Mabel L. Hutchinson, 82, formerly of Orrstown, died Friday evening at Guilford Convalesarium, Fayetteville. Born Oct. 21, 1896, in Washington Township, Armstrong County, she was a daughter of the late Amos F. and Mary I. Lemmon Lasher. She was the widow of Howard L. Hutchinson Sr. Mrs. Hutchison was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Orrstown, and the Honest Seekers Sunday school class. She is survived by a son Kenneth C. Hutchinson, Pitcairn; four daughters, Mrs. Clifford W. (Lois) Swartz Sr., Orrstown; Mrs. H. Donald (Thelma) Shearer Jr., Shippensburg R.D. 3, Mrs. Walter (Helen) Allen, Harvey Ill., and Mrs. John R. (Dolores) Robinson, Walnut Bottom; a brother, A. Roy Lasher, Kittanning; a sister, Mrs. Victor (Dorothy) Bagnuolo, Bronx, N.Y.; 20 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Services will be held today at 8 p.m. at the Fogelsanger Funeral Home, 122 West King St., Shippensburg, with the Rev. Robert E. Hawk pastor of the Orrstown United Brethren Church, officiating. Friends and relatives will be received at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Graveside services and interment will be conducted in the Greenwood Memorial Park, 3820 Greenwood Road, Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Robert E. Hawk officiating. Contributions in Memory of Mrs. Hutchison may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Orrstown.

From: The News Chronicle, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday August 6, 1979

Note: Obituary courtesy of Ruth Barckley

Mrs. Mabel L. Hutchinson, 82, Orrstown, widow of Howard L. Hutchinson Sr., died Friday evening, Aug. 3, 1979, in Guilford Convalesarium, Fayetteville, where she had been a guest since Oct. 25, 1973. She was born Oct. 21, 1896, in Washington Township, Armstrong County, daughter of the late Amos F. and Mary I. Lemmon Lasher. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Orrstown, and the Honest Seekers Sunday school class. Surviving are four daughters; Mrs. Clifford (Lois) Swartz, Orrstown; Mrs. H. Donald (Thelma) Shearer, R.R. 3, Shippensburg; Mrs. Walter (Helen) Allen, Harvey Ill., and Mrs. John R. (Dolores) Robinson, Walnut Bottom; a son Kenneth C. Hutchinson, Pitcairn; a brother, A. Roy Lasher, Kittanning, and a sister, Mrs. Victor (Dorothy) Bagnuolo, Bronx, N.Y. 20 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Services will be held today at 8 p.m. in the Fogelsanger Funeral Home, 122 W. King St., Shippensburg, with the Rev. Robert E. Hawk officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park, Lower Burrell, on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 8 this evening. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Orrstown.

From: The Public Opinion, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday August 6, 1979, Page 12

Correction: Hutchison is the correct spelling

Note: Both obituaries fail to mention her brother Theodore Alexander Lasher of Union City, who was still living at the time of her death. They also make no mention of her twin sister Myrtle E. (Lasher) Wolfe who died Apr. 26 1974, Sarah C. "Sadie" Lasher Amick who died Jun. 11, 1969 or brother, Robert Lasher who died in 1962.

Ohio Family Visits Wilson Ave. Couple.

Mr. and Mrs. James Skinner and children Kathy and Ronnie came here from East Palestine, Ohio, for a visit with Mr. Skinner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Skinner of Wilson Ave. and other family members. They were accompanied here by Mrs. Skinner's mother, Mrs. R. W. Wolfe of East Palestine and Mrs. Mabel Hutchison of Orrstown. Mrs. Wolfe and Mrs. Hutchison, twin sisters, spent the week end with Mrs. Wolfe's son Ronald Wolfe and family of 1005 Orr Ave. Mr. Wolfe and Mrs. Skinner are twin brother and sister and the third generation of twins was represented in Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wolfe's twin daughters.

From: The Simpson's Leader-Times, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday July 16, 1957, Page 10

Note: The death certificate of her son Robert Daniel Hutchison says she was born in Leechburg, Armstrong County Pennsylvania.

Married: Howard Loraine Hutchison November 29, 1917 in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania