From the McDonald Record-Outlook Aug 15, 1941
John SAIX, 66, died Saturday, August 9, 1941, in
his home in Carnegie. The
SAIX family resided in the house now occupied by the
Arthur ROSENCRANSEs,
Roosevelt avenue, McDonald.
He had been a conductor on the Pennsylvania railroad
for thirty years and
was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen WILSON
SAIX; three daughters:
Mrs. Thelma HUNT, Mrs. Lillian RAHNED, and Mrs. Berdina
MACK, all of
Carnegie; one son, John SAIX, Jr., of Carnegie; two sisters:
Mrs. Blanche
KINNEY of Beaver Falls and Mrs. Helen RICHERT of Cecil,
and one brother,
Harry SAIX of Fannie street, McDonald.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in
a Carnegie funeral home.
Burial was in Robinson's Run cemetery.
Mrs. Anna Mariah BANEY HIGHFIELD, 84, wife
of the late Henry HIGHFIELD,
died at 8:40 p.m. Friday, August 8, 1941, in her home
in Noblestown. She
had been ill for several years.
Born February 14, 1857, in Venango county, she
had been a resident of
Noblestown for 50 years. She was a member of the
Noblestown Methodist
church. Her husband died in 1918.
Surviving are three sons and four daughters as
follows: Mrs. Rose Belle
DITTY, Brookline, Pittsburgh; John HIGHFIELD, Oakdale;
Mrs. John
BARTHOLOMEW; Elmer E. HIGHFIELD, Mrs. Mabel L. PRY and
Charles Henry
HIGHFIELD, Noblestown; and Mrs. Hazel D. FEICK, Crafton.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in
her late home, conducted by
the Rev. W. F. HARTLEY of the Mars Methodist church.
Burial was in Robinson
's Run cemetery.
Stanley KUPIEC, 70, died at 11:50 p.m. Friday,
August 8, 1941, in his home
in Carrick, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine SMERGOWSKI
KUPIEC; three sons:
Albert KUPIEC, a Pittsburgh lawyer, Leon KUPIEC, a lieutenant
at Fort
Eustis, Va., and the Rev. Fr. Stanley C. KUPIEC, pastor
of St. Columbkille's
church, Imperial; one sister, Mrs. Raymond (Mary) SOBIESZEZYK
of Pittsburgh,
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in St.
Delbert's church
Southside, Pittsburgh. Burial was in the family
plot in St. Adalbert's
cemetery.
Adolph CAMBIEN, 85, died Sunday, August 10,
1941, in his home in Cecil.
He was born May 23, 1856, in Belgium and came to
the United States 48 years
ago. He had been a resident of Sturgeon before
moving to Cecil and was a
retired coal miner.
His wife, Emily CAMBIEN, died February 15, 1926.
There are no relatives.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon
in the Coleman funeral home,
Cecil. Burial was in the Venice cemetery.
From the McDonald Record-Outlook July 25, 1941
Mrs. Marie Ann BARBER, 73, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday,
July 12, 1941, in
her home in Monaca, following a six-month illness due
to a paralytic stroke.
She was born October 5, 1867, in Belgium
She is survived by one son, John BARBER, and one
daughter, Margaret, the
wife of Nick ELDER, both of Monaca; one brother, Joseph
BOUCHA of New
Sheffield, and two sisters: Mrs. Peter J. CHARLIER
of McDonald and Mrs.
George DUJARDIN of Baltimore, Md. Two brothers
resided n Belgium. Her
husband, Harry BARBER, died May 15, 1940.
Funeral services were held July 16 in the BARBER
home, conducted by the
Rev. C. E. READ. Burial was in Sylvania Hills cemetery.
Mrs. Sarah J. GARDNER, 71, died at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 17, 1941, in
the home of her niece, Miss Alveda SCOTT, in Hickory,
following a lingering
illness. She was born June 14, 1870, in Saxonburg
and was a member of the
First Presbyterian church, McDonald.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Virgil A.
MC CARTNEY of Canonsburg,
with whom she resided until three months ago; one son,
Henry GARDNER, Jr. of
Williamsburg; one sister, Miss Lula CRUMMY of Wilkinsburg,
and three
grandchildren. Her husband, Henry GARDNER, Sr.,
died six years ago.
Funeral services were held Sunday evening in Pettit's
Funeral home,
McDonald, conducted by the Rev. Oscar E. GARDNER, D.
D. pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, McDonald. Burial was in Robinson's
Run cemetery.
James Burton MOULDEN, 71, a resident of McDonald
for nearly 50 years, died
at 8:25 p.m. Monday, July 21, 1941, at his home in Fannie
street after a
long illness.
Born December 4, 1869, at Eightyfour, he was the
son of John and Hanna
FOSTER MOULDEN. He was a member of the First United
Presbyterian church,
McDonald, and of the IOOF Lodge No. 605, McDonald.
He had worked in the oil
fields and engaged in general hauling before his retirement.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary MARTIN MOULDEN;
a daughter, Mrs. Mattie
ALGEO of Detroit, Mich., and a foster son, John R. BELL
of Muse.
Funeral services were held this Thursday afternoon
in the Rogers Funeral
home, McDonald, conducted by the Rev. O. E. GARDNER,
D. D., pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, McDonald. Burial was
in Robinson's Run cemetery.
Mrs. Elizabeth KAUFMANN LEIPOLD, 68, wife
of J. George LEIPOLD, died at
1:50 a.m. Sunday, July 20, 1941, in her home in R. D.
1, Bulger, near
Candor, after an illness of eight weeks.
A daughter of Henry and Gertrude DRUSCHELL, she
was born August 25, 1873,
in Germany. When she was a year-and-a-half old,
her father died. Later her
mother married William WEITZEL in Germany and Elizabeth
went under the
WEITZEL name. In early life she married John KAUFMANN,
who passed away
February 20, 1936. On November 15, 1937, she married
J. George LEIPOLD.
Besides her husband, she is survived by three sons:
William KAUFMANN of
Third street and John H. KAUFMANN of Gladden; two daughters;
Gertrude the
wife of W. L. SEABRIGHT of Gladden, and Clara, the wife
of Joseph CENIS of
Sewickley; one step-son, August LEIPOLD of R. D. 2, Burgettstown,
and nine
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in
the LEIPOLD home, conducted
by the Rev. O. E. GARDNER, D. D., pastor of the First
Presbyterian church,
McDonald. Burial was in Robinson's Run cemetery.
Joseph Ward MC NALL, 69, died Sunday, July
20, 1941, in the Mercy hospital
after a nine-month illness. He was born January
1, 1872, near Candor,
Washington county, a son of the late Joseph and Harriet
BUCHANAN MC NALL.
Since graduating from Duffs Business college, in 1893,
he had been a
bookkeeper. His first position was in the late
William H. YOUNG hardware
store, McDonald. In 1916 he became bookkeeper with
the H. J. HEINZ Real
Estate Co., and held that position until he was taken
to the hospital last
November.
He is survived by two sisters, Miss Nannie E. MC
NALL of R. D. 1, Imperial,
and Mrs. Sara M. PURDY of Imperial, and by three nieces:
Miss GLADYS, Miss
RHEA, and Miss Helen MC NALL of R. D. 1, Imperial.
Funeral services were held in the Clinton U. P.
church Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by his pastor, the Rev. H. J. BRAY, D. D. of
the Second
Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh, assisted by the Rev.
Ross WILSON of the
Clinton U. P. church and the Rev. Clarence E. DAVISON
of the Valley
Presbyterian church. The Clinton church choir sang.
Burial was in the
Clinton cemetery.
Mrs. Anna MORROW CUPPS, 62, wife of the late
S. H. CUPPS of Clinton, died
Thursday evening, July 17, 1941, in a Pittsburgh hospital,
following a
lingering illness. She came to Clinton 35 years
ago and taught school for
several years.
She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Esther STEPHENS,
and two sons, Morrow
CUPPS and Guy CUPPS, all three at home; two brothers,
and two sisters.
There is on one grandson, Howard STEPHENS, Mr. CUPPS
died several years ago.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in
the CUPPS home, conduced by
the Rev. Ross S. WILSON, pastor of the Clinton U. P.
church. Burial was in
the Clinton cemetery.
From the McDonald Record-Outlook Sept. 15, 1950
Miss Shirley Ann WALTERS, 23, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Verner WALTERS of
Fourth street, died Friday morning, September 8, 1950,
in the Mercy
hospital, Pittsburgh, where she was admitted three days
pervious.
Miss WALTERS directed the summer YWCA camp in Washington
for six weeks this
summer and had returned to her work as a physical education
director of the
Washington YWCA September 1 after a month's vacation.
Born in McDonald, August 10, 1927, she was graduated
from the McDonald high
school in the class of 1945 and from Slippery Rock State
Teachers college in
1949. She was a member of Phi Delta Pi and Kappa Delta
Phi and the Women's
Athletic Association and the College YWCA. She
was a member of the First
Presbyterian church McDonald.
Besides her parents, she leaves a sister Donna,
and a brother, Frank, at
home.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at
the home in charge of the
Rev. Joseph RODGERS. Burial was in the Robinson's
Run cemetery.
Mrs. Ann KATHYREN (sic) KNAAK BELL,
62, wife of Thomas A. BELL, Sr., of
Fannie street, McDonald, died at 3:00 a.m. Friday, September
8, 1950, in the
Suburban General hospital, Bellevue.
She was born January 31, 1888, in McDonald, a daughter
of the late Louis
and A*nstin VRUCK KNAAK, and had resided in McDonald
her entire life.
Mrs. BELL was a member of the First Presbyterian
church of McDonald and of
the Women's Missionary society of the church. She
also was a member of the
Dames of Malta Lodge of McDonald.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons,
Harry BELL of Brookline,
and Thomas A. BELL, Jr., of Dearborn, Mich.; a daughter,
Mrs. Roy BEHLING of
Coraopolis; two sisters, Mrs. John E. WILLIAMS of Emsworth
and Mrs. J. Scott
LOGAN of Imperial, and a brother, Carl L. KNAAK of Crafton.
There are six
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday evening in the
Rogers funeral home in
charge of the Rev. Joseph H. RODGERS. Burial was
Monday morning in Robinson
's Run cemetery.
John PIVOVAR, 69, died Saturday, September
9, 1950 in his home in North
street. He had been in poor health for five years.
Mr. PIVOVAR was born December 18, 1880 in Poland
and had been a resident of
McDonald since coming to the United Stats in 1906.
He was an employee f the
Pittsburgh Coal Co. until his retirement in 1945.
Mr. PIVOVAR was a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic
church of McDonald, the
SNPJ lodge of Midway and ZNP lodge of Oakdale.
He leaves his wife, Blanche CWIKLIK PIVOVAR; two
daughters, Mrs. Mary
GRABOWSKI of Nanticoke and Mrs. Stella HOSPODAR of McDonald,
and three sons,
Stanley of McDonald, Frank of Warren, Ohio, and Joseph
of Oakdale. Seven
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in St.
Alphonsus church in
charge of Fr. J. A. BURGOON. Burial was in St. Patrick's
cemetery,
Noblestown.
Compiler's note: This was my maternal grandfather.
He was born Jan PIWOWAR
in Biesna, Poland. As of this date, my mother,
the Stella HOSPODAR listed
above is the sole remaining member of the family.
Edwin Durand CARMAN, 80, for many years a
resident of Sturgeon, died
September 9, 1950.
A son of Samuel and Sara HARRIS CARMAN, he was
born March 28, 1870, in
Unionport, Ohio. He worked for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. for many years
having been station agent at Sturgeon, Noblestown and
Smithfield street
station, Pittsburgh, prior to his retirement in 1932.
His wife, Mrs. Sarah
BUCHANAN CARMAN, preceded him in death.
Surviving are three sons, H. M. CARMAN of Oakdale,
Dr. C. R. CARMAN of
Bridgeville, and S. L. CARMAN of Rennerdale, two sisters
ad on brother in
Bloomington, Ohio and a sister in Cadiz, Ohio.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in
the Thomas Funeral home,
Oakdale. Further services and burial were held
Tuesday in Unionport, Ohio.
Mrs. Jennie JENKINS EAGLESFIELD, wife of
George W. EAGLESFIELD, died at
10:10 a.m. September 5, in the Oil City hospital following
an illness of
three weeks.
Mrs. EAGLESFIELD was born April 16, 1876, in Minersville.
He was a
resident of Noblestown and had resided in Emlenton the
past 27 years. She
spent the winters in Lakeland Fla., where she was a member
of the Myrtle
Street Methodist church. Surviving are her husband,
two sisters, Mrs. Annie
MC MURRAY and Mrs. Lillie THORN and a brother, Howard
JENKINS, all of
Coraopolis, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held last Friday in Emlenton.
Burial was in
Allegheny cemetery.
Joseph A. SKODA, 48, died suddenly at 3:20
a.m. Wednesday, September 12,
1950, in his home in Magnolia street, McDonald.
He was born April 17, 1902, in Hostetter, and had
resided in McDonald the
pas 22 years. He was formerly employed by the Champion
Stores and was
manager of the McDonald store for eight years and was
manager of a grocery
store in Mt. Lebanon at the time of his death.
He was a member of St.
Alphonsus church.
Surviving are his wife, Mary SKODA; a son Robert,
and a daughter Marie both
at home, and a brother, Andrew SKODA, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Friends are being received at the Pettit Funeral
Home. Requiem high mass
will be sung at 9:00 a.m. Saturday in St. Alphonsus church
by Fr. J. A.
BURGOON. Burial will be in St. Patrick's cemetery,
Noblestown.
The Rev. Samuel Galbreth NEAL, 56, pastor
of the Hookstown and Mill Creek
Presbyterian churches, Beaver county, died Monday, September
11, 1950, in
the Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh, following an illness
of several
months.
Mr. NEAL was born June 17, 1894, at Candor, a son
of the late Oliver J. and
Belle ACKELSON NEAL.
A veteran of World War I, he served in France for
18 months.
Graduating in 1919 from Washington and Jefferson
college, he attended
Western Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh and entered
the ministry.
His first charge was the Elrama Presbyterian church
where he served three
years. His next charge was the Hebron and Mt. Olivet
churches near Clinton,
where he remained 26 years. In October of 1949
he accepted a call to the
Hookstown and Mill Creek Presbyterian churches.
Mr. NEAL married Elma WILSON of Robinson township
who survives with the
following children: Ruth, wife of James MARSHALL,
San Anselmo, Calif.; Miss
Dorothy, Knoxville, Tenn.; and Esther, wife of Samuel
FERGUSON of near
Clinton. There are five grandchildren. Also
surviving are the following
brothers and sisters: James O., Richmond, Ohio;
John A., Candor; William
L., Washington: Mrs. Mary MILLIS, Owensburg, Ky.;
Charles, Midway; and Miss
Essie, Carnegie.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in
the Mill Creek
Presbyterian church in charge of the Rev. C. F. DAVIDSON
of Swissvale.
Interment was in Mill Creek cemetery.
From the McDonald Record-Outlook Aug. 26, 1938
Mrs. Daisy A. JACKSON, wife of W. S. JACKSON, died
Friday August 12, 1938,
in her home on the Clinton-Carnot road. She was
in her 61st year. Mrs.
JACKSON was a lifelong resident of this district and
was a long-time member
of the Sharon Presbyterian church. She is survived
by her husband, a
daughter, Mrs. T. J. GRIFFITH of West Elizabeth, and
a sister, Mrs. Charles
GRIFFITH of Candor, Washington county. Funeral
services were held in the
Sharon Presbyterian church, Carnot, August 15, conducted
by the Rev. J.M.
BRICELAND. Burial was in the Sharon cemetery.
Mrs. Ellen Jane COCHRAN, 91, a resident of
Midway for the last 65 years,
died at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 20, 1938, in the home
of her daughter, Mrs.
J. E. STIFFLER, in Bulger. She had been ill for
two weeks due to her age.
Surviving are three children, Mrs. Mary ARMSTRONG
of Washington, Mrs. Ellen
STIFFLER of Bulger, and George COCHRAN of Akron, Ohio.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in
the home of her daughter,
Mrs. STIFFLER, in charge of the Rev. Alfred HUBBARD of
the Midway United
Presbyterian church. Burial was in the Candor cemetery.
At the home of her brother-in-law, David DEMPSTER,
in Venice, Cecil
township, Thursday, August 18,1938, occurred the death
of Mrs. Amelia
CHAPMAN TAYLOR of 7512 Kelly street, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. TAYLOR had been
visiting in the DEMPSTER home for more than a month and
her death occurred
suddenly. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon
in the McNary
Funeral home in Canonsburg, in charge of the Rev. J.
M. WILLIAMS of the
Payne A. M. E. church. Burial was in the Washington
cemetery. Mrs. TAYLOR
was 57 years old and the widow of the late Henry TAYLOR.
She was a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Timothy CHAPMAN, natives of
this county.
Laura Agnes SCOTT, 42, lifelong resident
of Burgettstown, died Tuesday
night, August 23, 1938, in the Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh
following an
operation.
She was born in Burgettstown July 8, 1896, and
was a member of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, the Victory Bible class,
Woman's Missionary
society, and Ladies' Aid society.
Surviving are her father, H. A. SCOTT, Burgettstown;
one brother, Ralph
SCOTT, Burgettstown; six sisters, Mrs. G. E. REMMERT
of Bulger, Mrs. C. K.
MORROW, Mrs. Carl CLAIR, and Mrs. Helen WILLIAMSON, all
of Burgettstown;
Mrs. Margaret CREPS of Burgettstown, R. D., and Mrs.
M. E. COWDEN of
Hickory, R. D.; one daughter, Dorothy, and one son, Kenneth.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 o'clock
EST at the home of her
sister, Mrs. C. K. MORROW, Center avenue, Burgettstown.
Burial will be in
Fairview cemetery.
Robert Watson BECK, 85, died at 5:00 o'clock Saturday
morning, August 20,
1938, in his home in Candor after a three weeks illness.
He was a son of
the late Robert and Mary AYRES BECK and was born January
1, 1853. He had
been a resident of Washington county all his life.
He and Ellen MURPHY were
married December 23, 1887. Mr. BECK was a member
of the Center U. P.
church, Midway, before transferring his membership to
the Raccoon
Presbyterian church at Candor.
Mr. BECK is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Anna
RITCHIE; on son, Roy BECK;
and two grandchildren, all at home.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in
the Raccoon Presbyterian
church, conducted by the Rev. James P. SHAW, assisted
by the Rev. Alfred
HUBBARD, pastor of the Center U. P. church, Midway.
Burial was in the
Candor cemetery.
Joseph KORTYNA, 70, died at 1:00 a.m. Thursday,
August 18, 1938. He was a
resident of Cherry Valley for many years.
Surviving are two sons, George and John, both of
Cherry Valley, and one
daughter of Detroit. There are 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in
the Catholic church in
Cherry Valley. Burial was in the Cherry Valley
Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret CLEMENS, 66, of Burgettstown,
died Sunday, August 21, 1938,
in the Shadyside hospital, Pittsburgh. She had
been in poor health the last
three months. She was the widow of James C. CLEMENS
and a daughter of
Lysanders PATTERSON. She was born March 12, 1852
at PATTERSON's Mills.
Surviving are two sons: Glenn who resided
with his mother, and L. P.
CLEMENS of Oakdale; one brother, H. L. PATTERSON of Mercer,
and the
following sisters: Mary E. PATTERSON of Imperial,
Mrs. Jennie CLEMENS of
Burgettstown, and Mrs. C. J. COLTER of New Waterford,
Ohio.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in
her home. Burial was in
the Robinson cemetery.
William T. TREDWAY, 76, a well-known attorney
of Coraopolis for 44 years,
died Tuesday night, August 9, 1938, in his home in Coraopolis.
He had been
a resident of Coraopolis since his marriage to Miss Cora
WATSON in 1894. He
was well-known to a number of Clinton people.
Besides his wife, he leaves one son, and one daughter.
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon with
burial in the Coraopolis
cemetery.
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