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From: John P Gerdeman Sr <>
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Rafferty
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:53:47 +0100
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This Great so much family history ,I thank you
John Gerdeman
Am Montag, den 05.11.2007, 22:05 -0500 schrieb Sheryl Kelso:
> The returning war dead follow; Pfc. James W. Rafferty. son of Mr. and Mrs.
> Charles P. Rafferty, 23 Bowery Street, Frostburg. Pfc. Rafferty, 18, joined
> the Army in January 1949 after completing two years at Beall High School. He
> was sent overseas in the early part of August last year and was reported
> missing on August 16. In February, the Department of the Defense declared
> him dead. His parents did not know he was in Korea until informed last
> September that he was missing. After enlisting, he received his basic
> training at Fort Benning, Ga., and was transferred to Fort Lewis, Wash.,
> before going overseas. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 17, 1951
>
> The body of Pfc. James W. Rafferty, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
> Rafferty, Jr., 43 Bowery Street, arrived home from Korea Tuesday night. Pfc.
> Rafferty entered the Army January 29, 1949, and was attached to the Seventh
> Infantry Division, receiving his training, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He left
> Seattle, Washington, for overseas in July, 1950, and was not heard from
> until his parents were notified that he was missing in action on August 15,
> 1950. In January, 1951, his parents received word of'his death, which
> resulted from wounds received on August 22, 1950. His parents received the
> Purple Heart decoration posthumously. Besides his parents, he is survived by
> four brothers and two sisters, Daniel, Robert, Edward, John, Lawrence,
> Noreen and Hilda Jane Rafferty. The funeral will be held tomorrow with a
> requiem mass 9 a.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church with burial to the
> parish cemetery, where military rites will be given. The body is at the
> home. The Cumberland Evening Times, August 2, 1951
>
> FROSTBURG - William Joseph Rafferty, 41, of 69 Bowery Street, died yesterday
> at Miners Hospital. He was born here, August 19, 1910, and was a son of
> Anastasia (Scally) Rafferty and the late Charles Rafferty. He was an employe
> of the Amcelle Plant of the Celanese Corporation, and was a member of St.
> Michael's Catholic Church and Holy Name Society. Surviving, other than his
> widow, Mrs. Maude L. (Ackard) Rafferty are two sons, Donald Rafferty, and
> Gerald Rafferty, two daughters, Delores Rafferty and Darlene Rafferty, all
> at home. Also surviving are six brothers, Charles Rafferty, of Frostburg;
> John Rafferty, Borden; Stanislaus, Norbert, Omer, and Francis Rafferty, all
> of Frostburg; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Komatz, Mrs. Frank Condry, Mrs.
> Herman Phillips, all of Frostburg; and Mrs. Margaret Twigg, Eckhart. A
> requiem mass will be celebrated Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Michael's
> Church with Rev. Francis E. Montgomery as celebrant. Interment will be in
> the parish cemetery. The body is at the home of his mother, 35 Mill Street.
> The Cumberland Evening Times, March 4, 1952
>
> FROSTBURG - Mrs. Anastasia Rafferty, 75, died at her home, 35 Mill Street,
> early yesterday. Born October 10, 1879, in Frostburg, she was the daughter
> of the late Daniel and Bridget (Chambers) Scally. Her husband, Charles
> Rafferty, died five years ago. Surviving are the following children: Mrs.
> Frank Komatz, Mrs. Herman Phillips, Charles Rafferty Jr., Bernard, Norbert
> and Lawrence O. Rafferty, all of Frostburg; Mrs. Frank Condry and Francis
> Rafferty, at home, John Rafferty, Borden Mine, and Mrs. James A. Twigg,
> Eckhart Mines. Also surviving are 34 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren,
> a brother, James W. Scally, Frostburg, and a sister, Mrs. Marcella Rafferty,
> Frostburg. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and the
> Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A requiem funeral mass will be
> celebrated Wednesday at 9:30 a. m. in St. Michael's Church by Rev. Regis
> Larkin. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Pallbearers will be Frank
> Powers, George Tippen, Michael Burns, Robert Baughman, Earl Kreitzburg and
> H. J. Wood. The sodality will recite the rosary tomorrow at 8 p. m. in the
> Rafferty home. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 27, 1954
>
> Daniel Lee Rafferly Jr.,. five-day- old son of Daniel L. and Helen (Turner)
> Rafferty, 73 West Main Street, died yesterday in Miners Hospital. Burial
> took place in St. Michael's Cemetery this afternoon. The Cumberland Evening
> Times, December 7, 1954
>
> FROSTBURG - The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard S. Rafferty,
> McCulloh Street, was baptized Sunday afternoon in St. Michael's Catholic
> Church by Rev. Dominic A. Bonomo, uncle of the child, who is stationed at
> Indiantown Gap, Pa., serving as a chaplain in the army. The child was named
> Cecelia Annmarie. Sponsors were Paul Bonomo and Mrs. Carmela Abrigkeit,
> uncle and aunt of the infant and both of Baltimore. Following the baptismal
> ceremony at the church, a dinner was served at the Rafferty home.
> Out-of-town relatives here for the christening and dinner were Mrs.
> Abrigkeit's daughters, Carmela and Patricia, Mr. and Mrs. George
> Hammerbacker and children, George and Rose Mary; Mrs. Charles N. Culver and
> son Richard, and Vincent Bonomo, all of Baltimore. The Cumberland Evening
> Times, June 19, 1951
>
> LONACONING - Mr. and Mrs. Vernard Winner, Lonaconing, and Mrs. Edward
> Clatterbuck, of Deer Park, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary Monday
> at an anniversary mass at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church, Barton. Msgr. A.
> Scarpatti, who married the couple in a double ceremony 25 years ago, was
> celebrant and Rev. George Pugh and Rev. Robert Beada, were in the sanctuary.
> Before their marriage in 1926, Mrs. Winner and Mrs. Clatterbuck were
> Kathleen and Anna Rafferty, daughters of the late John and Bridget Rafferty,
> Nikep. Following the mass, Mrs. Forrest Simpson entertained with a breakfast
> in honor of the couples. A three-tiered cake centered the table surrounded
> by silver tapers and silver bells. The Cumberland Evening Times, July 6,
> 1951
>
> FROSTBURG-A requiem mass will be celebrated for Francis Rafferty, 40, of 35
> Mill Street, who died Saturday, on Wednesday at 9 a. m. in St. Michael's
> Catholic Church. Rev. Regis Larkin, assistant pastor, will officiate and
> interment will be in the parish cemetery. The body is at the residence. The
> Cumberland Evening Times, January 5, 1959
>
> LONACONING-A solemn high mass for Miss Mary Bernadette Winner, Watercliffe,
> was celebrated yesterday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Miss Winner, 23,
> daughter of Vernard F. and Kathleen Rafferty Winner, died Monday, afternoon
> in Allegany Hospital, Cumberland, following an operation. Rev. Charles W.
> Eagan, pastor of St. Mary's, was celebrant of the mass. Father Richard,
> Washington, served as deacon. (Other ministers mentioned) Miss Winner was an
> honor graduate of Central High School, class of 1945, and from the Allegany
> School ol Nursing in 1948. After working a year as supervisor at Allegany
> Hospital, she was employed as a nurse at Dr. C. C. Zimmerman's office.
> Pallbearers were Harry Lee DeVore, Michael Meyers, Joseph O'Rourke, Walter
> Sommerberg, Raymond Becker and William Kelly. Interment was in the parish
> cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, September 1, 1950
>
>
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