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Earl Johnson Gourley

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Earl Johnson Gourley

Birth
Perry Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
22 Apr 1972 (aged 86)
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Earl was born in Perry Twp., Jefferson Co., PA, the son of Ezra Clark Gourley and "Bert" Bertha Margaret Curry. He was married twice:
1. to "Blanche" Olive Blanche Mauk on February 10, 1906 in East Salamanca, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She died in 1949.
2. to Nettie Belle Cochran on October 19, 1950 in Saltsburg (Conemaugh Twp.), Indiana Co., PA. She died in 1967.

Earl and Blanche were the parents of six children:
1. Earla Jane (Gourley) McCall
2. William Ezra Gourley
3. Helen Gourley
4. "Pauline" Bertha Pauline Gourley
5. John Paul Gourley
6. Lynn Walton Gourley

Earl and Nettie had no children.

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The following obituary appeared in "The Punxsutawney Spirit" (Punxsutawney, PA) on Sunday, April 23, 1972:

Earl Gourley, 86, of Elk Run Ave, Punxsutawney, died yesterday in the Adrian Hospital.

Born 2 Oct. 1885 in Frostburg, he was the son of E. C. and Bertha Curry Gourley.

He was married twice, to Blanche Mauk and Nettie Cochran, both of whom preceded him in death.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Anita Senior Citizens, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and was on the board of directors of the Circle Hill Cemetery Assoc. He was a retired railway clerk for the B&O-C&O Railroad in Punxsutawney.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earla McCall of Punxsutawney; a son John P., of Detroit, Mich; two sisters, Mrs. Lesta Johnson of Punxsutawney, and Miss Blanche Gourley of South Orange, N.J. Three brothers, Floyd of Bethel Park, Dwight of Detroit, and Marcus also of Detroit.

Interment in Circle Hill Cemetery.
Earl was born in Perry Twp., Jefferson Co., PA, the son of Ezra Clark Gourley and "Bert" Bertha Margaret Curry. He was married twice:
1. to "Blanche" Olive Blanche Mauk on February 10, 1906 in East Salamanca, Cattaraugus Co., NY. She died in 1949.
2. to Nettie Belle Cochran on October 19, 1950 in Saltsburg (Conemaugh Twp.), Indiana Co., PA. She died in 1967.

Earl and Blanche were the parents of six children:
1. Earla Jane (Gourley) McCall
2. William Ezra Gourley
3. Helen Gourley
4. "Pauline" Bertha Pauline Gourley
5. John Paul Gourley
6. Lynn Walton Gourley

Earl and Nettie had no children.

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The following obituary appeared in "The Punxsutawney Spirit" (Punxsutawney, PA) on Sunday, April 23, 1972:

Earl Gourley, 86, of Elk Run Ave, Punxsutawney, died yesterday in the Adrian Hospital.

Born 2 Oct. 1885 in Frostburg, he was the son of E. C. and Bertha Curry Gourley.

He was married twice, to Blanche Mauk and Nettie Cochran, both of whom preceded him in death.

He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Anita Senior Citizens, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and was on the board of directors of the Circle Hill Cemetery Assoc. He was a retired railway clerk for the B&O-C&O Railroad in Punxsutawney.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earla McCall of Punxsutawney; a son John P., of Detroit, Mich; two sisters, Mrs. Lesta Johnson of Punxsutawney, and Miss Blanche Gourley of South Orange, N.J. Three brothers, Floyd of Bethel Park, Dwight of Detroit, and Marcus also of Detroit.

Interment in Circle Hill Cemetery.


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