 1931 - 2015 (83 years)
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| Name |
Sheesley Harnish, Helen Marie |
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Mrs |
| Birth |
26 May 1931 |
Elk City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
25 Apr 2015 |
Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
- Helen Marie Sheesley Harnish, 83, of Knox, formerly of Lamartine, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at 4:35 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Clarview Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center, Sligo, after many years of declining health. Born May 26, 1931, in Elk City, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Nellie Wingard Sheesley.
She was a 1949 graduate of Salem High School and a member of the Salem Lutheran Church, both in Lamartine.
Helen was married in the Salem Lutheran Church on June 15, 1957, to Harry James Harnish, of St. Petersburg, and he survives.
She worked on the assembly line at Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. in Brookville from 1950 to 1961, left in preparation for raising her four children, then when her youngest child had entered school, she was a baker and salad bar preparations cook at Rhea's Motel and Restaurant in Shippenville. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, a lifelong member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Lamartine, sewed dresses for her three daughters and was an accomplished cook and baker, taught Sunday school to the youngest of God's children for many years as she raised her family. Her husband was the elected tax collector of Salem Township for over 12 years, but Helen also collected the taxes and visited with the people. In the fall, she sold chestnuts that the family gathered from their own trees. Local people, as well as those from out-of-state, came back annually to buy her nuts.
Interment will follow at the Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery.
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| Burial |
Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
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| Person ID |
I341 |
Ford |
| Last Modified |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Sheesley, Mr Paul Calvin, b. 13 Feb 1889, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 30 Mar 1951, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
McCall Sheesley, Mrs Nellie V, b. 19 Dec 1896, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 2 Nov 1955, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 58 years) |
Siblings |
1 sister |
| > | 1. Sheesley Harnish, Mrs Helen Marie, b. 26 May 1931, Elk City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 25 Apr 2015, Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 83 years) | | > | 2. Sheesley Amsler, Mrs Bessie E, b. 24 Sep 1933, Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America d. 29 Jul 2018, Sligo, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America (Age 84 years) ▻ Amsler, Mr Robert Lee, m. 24 Aug 1957 | |
| Family ID |
F102 |
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 | Birth - 26 May 1931 - Elk City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
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 | Death - 25 Apr 2015 - Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
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 | Burial - - Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
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