which is far better".
Highland Co., O., Jan 10, 1837
Western Christian Advocate, February 10, 1837, pg 168
Franklin B. HEPLER died in 1932.
Funeral services for Franklin B. Hepler, 53 years, one month and nine days old, who died suddenly Wednesday evening while working for the Hillman Coal and Coke Company at Orient will be held Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The rites will be open with a brief prayer at the home of his brother, Charles D. Hepler of Orient followed by additional services in the Christian church of Republic. Rev. R. G. Manley will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
(newspaper dated Nov. 5, ?)
Contributed by Marilyn Tolentino <jcb486 at cox.net>, typed by Carole Clarke
We wish to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy shown us upon the death of my Brother, and Uncle, Franklin B. Hepler. The Rev. R. B. Manley, also Choir of First Christian Church of Republic, and all those who donated cars.
(Signed)
CHARLES D. HEPLER & FAMILY
Ruth L. Hepler, 69, of Mount Pleasant, died Monday, Sept. 25, 2000, at her home. She was born April 21, 1931, at Ohiopyle, a daughter of the late Harrison and Lucy Jane Moon Taylor. She was a graduate of the former Ohiopyle High School and she was employed at Seven Springs Mountain Resort for over 22 years.
She is survived by two sons, Harlon Hepler of Belle Vernon and Hartford Hepler of Ruffsdale; two daughters, Jaclyn Millen and her husband, Scott, of Mount Pleasant and Cynthia Hepler of Greensburg. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by two brothers, Lewis and Robert Taylor, and two sisters, Fern Thorpe and Mary J. Woodmancy.
Friends will be received at the BROOKS FUNERAL HOME INC., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with the Rev. Joe Payne officiating. Interment will follow in the Maple Summit Cemetery.