PUFFENBARGER, Lavina

ELK GARDEN - Lavina Puffenbarger, commonly known as Grandma Puffenbarger, died at Oakmont on April 3, 1913, aged 83 years, 7 months, and 28 days. The remains were interred in Nethkin Hill cemetery on Saturday following, the funeral sermon being preached by the minister from Blaine. She leaves the following children: Jacob, John, Will, and Fred Puffenbarger, and Mrs. Sallie Parks.
Mineral Daily News, April 11, 1913
(Courtesy of Patti McDonald)
Posted September 4, 2010

PUGH, Clarence Allan

BALTIMORE – Clarence Allan Pugh, 49, formerly of Mount Savage, died Nov. 20 at his home at 522 Bayside Drive, Baltimore. Born in Mount Savage, he was the son of Bessie M. (Petenbrink) Pugh, also of Mount Savage, and the late Russell A. Pugh. He was a retired officer of the Baltimore City Police Department, with 25 years service. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Patapsco Lodge AF&AM, Barrellville Outdoor Club, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Surviving besides his mother are his widow, Glenna M. (Bailey) Pugh; three sons, Russell Pugh, Richard Pugh, and Ronald Pugh, all at home; a sister, Letha Bridges, Mount Savage; and a brother, Robert Pugh, Akron, Ohio. Services were held at the DudaRock Funeral Home, here, Monday. Interment was private. The family requests that memorials take the form of donations made to Signal Six, a group of widowed police women associated with the Baltimore City Police Department.
Cumberland News, November 23, 1983
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted August 4, 2017

PUGH, A.Russell

FROSTBURG — A. Russell Pugh, 58, a former resident of Zihlman, died Saturday at his home, RD 1, Hampstead, Md. He was a member of Mt. Savage Methodist Church. He was a son of the late Edgar and Sarah E. (Kisner) Pugh. Surviving are his wife, Bessie (Petenbrink) Pugh; two sons, Clarence A. Pugh, Baltimore, and Robert E. Pugh, Akron; a daughter, Mrs. Eugene Bridges, Mt. Savage; two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Lucas, Barberton, Ohio, and Mrs. Sadie Wade, New Castle, Pa. The body is at the Hafer Funeral Home where friends will be received from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted at the funeral home tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rev. Ben F. Hartley will officiate and interment will be in Porter Cemetery, Eckhart.
The Cumberland News, July 13, 1964
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted March 28, 2010

Wednesday, Mrs Anna Pugh Mrs. Anna Pugh, aged 82 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Fred Kemp, Maple Street, late yesterday afternoon from complications. Mrs Pugh is survived by the following children: David Pugh, Richard Pugh, John Pugh, Mrs Fred Kemp, this city and Mrs Charles Ferguson, Baltimore, by her second marriage and Peter McGuire and Patrick McGuire, this place by her first marriage. She was a member of St Michael's Catholic Church and well known to hundreds of people in Frostburg as "Mountain City's Grand Old Woman". Her daughter, Mrs Fred Kemp, is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Cumberland Evening Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md., January 9. 1929 - pg 6, col 3
(Courtesy of Pat Dailey)
Posted March 12, 2011

Frostburg, Feb. 17.—David Pugh, 65, coal miner, died at 6 p. m. today at his home, Eckhart. He had been ill since Monday. Besides his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth (Miller) Pugh, he is survived by a daughter, Laura, at home, and by several brothers and sisters. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic church, Frostburg.
Cumberland Times; Cumberland, Allegany Co, Md., Sunday, February 18, 1940 - pg 14, col 5
(Courtesy of Pat Dailey)
Posted March 26, 2011

PUGH, Evalene P. Wolfe
 
Evalene P. Pugh, 51, of Over Cheat died yesterday at the Vincent Pallotti Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 21, 1906, in Monongalia County, she was the daughter of William and Laura Rishel Wolfe. She was a member of the Penecostal Church of Over Cheat. Surviving are her husband, Wilbur Pugh; two daugthers, Mrs. Fora Belle Lightner of Morgantown and Mrs. Helen Folwer of Over Cheat; one son, Dayne Paugh of Over Cheat; one sister, Mrs. Dora Colebank of Rt. 4, Morgantown; one brother, Raymond Wolfe of Smithfield, Pa., and six grandchildren. Hastings Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.
SOURCE: The Dominion News; Morgantown, Monongalia Co., West Virginia; February 11, 1958; page 2.
(Courtesy of Wendy Mammoliti)
Posted May 31, 2013

PUGH, James F.

FROSTBURG — James F. Pugh, 84, of 195 Welsh Hill, Frostburg, died Tuesday, July 4, 1995, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born June 28, 1911, in Frostburg, he was the son of the late Richard Pugh and Sarah (Freal) Pugh. He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Sally (Pugh) Moore, in 1991. Mr. Pugh was a retired employee of Allegany Ballistics Laboratory. He was a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church and Frostburg Council #1442 Knights of Columbus. Surviving are his wife, Myrtle Grace (Barrick) Pugh; one son, R. Larry Fairley and wife Anita of Rawlings; three brothers, George R. “Deets” Pugh and William F. Pugh, both of Frostburg, and John F. Pugh of Ellicott City; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Durst Funeral Home, Frostburg, on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church by Msgr. John L. Reinsfelder. Interment will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery. A Christian Wake Service with members of the Knights of Columbus participating will be held on Thursday at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Cumberland Times-News, Wednesday, July 5, 1995
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted August 20, 2021

PUGH, Malon M.

MEYERSDALE,July 1 — Struck by an eastbound passenger train as he crossed the tracks of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad near Sand Patch, Malon M. Pugh, 60, of Summit township, was killed at 11:45 o'clock Tuesday morning. Pugh, working on the five-mile section from Sand Patch to Meyeradale, waited for a westbound freight train to pass and then stepped into the path of the eastbound passenger train. He was on duty at the time. The victim was rolled under the train and his body badly mutilated. Born in Summit township, two miles northeast of here, June 10, 1882, Pugh was the son ot the late Daniel and Eliza Pugh. An active member of the Church of the Brethren, he leaves his widow, Mrs. Ida Alverda Pugh; four daughters, Mrs. Eugene McClary and Mrs. Richard Linderman, both of Detroit, and Ada and Ruth, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Peter Brown and Mrs. Perry Shrock, Meyersdale, Mrs. Edward Layman,
Pittsburgh, Mrs. William Brown, Shanksville, and Mrs. Joseph Day, Detroit, and five grandchildren.
The Daily Courier, Connellsville, July 1, 1942
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted March 28, 2010

PURDY, Mrs. Rosalie Ignatia Rafferty
 
CAMBRIDGE, N Y. - Mrs. Rosalie Ignatia Purdy, 79, here, died July 6 at Mary McClellan Hospital, here. Born in Nikep Oct. 8, 1905, she was a daughter of the late John Rafferty and Bridget (Condon) Rafferty. She was a 1923 graduate of Barton High School, a 1925 graduate of Frostburg Normal School and belonged to the Barton Alumni Association. She is survived by her husband, Ivan Purdy, Sr.; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Withers, Auburn, N.Y.; Mrs. Dorothy Miller, Marcellus, N.Y.; two sons, Ivan Purdy, Jr., Baldwinsville, N.Y.; Raymond Purdy, Cambridge, N.Y.; three sisters, Sister John Anthony, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Clatterbuck, Deer Park; Mrs. Kathleen Winner, Lonaconing; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services were held at St. Luke's Church, here. Interment was in Woodlands Cemetery, here. Ackley Funeral Home, here, was in charge of arrangements.
The Cumberland Evening Times, July 12, 1985
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted September 23, 2012

PURGIT, William S.

William S. Purgit, one of the oldest citizens of the county, died at his home at Purgittsville Friday last, after a long illness of Bright's disease. For some years following the war he was deputy collector of Internal Revenue for the District, and was postmaster at Purgittsville for nearly a half century, barring a few years. The funeral occurred Sunday from the church of Purgittsville, conducted by Revs. Neel and Burgess and interment in the family burying ground. -Hampshire Review of 6th.  The deceased was the father of I. P. Purgit, one of our well known citizens.
Keyser Tribune, November 12, 1912
(Courtesy of Patti McDonald)
Posted August 7, 2010

PURGIT, William S.

Mrs.Rev. Lee Racy of Winchester Va, who was called to Purgittsville by the death of her father, William Purgit, spent last Friday night here, as a guest, at the home of her brother, I. P. Purgit, on her way home.
Keyser Tribune, November 22, 1912
(Courtesy of Patti McDonald)
Posted August 7, 2010

PURINTON, George Dana

George Dana Purinton, 84, of 1211 Rosebury Circle, Charleston, died Sunday at home after a brief illness. He was a native of Independence, Preston County and a retired school teacher, having taught in Arkansas, West Virginia and Virginia. He was a member of the National Retired Teachers Association and the Jehovah's Witnesses. Mr. Purinton attended Morris Harvey College and was a graduate of William and Mary College in Virginia. Surviving: wife, Stella Hickman Purinton; daughters, Mrs. Irene Cagle of Alma, Ark., Mrs. Anna Board of Ashland, Ky., Mrs. Helen Potter and Mrs. Mona Belcher of Charleston, Mrs. Virginia Burd of Mount Pleasant, Pa., Mrs. Betty McAllister of Lexington Ky., Mrs. Martha Perry of Louisville, Ky, Mrs. Bernice Frye of Twin Peaks, Calif.; sister, Mrs. Agnes Larew of Lynchburg, Va.; 23 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren. Service will be 2 p.m., Wednesday in Steven and Grass Funeral Home, Malden, with Ronald R. Hoertz officiating. Burial will be in Belcher Cemetery, Route 6, Charleston, (Kanawha County, West Virginia). Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
d.o.d.2 October 1978; no source noted
FindAGrave Memorial #145359037
(Courtesy of Gene Brierly/transcribed by Genie)
Posted May 11, 2017

PYLE, Donald R.

Donald R. Pyle, 84(??), longtime cowboy and rancher in southwestern Montana, died Jan. 9 in Arizona at Phoenix Veterans Hospital. Mr. Pyle was born in Marlinston W.Va., April 8, 1897, a son of Lemuel and Mollie Pyle. The family moved to the Ekalaka area in 1909. When he was 17 he began breaking horses for W.G. Payne on the H Cross H Ranch. Later he started repping with several cow outfits, the LO, the TN, the Diamond A and the TA. He joined the Army in 1918 and was stationed in France with the 412th Motorcycle Dispatchers Unit which supported the 77th Division in the Meuse Argonne forest. After his discharge he returned to Miles City and went into business as a rancher and stockman in this area in 1924. He retired in 1966 and had spent his winters in Phoenix for the past 20 years. He married Elsie Payne Dec. 27, 1943, in Sheridan, Wyo. Mr. Pyle took the Scottish Rite at the Al Bedoo Temple in Billings and became a 32nd degree Mason Oct. 25, 1963. He was a member of the First Baptist Church here, and also the Range Riders and Half Century Club. Surviving are his wife, Elsie; a son, Donald L. of Miles City; two daughters, Mrs. John (Gloria) Feickert of Phoenix and Mrs. Joseph (Beryl) Hahn of Cullom, Ill.; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of J. E. Graves Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Starburg of the First Baptist CHurch officiating. Burial will be in Custer County Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorials may be made to the Range Riders of Miles City or to the United Parkinson's Foundation, 22 S. State Street, Chicago, Ill. 60604
d.o.d.January 9, 1982; no source noted (Custer Co., Montana)
FindAGrave Memorial #179172959
(Courtesy of Gene Brierly/transcribed by Genie)
Posted May 20, 2017

PYLE, Hamilton H.

Hamilton H Pyle, aged 63, died at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at his home, a short distance southwest of the county seat.  The deceased spent practically all of his life in the vicinity of Somerset and was highly esteemed by all who learned to know him.  He is survived by his widow and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Deal, of Addison.  Funeral services were held in the local Church of the Brethren at 3:00 o’clock, Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. John M. Brougher, of Greensburg, and Rev.  John Weighley of Somerset.  Interment was made in the St. John’s cemetery in Somerset township.
Somerset Herald, October 29, 1924
Transcribed by Vernon A. Miller, November 18, 2010
Posted June 14, 2011

PYLE, Mrs. Laura Catherine Murray

Mrs. Laura Catherine Pyle, 90, of 306 Harrison Street, died Monday at Colton Manor Nursing Home, Hagerstown. Bom in Glencoe, Pa., she was a daughter of the late William and Alice (Martz) Murray, and was the widow of Cleveland George Pyle. Surviving are three sons, Homer Pyle, Parcoal, W. Va.; Vernon W. Pyle, Kitzmiller, and Robert Pyle, Morgantown; two daughters, Mrs. Alverta Smith, city, and Mrs. Loretta M. Hershberger, Blaine; 21 grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. The body is at the David A. Burdock Funeral Home, where friends will be received from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there Thursday at 1 p.m. Rev. Arthur Leaker will officiate and interment will f ollow in the IOOF Cemtery, Elk Garden.
The Cumberland News, July 20, 1977
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted November 12, 2011

PYLE, Mrs. Matilda Miller

Mrs.Matilda M. (Miller) Pyle, 80, widow of Hamilton Pyle, died at 11 Thursday night at her home on Somerset, R.D. 1, after an illness of two years. Her husband preceded her to the grave in 1924 and a son died in 1909.  Surviving is a brother, Jonathan Miller of Somerset, R.D. 4. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Pyle home by the Rev. Galen R. Blough, pastor of the Somerset church of the Brethren.  Interment will follow in St. John’s cemetery in Somerset township under the direction of Charles R. Hauger, Somerset mortician.
Somerset Daily American, January 18, 1941
Transcribed by Vernon A. Miller, November 22, 2010
Posted June 14, 2011
 

PYLES, Charles and Hannah

AGED COUPLE KILLED
Mrs. Hannah Pyles, age 75 years, of Buckhorn W. Va., on the B&O main line, was killed by passing train No 71, near Buckhorn siding at eleven o'clock Sat morning, and shortly after two o'clock that afternoon, her husband Charles Pyles, aged 76 years, was killed on the railroad at Buckhorn, siding, within several hundred yards of where his wife was killed. The accidents were peculiarly similar. Mrs. Pyles was walking on the east bound track and by mistake, stepped to the west bound track directly in front of the passenger train, which killed her instantly. The remains were taken to the residence of her son, John, whose parents resided with him. Saturday afternoon, Mr Pyles was walking in a path along the track while a coal freight engine was setting a couple freight cars in the siding. He stepped on the track in front of the cars, was ran over and killed.
KEYSER TRIBUNE, JUNE 14, 1907
(Courtesy of Patti McDonald)
Posted July 18, 2010

PYLES, David Gibson

Fort Ashby, W. Va.. Dec. 3 — David Gibson Pyles, 81, a retired farmer of the Fort Ashby section, died last night at his home after an illness of three weeks. He was a son of the late Thomas and Jane Orndorf Pyles who were among the early settlers of Fort Ashby. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Willlson; three sons, James L., Earl B. and Charles D. Pyles; sister, Mrs. Hannah Dowden; brother, Samuel Pyles; nineteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body was taken & the home of his son, Charles D. Pyles.
3 December 1940, Cumberland Evening Times
(Courtesy of Ruth Sprowls)
Posted November 26, 2009

PYLES, Edgell F.

FORT ASHBY, W.Va. — Edgell F. Pyles Sr., 88, of Fort Ashby, W.Va., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at the Dawn View Center. He was born in Alaska (Fort Ashby), W.Va., on July 14, 1923, to the late Thomas F. and Alice (Corbin) Pyles. Edgell was the last surviving person to have been born in The Fort. Mr. Pyles was also preceded in death by his three sisters, Irene Pyles, Louise Wagoner, Frances Buser, and Helen Rohman. He was the last member of his immediate family. Edgell was a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Army. He spent time in the European Theater. Mr. Pyles was retired from Allegany Ballistics Laboratory. He belonged to Trinity United Methodist Church and Fort Ashby Post 6667, V.F.W. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Irma R. (Haines) Pyles; two sons, the Rev. Dr. Edgell Franklin Pyles Jr. and wife Marty, of Snowmass, Colo., and Thomas E. Pyles and wife Rhoda, of Fort Ashby, W.Va.; one daughter, Roxy A. Whitacre and husband Wallace, of Short Gap, W.Va.; grandchildren, Kathy Herrell and husband Mark, of Richmond, Va., Thom Pyles and wife Linda, of Denver, Colo., Todd Pyles and wife Cindy, of Richmond, Va., Seth Whitacre and wife Keri, Lori Cross, and Kristen Pyles, all of Short Gap, W.Va., Ashley Haddix and husband William, of Fort Ashby, W.Va., and Sarah Welsh and husband Tommy, of Centreville, Pa.; and 16 great-grandchildren. Family and friends will be received at the Upchurch Funeral Home, Route 28, Fort Ashby, W.Va., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Mark Hickman officiating. Interment will be in Fort Ashby Cemetery, where military honors will be accorded by Post 13 Veterans Honor Guard. Edgell’s greatest love was for his family. He was a loving, dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. The family thanks his caregivers and the staff at the Dawn View Center, as well as the care given to the family during his passing. 
Published in The Cumberland Times-News, October 25, 2011
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted May 11, 2017

PYLES, James
 
Alaska, W.Va., Feb. 25 - Mr. James Pyles, a well known and respectable citizen of Frankfort, died Friday evening of brain fever. Mr. Pyles was aged about 40 years and leaves to mourn his loss an aged mother, four brothers and one sister, a wife and seven children. His remains were laid to rest in the Frankfort cemetery Sunday evening. The funeral, which was a large one, was preached in the M.E. church South by Rev. H.M. Strickler. This is three Sabbaths in succession that Rev. Mr. Strickler has been called upon to officiate funerals in this church and nine funerals in all since Christmas.
Published in the Cumberland Evening Times, February 28, 1901
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted August 19, 2017

PYLES, Leona Frances Wagoner

FORT ASHBY, W.Va. — Leona Frances (Wagoner) Pyles, 91, of Fort Ashby, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born March 14, 1913, in Middle Ridge, she was the daughter of the late William Michael and Ethel (Davis) Wagoner. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Leland M. Pyles; two sisters, Dorothy Wagoner and Helen Berry; and three brothers, Donald Wagoner, Joe Wagoner and Herb Wagoner. Mrs. Pyles had been a housekeeper and nanny for Dr. Cook. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she belonged to the United Methodist Women and had been a Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Pyles had also been a leader for the 4-H Goal Seekers Club. Survivors include three sons, David Pyles and wife Donna, Fort Ashby, Dennis Pyles and wife Rose, Phillippines, and Dale Pyles and wife Sharon, Short Gap; one daughter, Nancy Luzadder and husband Ross, Mount Carmel, Ill.; two sisters, Ruth Morris, a resident of Devlin Manor and Mary Knotts, Meyersdale, Pa.; two brothers, Sam Wagoner, Springfield and Jimmy Wagoner, Bowling Green; nine grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Upchurch Funeral Home, Inc., Route 28, Fort Ashby, Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. The funeral serivce will be conducted at Trinity United Methodist Church on Saturday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dallas Forren officiating. Interment will be in Fort Ashby Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to either the United Methodist Women, Trinity United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1080, Fort Ashby, WV 26719 or
the 4-H Goal Seekers, c/o Harriett Lewis, HC 86, Box 404, Springfield, WV 26763.
Cumberland Times-News, Thursday, November 04, 2004
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
Posted December 20, 2010

PYSELL, John A.

OAKLAND - John A. Pysell, 64, died Saturday at Garrett County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient six days. He had been in failing health five years. Born in Garrett County, he was a son of the late Charles W. and Dora (Rodeheaver) Pysell. A retired farmer, he was a member of Deer Park Camp 21, Woodmen of the World. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Floretta M. Pysell; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Mysinger, Aurora, Mo.; four brothers, Earl Pysell, Tunnelton, W. Va.; Edward Pysell, Barton; Arthur Pysell, Deer Park, and Ralph Pysell, Hagerston, and seven sisters, Mrs. Blanche Shahan, Tunnelton; Mrs. Bessie Poland, Grafton, W. Va.; Mrs. Rose Sines, Oakland; Mrs. Ruth Robinson, Barton; Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mrs. Helen Vest, both of Akron and Mrs. Nora Shaffer, Baltimore. The body is at the Leighton-Durst Funeral Home where a service will be conducted today at 1:30 p.m. by Rev. E. H. Wilt and interment will be in Deer Park Cemetery.
Source: The Cumberland News; Cumberland, Maryland; Monday, December 6, 1965; page 9.
(Courtesy of Wendy Mammoliti)
Posted August 2, 2014

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