Joseph Samuel Lawrence, thought to be Adams County's oldest resident, died at age 101 at 3 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Miller, Hanover R.4. Mr. Lawrence was a son of the late David and Sarah Lawrence. He was born Nov. 2, 1859, at his parents' farm home on the Locust Grove School road near McSherrystown, and was a lifelong resident of Conewago Township. He enjoyed good health until the past two years. A farmer, he managed the property that has been in his family about 150 years, until he was in his 80s, when he retired. His wife, Catherine Anna Klunk Lawrence, died in 1941. The deceased often said he remembered the days of the Civil War, when troops marching through McSherrystown appropriated his mother's fresh-baked bread and milked the family's cows. In his 100th birthday, in 1959, Brushtown and McSherrystown residents surprised him with a parade and serenade by the Delone Catholic High School band. He was a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and the Holy Name Society. Surviving, in addition to his daughter, Mrs. Miller, are five other children, 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, with prayers at 8:30 a.m. at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem mass at Annunciation Church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick McGee will be celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening, when the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Source : The Gettysburg Times, printed August 3, 1961
Source : The Gettysburg Times, printed August 3, 1961
Joseph Samuel Lawrence, thought to be Adams County's oldest resident, died at age 101 at 3 a.m. Wednesday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Miller, Hanover R.4. Mr. Lawrence was a son of the late David and Sarah Lawrence. He was born Nov. 2, 1859, at his parents' farm home on the Locust Grove School road near McSherrystown, and was a lifelong resident of Conewago Township. He enjoyed good health until the past two years. A farmer, he managed the property that has been in his family about 150 years, until he was in his 80s, when he retired. His wife, Catherine Anna Klunk Lawrence, died in 1941. The deceased often said he remembered the days of the Civil War, when troops marching through McSherrystown appropriated his mother's fresh-baked bread and milked the family's cows. In his 100th birthday, in 1959, Brushtown and McSherrystown residents surprised him with a parade and serenade by the Delone Catholic High School band. He was a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and the Holy Name Society. Surviving, in addition to his daughter, Mrs. Miller, are five other children, 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, with prayers at 8:30 a.m. at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem mass at Annunciation Church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick McGee will be celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday evening, when the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Source : The Gettysburg Times, printed August 3, 1961
Source : The Gettysburg Times, printed August 3, 1961
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