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Blanche <I>Davis</I> Headley

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Blanche Davis Headley

Birth
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
31 Aug 1930 (aged 55)
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.0901822, Longitude: -78.8902344
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Mrs. Blanche Headley of Reynoldsville, Is Dead…. Deceased Was Preparing to Move to Jenkintown When Paralysis Ended Her Life.

Mrs. Blanche Headley, widow of Nathan Headley, died Sunday at her home on Jackson Street, Reynoldsville, as the result of a stroke of paralysis.

The deceased was born in Jefferson County a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis and had spent practically her entire life in Reynoldsville. She was a member of the Baptist Church and an active worker in all of the societies connected with the church. A splendid mother, wife and daughter and a good neighbor, her death is sincerely mourned.

She is survived by two sons, Russell Headley, who taught in the Punxsutawney High School for five years, and who will teach this winter in the Willowgrove schools; and Edgar, supervisor of music of Jenkintown schools, about three miles from Willowgrove.

All arrangements had been made for Mrs. Headley to move to Jenkintown, where she was to keep house for the boys while they were teaching, but death intervened.

One brother, E.L. Davis, of Reynoldsville, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Davis, of Cleveland, OH also survive.

Funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased beginning at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with interment in the Reynoldsville Cemetery .

(Note: " 30 Aug 1930 " handwritten at the bottom of the obit.)
Thanks to Sue Salsgiver - Dec 2, 2010 -
Punxsutawney Area Genealogical and Historical Society
Mrs. Blanche Headley of Reynoldsville, Is Dead…. Deceased Was Preparing to Move to Jenkintown When Paralysis Ended Her Life.

Mrs. Blanche Headley, widow of Nathan Headley, died Sunday at her home on Jackson Street, Reynoldsville, as the result of a stroke of paralysis.

The deceased was born in Jefferson County a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Davis and had spent practically her entire life in Reynoldsville. She was a member of the Baptist Church and an active worker in all of the societies connected with the church. A splendid mother, wife and daughter and a good neighbor, her death is sincerely mourned.

She is survived by two sons, Russell Headley, who taught in the Punxsutawney High School for five years, and who will teach this winter in the Willowgrove schools; and Edgar, supervisor of music of Jenkintown schools, about three miles from Willowgrove.

All arrangements had been made for Mrs. Headley to move to Jenkintown, where she was to keep house for the boys while they were teaching, but death intervened.

One brother, E.L. Davis, of Reynoldsville, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Davis, of Cleveland, OH also survive.

Funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased beginning at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon with interment in the Reynoldsville Cemetery .

(Note: " 30 Aug 1930 " handwritten at the bottom of the obit.)
Thanks to Sue Salsgiver - Dec 2, 2010 -
Punxsutawney Area Genealogical and Historical Society


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  • Created by: Merry Ann
  • Added: Dec 5, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62596795/blanche-headley: accessed ), memorial page for Blanche Davis Headley (14 Oct 1874–31 Aug 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62596795, citing Reynoldsville Cemetery, Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Merry Ann (contributor 46928746).