Erie Times-News (PA)
April 2, 1995NORTH EAST _ Helen M. Reid, 84, 2 Gibson St., North East, formerly of Freeport Road, North East, died Friday, March 31, 1995, at Hamot Medical Center.
She was born in North East on Aug. 11, 1910, daughter of the late G. Elwood and Bertha M. Haskell Miller.
She retired after 25 years as a third-grade teacher with the North East School District. She was a graduate of North East High School and Edinboro Normal School. She was a member of the National Education Association and the Pennsylvania Retired Teachers Association.
Mrs. Reid was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of North East, where she had served as a Deacon. She was also a life member of Shiloh Chapter 153 Order of the Easter Star.
She is survived by two sons, Robert C. Reid of Ocoee, Fla., and Thomas E. Reid of Willoughby, Ohio; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Mary Ann) Thomson of North East; one brother, Ralph W. Miller of North East; one sister, Winifred Griffin of North East; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert S. Reid, on June 1, 1986; an infant daughter, Susan Reid; two brothers, Haskell Miller and Walter Miller; one sister, Genevieve Youngs; and one grandson, Keith E. Reid.
Erie Times-News
September 2, 2004Helen M. Miller , age 89, Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at her residence, Barnabas Court. Harborcreek. Formerly of W. Law Road, North East.
Helen was born on April 21, 1915 in Attica, NY a daughter of the late John T. and Katherine E. Heemer Newhouse.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in North East, where she belonged to the Rose Point for many years and was a former member of Eva Rebecca Lodge in North East. She was a 1933 graduate of North East High School where she was ranked fourth in her class. She enjoyed flower gardening and being with her grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Ralph W. Miller who died on January 2, 2000, her twin sister Hazel Graham and a sister Dorothy Green.
Helen is survived by two sons, Andrew Miller and his wife Elsie and Roger Miller, all of North East, one daughter, Pamela Galeski and her husband Edward of North East and one sister Lois Cochran of Wesleyville. Also survived by 9 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and 2 great, great grandchildren.
Dr. Judson Wayne Haskell was an optometrist.
Erie Times-News (PA)
September 23, 2010Nancy Haskell Beerbower Michaels, age 88, of North East, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday September 22, 2010 at Pleasant Ridge Manor West.
She was born on October 4, 1921 in North East to the late Seth Haskell and Helen Ore Haskell Pettit. She was formerly employed with the North East School District as one of the first woman school bus drivers in Erie County for several years. She was a 50 year member of the First Presbyterian in North East and currently a member of the Bethel Presbyterian Church in Erie. Nancy was an accomplished musician who taught theater organ, played at several local churches, and social events. She was famous for her baking, candy-making, and wedding cakes. She loved animals and had a variety of talents and skills.
She was preceded in death by her 1st husband Lloyd Beerbower (1982) and son Gary L. Beerbower (1984). She is survived by her husband George Edward Michaels of Harborcreek; a daughter, Debbie Goodwin and husband Paul of Lake City whom she resided; a daughter-in-law Jane Mead and husband Jeff of North East; granddaughter, Erin Beerbower; step-daughter, Patty Frey; and step-grandchildren, Amanda, Megan, and Garret.
Erie Times-News
March 7, 2012George Edward Michaels of Harborcreek, formerly of North East, age 86, died Sunday March 4, 2012, at Ball Pavilion. He was born on January 26, 1926 in Girard, Ohio to the late Joseph and Catherine Weatherall Michaels.
George served in the United States Navy, second class during WWII. He formerly owned and operated a dairy farm in Conneautville, Pa. and a fix it shop in North East (1984-1989), retiring in 1989. George loved fishing, enjoyed watching baseball and loved his little dog, D.J.
He is preceded in death by his first wife, Geraldine E. Michaels; second wife, Nancy Beerbower Michaels; a stepson, Charles Gosnell; several sisters; a brother, Joseph Michaels. George is survived by and was a loving father to his daughter, Patricia Frey (Ron) of Albion; grandchildren, Meggan Frey of Louisville, Ky., Amanda Frey of Pittsburgh and Garrett Frey of Bellview, Ohio; step daughter Debra Goodwin (Paul) of Lake City; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family notes courtesy of Richard Manley Snethen
Lena Haskell was born in Amity Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The house she was born in was on the old Hendry farm. The family moved to a fruit farm in North East, Pennsylvania, where Lena attended a one-room school until graduation into North East High School. After graduation, she and a cousin went on a trip to the West. This included Yellowstone National Park and California. In California the girls were entertained by a friend of their grandfather Andrew Haskell, the forty-niner.
Lena Snethen played the piano and sang in a number of recitals held in the Methodist Church. She was a Matron of the Eastern Star as well as being an active member throughout her life. She enjoyed "bumming in Jeroboam," her description of driving about in her Packard at first and then her subsequent automobiles.
She reminisced about her girlhood on the farm and about her grandfather's service in the Civil War. When her son Richard's family went to Gettysburg, they looked for Andrew Haskells name on the Pennsylvania monument. Not finding his name there on their return home Richard told his mother of their efforts. She indignantly replied, "Naturally you couldn't find Andrew Haskell's name there; it was Grandfather Thomas Hendry who was at the battle of Gettysburg."
Family notes courtesy of Richard Manley Snethen
Perry William Snethen was raised on a farm in Walkerton, Indiana. He graduated from Walkerton High School; then took a job as a teacher and completed his certification at Ball State Normal School. He enrolled at Purdue University in 1903. He worked as a trolley driver to help pay for his schooling and acquired the nickname "Ding-Ding." In 1907 he married his first wife Pearl Stair, who died in childbirth in 1908. After graduating from Purdue he went to work for the American Bridge Co. of Ambler, Pennsylvania. One of his jobs took him to the northeast corner of western Pennsylvania adjoining the northeast corner of New York to work on building an interurban trolley line from Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio to Buffalo, New York. It was here he met Lena Haskell whom he married in 1914.
After their marriage Perry and Lena moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where Perry worked for Bethlehem Fabricators. In 1921 Perry was assigned office manager of the NYC office of Bethlehem Fabricators, for whom he worked until his death in 1952.
The Snethen family established a home in Nutley, New Jersey. Both Perry and Lena were active members of the Methodist Church, Eastern Star as well as other civic organizations. Perry was the Superintendent of the Sunday School for many years. He also served on the Town Planning Board. Sometime after his death Lena moved to Humphery, New York, near her son Richard.
The Otsego Farmer
June 30, 1960George Snethen, aged 42, of New Lisbon died Sunday, June 26 at Roswell Memorial Park Institute in Buffalo, after a long illness.
He was born July 23, 1917, in Bethlehem, Pa., the son of Harry and Lena Snethen, and was married to Florence Docker, September 10, 1938. He was a member of the Morris Methodist Church, Tienunderah Lodge, F&AM, and the Morris Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving are his wife; three daughters, Mrs. William Fisher of Morris and the Misses Shirley and Georgiana Snethen of New Lisbon; one granddaughter, and one brother, Richard Snethen of Humphrey.
Family notes courtesy of Richard Manley Snethen
Richard Manley Snethen was born on 24 November 1920 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Richard Snethen although born in Bethlehem moved with his family to Nutley, New Jersey where he lived until graduating from Rutgers University in 1943. He was a product of Nutley Public Schools receiving his High School diploma in January 1939. An interesting event happened on his first day of school when his kindergarten teacher asked, "Where were you born?" when he answered "Bethlehem" the teacher sent him to the principal's office.
While attending Rutgers University College of Agriculture, Richard was a member of Alpha Kappa Pi fraternity becoming president in 1942. He earned his JV letter (freshman year) and Varsity letters (Sophomore, Junior and Senior years) in wrestling. It was at Rutgers that he and Betty King met. It was immediate love that eventually led to their marriage after both had graduated in 1943. Because of war-time constraints the couple was wed in Morris New York near the farm the Snethen Brothers were operating in New Lisbon, New York. It was here that their first daughter Pamela was born in 1944. Shortly after the birth of their daughter, Richard was inducted into the army. Betty stayed for a short time in a rented house in Morris; eventually moving home to live with her mother in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
Richard's army experience included basic training in Spartanburg, South Carolina; followed by Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia; then as lieutenant first a platoon leader with an early promotion to company commander; from the Infantry to the Counterintelligence Corps first attending school at Fort Holabird, Maryland; then overseas to Japan and then the Philippines. His service ended in 1946. Before his service discharge actually occurred he joined the faculty of Woodstown High School in Woodstown, New Jersey. He taught there and at Bridgeton New Jersey until 1952 when the family moved to their farm in Humphery, New York. While in south Jersey Donna and Letty were born.
After finding out that the farm would not support the family which had now grown with the birth of Mary J. and Perry, Richard resumed teaching in 1957 at Springville, New York's Griffith Institute not as an Ag teacher but as a science and math teacher. After the second year only science with a major emphasis in biology was taught for next twenty-six years. As a long time member and eventually chairman of the negotiating committee a number of successful advances were made for teachers. In 1972 Richard became President of the Teachers Association. At this time Betty was the chairwoman of the negotiating team and both took great pride in averting a strike over a minor detail after the mediator, district and teachers had finalized a settlement.
Upon retirement Richard and Betty enjoyed their leisure with trips to Great Britain, visits to their children in Quincy, Massachusetts; Belgrade Lakes, Maine; Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1993 still madly in love they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at a surprise party arranged by their five children (with four respective spouses). In 2003 the family all gathered at Old Forge, New York for a sixtieth wedding anniversary. This was the last celebration away from Springville as their sixty first was celebrated in Jennie B. nursing home. They also volunteered their services as deliverers of Meals on Wheels and Literacy Volunteers. Richard was appointed a trustee to the Concord Public Library in 1989 becoming President in 1991. He accepted five year reappointments in 1993 and 1998. During this tenure the new Hulbert Library building was built and the library services were brought to compliance or better than the State standards required. Vision problems required Richard to give up driving, in 2006 he moved to Amberleigh Retirement Community in Williamsville, New York.
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Castigla Funeral HomeSNETHEN - Richard M. Of Springville, NY, age 100, a WWII Veteran, passed away August 24, 2021. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary E. Snethen, after 61 years of marriage.
Father of Pamela J. Bartkowski (Patricia Oxenholm), Donna L. Snethen, Letty A. Snethen (David McIntosh), Mary J. Snethen (Dick Hegarty) and Perry W. Snethen, II (Kirsten Milliken); grandfather of Anthony (Kimberly) Bartkowski, Mary Catherine (CSM Edgard) Gonzalez and Lea (Larry) Archer; great-grandfather of Abigail, Elizabeth and Mary.
Richard was a retired Teacher at Springville-Griffith Institute Central School District.
Family notes courtesy of Richard Manley Snethen
Betty was born in Saint Augustine Florida. Then as a young child she moved first to Hoboken, New Jersey; while there she remembers a playmate coming down the fire escape to play with her. The family after a short stay in Hoboken moved to Ridgewood, New Jersey, her mother's Bergen County origins.
Betty attended Ridgewood Public Schools graduating from high school in 1939. With the aid of scholarships from the State and Ridgewood Federated Women's Club as well as Work Program jobs, she was able to attend and graduate from New Jersey College For Women (now Douglas College) part of Rutgers University in 1943. She always liked to brag about being one of the first women to help integrate Rutgers. She was in the Rutgers School of Journalism which was housed on the men's campus that was a mile from NJC.
During her adolescence and teen years Betty was involved in Girl Scouts where she remembers her scout leader introducing the girls to snakes. They also spent many hours in Bear Mountain Park as well as winter ice skating on the Duck Pond in Ridgewood. She was baptized in the Ridgewood Baptist Church (the builder of that church was her Grandfather Walthery) and enjoyed being a choir member. This along with participating in the high school orchestra where she played the Viola prepared her for her four year College Choir activities. She spent some of her summers on her Uncle Lee Walthery's farm.
It was while in NJC that Betty met her husband to be Richard Snethen, a fellow Rutgers University student. Although they met at a freshman dance it wasn't 'til the end of their Junior year that they began dating and eventually became engaged; leading to their marriage in June of 1943.
They were married in Morris, New York and resided on a farm in New Lisbon until Richie was inducted into the Army in 1944, shortly after the birth of their first child.. After the stint in the Army the couple took up residence in South Jersey where Richard was an Agriculture teacher in Woodstown and Bridgeton NJ. Their next two daughters were born while residing in New Jersey.
Moving to a farm in Humphrey, New York in 1954, the family was immersed in their dairy farm. The last two children were born in the Salamanca Hospital. After a disastrous milk-strike the family gave up dairy farming with Richard returning to teaching. Betty continued to as a competent housewife and mother until all the children were in school then she obtained a teaching position in Springville Griffith Institute (where Richard was employed) in 1962. She taught English and Journalism for twenty-two years retiring in 1983.
The Buffalo News
January 5, 2005Mary E. "Betty" Snethen (nee King) Of Springville, NY, January 4, 2005, wife of Richard M. Snethen; mother of Pamela J. Bartkowski (Patricia Oxenholm), Donna L. Snethen, Letty A. Snethen (David McIntosh), Mary J. Snethen (Dick Hegarty) and Perry W. Snethen II (Charlotte Frisbee); also survived by two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
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Erie Times-News (PA)
August 29, 2001Wilfred H. Lapsley, 88, a resident of West Lake Woods, Millcreek Township, died Monday, Aug. 27, 2001, at Hamot Medical Center. He was born Jan. 15, 1913, in Erie, son of the late Kennedy B. and Bernece Hayes Lapsley.
He graduated from Academy High School, then served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He worked for Shenango Valley Cable Co. in Sharon, then at Bliley Electric Co. until his retirement. He volunteered as a camp counselor for the Boy Scouts of America.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys Hornstein Lapsley, in 1998; and a daughter, Connie Piatkowski.
Survivors include a son-in-law, Robert Piatkowski of Erie; two grandchildren, Carla Nemenz and Jerrod Piatkowski of Erie; a niece, Beverly Ray of Erie; a nephew, George Ray of Erie; and two great-nieces, Michelle and Heather Ray of Erie.
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
March 29, 2002CECELIA LOOP, 87, Avalon Boulevard, Casselberry, died Wednesday, March 27. Mrs. Loop was a seamstress. Born in Latrobe, Pa., she moved to Central Florida in 1997.
Survivors: daughters, Sandra Shirzadi, Casselberry, Charlen Lirey, Irwin, Pa., Carol Lahue, Nashua, N.H.; sons, Robert, New Hope, Mass., George, New Port Richey; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Frederick Loop
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Jan 1929
Death Date: 20 Jul 1984
SSN: 190206936
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 17 Sep 1946
Release Date: 27 Dec 1947
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
September 28, 2005Loren A. Bush, 87, of Shell Rock, Iowa, died Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005, at the Shell Rock Health Care Center.
Loren Albert Bush was born Dec. 4, 1917, to Albert and Lottie (Hilton) Bush in Aurora, Iowa.
Loren graduated from Lamont High School. After farming for a time, Loren then served an apprenticeship with the Interstate Power Co. of Clermont, Iowa. After his apprenticeship, Loren worked for the Interstate Power Co. as a lineman and foreman for 38 years in Elkader, Iowa. Loren also served on the Elkader Ambulance Service for 13 years.
Obituary
A lifetime Lamont woman, Mrs. Flora Cook, 91,passed away Friday evening, February 28th at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Flora celebrated her 91st birthday August 31, 1975 with all members of her family present. She lived an active useful life and will be greatly missed by all those privileged to know her.
Flora Marie was born August 31, 1884, at Lamont, IA., the daughter of Alfred and Mary Flaucher Bush and spent her entire life in this area.
She was united in marriage to David Albert "Bert" Cook on October 16, 1902. To this union one daughter was born.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Lamont, the Lamont Women's club and the Lamont Senior Citizen.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Deleva Dopp, Lamont; three grandsons, Kenneth Dopp Oelwein, Delwyn Dopp, Aurora and Dale Dopp of Bellwood, Ill.; Twelve great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and a sister Winifred Dye of Long Beach, California.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, three brothers and one grandson.