Mary Olive Smith was the daughter of Alva Clarence "Alvy" Smith and Mary Catherine Neese.
She married Samuel Orlando "Pete" Harman abt 1922.
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Mother of:
- William 1923-1964
- Ruth 1924-2010
- Maxine 1926-2022
- John 1929-1982
- Kenneth 1930=2012
- Samuel 1933-1973
Sister of:
- Snowie Frances Smith 1891-1962
- Ira Russell Smith 1895-1977
- William Spurgeon Smith 1897-1988
- Edna S Smith Kemp 1901-1980
- Martha N Smith Doverspike Caruso 1906-1977
- Ethel Smith Snyder Myers 1908-1956
March 7, 1973 issue of The Leader Vindicator
Plane Crash Near DuBois Claims Trio.....
Three persons, two from Northern Armstrong county and one from Clarion were killed last (Tuesday) night when their small aircraft went down near here.
Investigating State Police from the DuBois substation said the three have been identified as Samuel Harmon Jr., 40 of King Street, New Bethlehem; Mrs Olive Harmon, his mother of South Street, New Bethlehem, and John F McGinley, 46, the pilot, of Wood Street, Clarion.
Police said the crash occurred between 9:30 and 10 pm Tuesday about three miles north of the DuBois-Jefferson County Airport. The three were flying in a 1970 single engine Cherokee.
Authorities said the craft was enroute to the airfield from Harrisburg when it collided into a wooded hillside. All three were listed as being killed instantly.
Investigators said the crash was not discovered for about two hours. The discovery was made, they said, when residents in the vicinity of the crash heard reports of a missing craft and recalled hearing a low-flying airplane earlier. The crash site, police said, was about one half mile from the highway. Additional details on the crash were not immediately availabale, with Federal aviation authorities and a State Police investigator from Hollidaysburg dispatched in an attempt to learn what may have caused the accident.
Mrs Harmon's body was removed to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn and her son's body was expected to be taken to the same funeral home following an autopsy at a DuBois hospital. A funeral home spokesman said funeral arrangements are expected to be made later Wednesday.
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Funeral services were held here Saturday for two of the three area persons who were killed Tuesday night in the crash of a single engine aircraft near the Jefferson County DuBois Airport.
Services were conducted at the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home here for Mrs Orlando (Olive) Harman, 69, of South Street, New Bethlehem, (South Bethlehem) and her son, Samuel O Harmon Jr of King Street, South Bethlehem.
On the same day, funeral services were held in Clarion for the third victim, John Francis Patrick McGinley of Wood Street, Clarion, believed to have been the pilot of the ill fated Piper Cherokee Arrow. All three were pronounced dead on arrival at the DuBois Hospital.
The plane was owned by Mr Harmon, who was taking lessons on instrument flying from the Clarion pilot. The craft had departed the DuBois airport about 6:15 pm Tuesday to take Mrs Jennie Seigworth, a relative of Mrs Harman's to Harrisburg. The crash occurred on the return flight.
The craft had been in radio contact with the airfield and reported that runway lights were sighted. Searchers who found the wreckage said the engine and control panel of the plane had been separated from the fuselage. The left wing was torn away.
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Mrs Olive Harman of South Street, New Bethlehem, was born October 18, 1903 in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, a daughter of Alvy and Catherine Neese Smith.
She married Orlando (Pete) Harman November 16, 1992 at Salem, He survives.
Mrs Harman was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star 230 of New Bethlehem. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs Maxine Shoemaker and Mrs Meredith (Ruth) Wetzel, both of New Bethlehem; two sons, John Harmon of Dayton and Kenneth Harmon of Mayport RD 1; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Smith of Mayport RD 2 and Spurgeon Smith of New Bethlehem RD 1; and three sisters, Mrs Edna Kemp and Mrs Henry (Martha) Caruso both of New Bethlehem RD 1 and Mrs Ethel Bowser of Kittanning.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Samuel and William and three sisters.
Removal was made to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn, where the funeral services were the same as for her son, Samuel.
Interment was in Mt Tabor Cemetery, Redbank Township, Armstrong County.
NOTE: Olive was later moved to the Mt Zion Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong County.
She married Samuel Orlando "Pete" Harman abt 1922.
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Mother of:
- William 1923-1964
- Ruth 1924-2010
- Maxine 1926-2022
- John 1929-1982
- Kenneth 1930=2012
- Samuel 1933-1973
Sister of:
- Snowie Frances Smith 1891-1962
- Ira Russell Smith 1895-1977
- William Spurgeon Smith 1897-1988
- Edna S Smith Kemp 1901-1980
- Martha N Smith Doverspike Caruso 1906-1977
- Ethel Smith Snyder Myers 1908-1956
March 7, 1973 issue of The Leader Vindicator
Plane Crash Near DuBois Claims Trio.....
Three persons, two from Northern Armstrong county and one from Clarion were killed last (Tuesday) night when their small aircraft went down near here.
Investigating State Police from the DuBois substation said the three have been identified as Samuel Harmon Jr., 40 of King Street, New Bethlehem; Mrs Olive Harmon, his mother of South Street, New Bethlehem, and John F McGinley, 46, the pilot, of Wood Street, Clarion.
Police said the crash occurred between 9:30 and 10 pm Tuesday about three miles north of the DuBois-Jefferson County Airport. The three were flying in a 1970 single engine Cherokee.
Authorities said the craft was enroute to the airfield from Harrisburg when it collided into a wooded hillside. All three were listed as being killed instantly.
Investigators said the crash was not discovered for about two hours. The discovery was made, they said, when residents in the vicinity of the crash heard reports of a missing craft and recalled hearing a low-flying airplane earlier. The crash site, police said, was about one half mile from the highway. Additional details on the crash were not immediately availabale, with Federal aviation authorities and a State Police investigator from Hollidaysburg dispatched in an attempt to learn what may have caused the accident.
Mrs Harmon's body was removed to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn and her son's body was expected to be taken to the same funeral home following an autopsy at a DuBois hospital. A funeral home spokesman said funeral arrangements are expected to be made later Wednesday.
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Funeral services were held here Saturday for two of the three area persons who were killed Tuesday night in the crash of a single engine aircraft near the Jefferson County DuBois Airport.
Services were conducted at the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home here for Mrs Orlando (Olive) Harman, 69, of South Street, New Bethlehem, (South Bethlehem) and her son, Samuel O Harmon Jr of King Street, South Bethlehem.
On the same day, funeral services were held in Clarion for the third victim, John Francis Patrick McGinley of Wood Street, Clarion, believed to have been the pilot of the ill fated Piper Cherokee Arrow. All three were pronounced dead on arrival at the DuBois Hospital.
The plane was owned by Mr Harmon, who was taking lessons on instrument flying from the Clarion pilot. The craft had departed the DuBois airport about 6:15 pm Tuesday to take Mrs Jennie Seigworth, a relative of Mrs Harman's to Harrisburg. The crash occurred on the return flight.
The craft had been in radio contact with the airfield and reported that runway lights were sighted. Searchers who found the wreckage said the engine and control panel of the plane had been separated from the fuselage. The left wing was torn away.
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Mrs Olive Harman of South Street, New Bethlehem, was born October 18, 1903 in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, a daughter of Alvy and Catherine Neese Smith.
She married Orlando (Pete) Harman November 16, 1992 at Salem, He survives.
Mrs Harman was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star 230 of New Bethlehem. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs Maxine Shoemaker and Mrs Meredith (Ruth) Wetzel, both of New Bethlehem; two sons, John Harmon of Dayton and Kenneth Harmon of Mayport RD 1; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Smith of Mayport RD 2 and Spurgeon Smith of New Bethlehem RD 1; and three sisters, Mrs Edna Kemp and Mrs Henry (Martha) Caruso both of New Bethlehem RD 1 and Mrs Ethel Bowser of Kittanning.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Samuel and William and three sisters.
Removal was made to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn, where the funeral services were the same as for her son, Samuel.
Interment was in Mt Tabor Cemetery, Redbank Township, Armstrong County.
NOTE: Olive was later moved to the Mt Zion Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong County.
Mary Olive Smith was the daughter of Alva Clarence "Alvy" Smith and Mary Catherine Neese.
She married Samuel Orlando "Pete" Harman abt 1922.
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Mother of:
- William 1923-1964
- Ruth 1924-2010
- Maxine 1926-2022
- John 1929-1982
- Kenneth 1930=2012
- Samuel 1933-1973
Sister of:
- Snowie Frances Smith 1891-1962
- Ira Russell Smith 1895-1977
- William Spurgeon Smith 1897-1988
- Edna S Smith Kemp 1901-1980
- Martha N Smith Doverspike Caruso 1906-1977
- Ethel Smith Snyder Myers 1908-1956
March 7, 1973 issue of The Leader Vindicator
Plane Crash Near DuBois Claims Trio.....
Three persons, two from Northern Armstrong county and one from Clarion were killed last (Tuesday) night when their small aircraft went down near here.
Investigating State Police from the DuBois substation said the three have been identified as Samuel Harmon Jr., 40 of King Street, New Bethlehem; Mrs Olive Harmon, his mother of South Street, New Bethlehem, and John F McGinley, 46, the pilot, of Wood Street, Clarion.
Police said the crash occurred between 9:30 and 10 pm Tuesday about three miles north of the DuBois-Jefferson County Airport. The three were flying in a 1970 single engine Cherokee.
Authorities said the craft was enroute to the airfield from Harrisburg when it collided into a wooded hillside. All three were listed as being killed instantly.
Investigators said the crash was not discovered for about two hours. The discovery was made, they said, when residents in the vicinity of the crash heard reports of a missing craft and recalled hearing a low-flying airplane earlier. The crash site, police said, was about one half mile from the highway. Additional details on the crash were not immediately availabale, with Federal aviation authorities and a State Police investigator from Hollidaysburg dispatched in an attempt to learn what may have caused the accident.
Mrs Harmon's body was removed to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn and her son's body was expected to be taken to the same funeral home following an autopsy at a DuBois hospital. A funeral home spokesman said funeral arrangements are expected to be made later Wednesday.
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Funeral services were held here Saturday for two of the three area persons who were killed Tuesday night in the crash of a single engine aircraft near the Jefferson County DuBois Airport.
Services were conducted at the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home here for Mrs Orlando (Olive) Harman, 69, of South Street, New Bethlehem, (South Bethlehem) and her son, Samuel O Harmon Jr of King Street, South Bethlehem.
On the same day, funeral services were held in Clarion for the third victim, John Francis Patrick McGinley of Wood Street, Clarion, believed to have been the pilot of the ill fated Piper Cherokee Arrow. All three were pronounced dead on arrival at the DuBois Hospital.
The plane was owned by Mr Harmon, who was taking lessons on instrument flying from the Clarion pilot. The craft had departed the DuBois airport about 6:15 pm Tuesday to take Mrs Jennie Seigworth, a relative of Mrs Harman's to Harrisburg. The crash occurred on the return flight.
The craft had been in radio contact with the airfield and reported that runway lights were sighted. Searchers who found the wreckage said the engine and control panel of the plane had been separated from the fuselage. The left wing was torn away.
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Mrs Olive Harman of South Street, New Bethlehem, was born October 18, 1903 in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, a daughter of Alvy and Catherine Neese Smith.
She married Orlando (Pete) Harman November 16, 1992 at Salem, He survives.
Mrs Harman was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star 230 of New Bethlehem. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs Maxine Shoemaker and Mrs Meredith (Ruth) Wetzel, both of New Bethlehem; two sons, John Harmon of Dayton and Kenneth Harmon of Mayport RD 1; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Smith of Mayport RD 2 and Spurgeon Smith of New Bethlehem RD 1; and three sisters, Mrs Edna Kemp and Mrs Henry (Martha) Caruso both of New Bethlehem RD 1 and Mrs Ethel Bowser of Kittanning.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Samuel and William and three sisters.
Removal was made to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn, where the funeral services were the same as for her son, Samuel.
Interment was in Mt Tabor Cemetery, Redbank Township, Armstrong County.
NOTE: Olive was later moved to the Mt Zion Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong County.
She married Samuel Orlando "Pete" Harman abt 1922.
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Mother of:
- William 1923-1964
- Ruth 1924-2010
- Maxine 1926-2022
- John 1929-1982
- Kenneth 1930=2012
- Samuel 1933-1973
Sister of:
- Snowie Frances Smith 1891-1962
- Ira Russell Smith 1895-1977
- William Spurgeon Smith 1897-1988
- Edna S Smith Kemp 1901-1980
- Martha N Smith Doverspike Caruso 1906-1977
- Ethel Smith Snyder Myers 1908-1956
March 7, 1973 issue of The Leader Vindicator
Plane Crash Near DuBois Claims Trio.....
Three persons, two from Northern Armstrong county and one from Clarion were killed last (Tuesday) night when their small aircraft went down near here.
Investigating State Police from the DuBois substation said the three have been identified as Samuel Harmon Jr., 40 of King Street, New Bethlehem; Mrs Olive Harmon, his mother of South Street, New Bethlehem, and John F McGinley, 46, the pilot, of Wood Street, Clarion.
Police said the crash occurred between 9:30 and 10 pm Tuesday about three miles north of the DuBois-Jefferson County Airport. The three were flying in a 1970 single engine Cherokee.
Authorities said the craft was enroute to the airfield from Harrisburg when it collided into a wooded hillside. All three were listed as being killed instantly.
Investigators said the crash was not discovered for about two hours. The discovery was made, they said, when residents in the vicinity of the crash heard reports of a missing craft and recalled hearing a low-flying airplane earlier. The crash site, police said, was about one half mile from the highway. Additional details on the crash were not immediately availabale, with Federal aviation authorities and a State Police investigator from Hollidaysburg dispatched in an attempt to learn what may have caused the accident.
Mrs Harmon's body was removed to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn and her son's body was expected to be taken to the same funeral home following an autopsy at a DuBois hospital. A funeral home spokesman said funeral arrangements are expected to be made later Wednesday.
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Funeral services were held here Saturday for two of the three area persons who were killed Tuesday night in the crash of a single engine aircraft near the Jefferson County DuBois Airport.
Services were conducted at the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home here for Mrs Orlando (Olive) Harman, 69, of South Street, New Bethlehem, (South Bethlehem) and her son, Samuel O Harmon Jr of King Street, South Bethlehem.
On the same day, funeral services were held in Clarion for the third victim, John Francis Patrick McGinley of Wood Street, Clarion, believed to have been the pilot of the ill fated Piper Cherokee Arrow. All three were pronounced dead on arrival at the DuBois Hospital.
The plane was owned by Mr Harmon, who was taking lessons on instrument flying from the Clarion pilot. The craft had departed the DuBois airport about 6:15 pm Tuesday to take Mrs Jennie Seigworth, a relative of Mrs Harman's to Harrisburg. The crash occurred on the return flight.
The craft had been in radio contact with the airfield and reported that runway lights were sighted. Searchers who found the wreckage said the engine and control panel of the plane had been separated from the fuselage. The left wing was torn away.
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Mrs Olive Harman of South Street, New Bethlehem, was born October 18, 1903 in Redbank Township, Armstrong County, a daughter of Alvy and Catherine Neese Smith.
She married Orlando (Pete) Harman November 16, 1992 at Salem, He survives.
Mrs Harman was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and the Order of Eastern Star 230 of New Bethlehem. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs Maxine Shoemaker and Mrs Meredith (Ruth) Wetzel, both of New Bethlehem; two sons, John Harmon of Dayton and Kenneth Harmon of Mayport RD 1; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Smith of Mayport RD 2 and Spurgeon Smith of New Bethlehem RD 1; and three sisters, Mrs Edna Kemp and Mrs Henry (Martha) Caruso both of New Bethlehem RD 1 and Mrs Ethel Bowser of Kittanning.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Samuel and William and three sisters.
Removal was made to the Charles D Alcorn Funeral Home, Hawthorn, where the funeral services were the same as for her son, Samuel.
Interment was in Mt Tabor Cemetery, Redbank Township, Armstrong County.
NOTE: Olive was later moved to the Mt Zion Cemetery, Mahoning Twp, Armstrong County.
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