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Sheesley Harnish, Mrs Helen Marie

Female 1931 - 2015  (83 years)

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  • Name Sheesley Harnish, Helen Marie 
    Prefix Mrs 
    Birth 26 May 1931  Elk City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 Apr 2015  Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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.
    Burial Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Plot 12 22/23
    Person ID I341  Ford
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2023 

    Father Sheesley, Mr Paul Calvin,   b. 13 Feb 1889, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Mar 1951, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother McCall Sheesley, Mrs Nellie V,   b. 19 Dec 1896, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1955, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Siblings 1 sister 
    Family ID F102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harnish, H.J. 
    Family ID F125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2021 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 May 1931 - Elk City, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Apr 2015 - Knox, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America Link to Google Earth
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