Mr. Bish married Effie Lingerfelter, of Sprankle Mills, Jefferson county, daughter of J. U. and Eva (Mauk) Lingerfelter, old settlers of Jefferson county, who came to that section from the East. Mr. and Mrs. Bish have had eight children, namely: Guy, William, John, Dale, Mary and Marie, twins (the former deceased); Frank, and Eugene.
Source: Page 937, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
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D.W. Bish, 90, Dies In Home In This Citv,
D. Wilbert Bish, 90, a resident of Punxsutawney the past 22 years, died last night ,in his home at 203 Center St. His death was attributed to the infirmities of age and followed a six-week illness.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon in the Pifer Funeral Home here. The Rev. R. J. Hurst, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church here, will officiate and interment will be the Frostburg Cemetery.
Friends will be received in the funeral home after 7 o'¬clock tonight.
Mr. Bish formerly operated a farm in Frostburg for years before he came to Punxsutawney to make his home.
He was born Feb. 2, 1869, in Porter, a son of George and Rachel Howard Bish, and was married Dec. , 1892, to Effie Lingenfelter, who died in June, 1925. His second wife, Carolina O'Harrah, died in 1946.
Mr. Bish was a member of the Grace Methodist Church.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Johnson, of this city; four sons, Guy W. Bish, of Frostburg; John M. Bish, of Greensburg, R. Dale Bish, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville; a stepson, Frank O'Harrah, of Panic; 23 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildren and four great- great-grandchildren. Two sons, Frank and William, and a daughter, Mary, preceded their father in death.
Punxsutawney Spirit-March 26, 1959
Mr. Bish married Effie Lingerfelter, of Sprankle Mills, Jefferson county, daughter of J. U. and Eva (Mauk) Lingerfelter, old settlers of Jefferson county, who came to that section from the East. Mr. and Mrs. Bish have had eight children, namely: Guy, William, John, Dale, Mary and Marie, twins (the former deceased); Frank, and Eugene.
Source: Page 937, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
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D.W. Bish, 90, Dies In Home In This Citv,
D. Wilbert Bish, 90, a resident of Punxsutawney the past 22 years, died last night ,in his home at 203 Center St. His death was attributed to the infirmities of age and followed a six-week illness.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon in the Pifer Funeral Home here. The Rev. R. J. Hurst, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church here, will officiate and interment will be the Frostburg Cemetery.
Friends will be received in the funeral home after 7 o'¬clock tonight.
Mr. Bish formerly operated a farm in Frostburg for years before he came to Punxsutawney to make his home.
He was born Feb. 2, 1869, in Porter, a son of George and Rachel Howard Bish, and was married Dec. , 1892, to Effie Lingenfelter, who died in June, 1925. His second wife, Carolina O'Harrah, died in 1946.
Mr. Bish was a member of the Grace Methodist Church.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Johnson, of this city; four sons, Guy W. Bish, of Frostburg; John M. Bish, of Greensburg, R. Dale Bish, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville; a stepson, Frank O'Harrah, of Panic; 23 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildren and four great- great-grandchildren. Two sons, Frank and William, and a daughter, Mary, preceded their father in death.
Punxsutawney Spirit-March 26, 1959
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