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From: "Robert and Tracie Lefler" <>
Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] Gertrude Lenox Obituary - St. Petersburg, Florida "Times"
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:35:19 -0500
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Thank you for these very exceptional and old people. Reminds me that my
Grandfather Mark Rockwell Lefler was the principal of the school in South
Waverly/Sayre from about 1905 to 1908 and that my father was born there on
May 6, 1906. We have never been able to find a birth certificate for
him(Sterling Mark or Myron Rockwell Lefler). They lived on School Street
next to the school. In 1909 the family boarded a train in August for a new
job in Perth Amboy,NJ. The town fathers turned out to persuade him to stay
telling him he was a Rockwell/Lefler/Carley/Ferris/Stilwell etc and that he
belonged there(They were actually from Jobs Corners over in Tioga Co). But
they told him he was like the cattle and belonged there. He is reputed to
have said that;" well, then, here is the cow that jumped the fence and went
over the moon." Consequently, I was born in CT and now enjoy "coming home"
for Daggett Days over in Jackson, Tioga Co,Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick McCracken" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: [Tri-Counties] Gertrude Lenox Obituary - St. Petersburg, Florida
"Times"


> My wife brought this to my attention today: Note that an obituary for
> Ms. Lenox also appears in today's Towanda Daily Review.
>
> Obituary from the St. Petersburg, Florida, Times, Jan 18, 2005.
>
> LENOX, Gertrude, 101, of Largo, died Saturday (Jan 15, 2005) at Sweet
> Water at Largo. She was born in Philadelphia, and came here in 1997
> from Athens, Pa. She was a farmer and a former proofreader for the
> Sayer (sic)(Pa.) Evening Times and the Athens Review newspapers. She
> was a member of Athens Presbyterian Church, the Order of the Eastern
> Star and Daughters of the American Revolution, all in Pennsylvania.
> Survivors include four sons, Thomas Smith, Largo, Dr. Roger Smith Jr.,
> Bonita Springs and Athens, Robert Smith, Towanda, PA., and Dana Smith,
> Sayre, Pa.; a daughter, Julia Duvall, Encinitas, Calif.; 16
> grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Lewis W. Mohn Funeral Home &
> Cremation Service, Seminole.
>
> Note: Largo, Bonita Springs and Seminole are all located in Pinellas
> County, Florida.
> --
> Dick McCracken, Towanda, PA and sometimes (Jan-Apr) St. Petersburg, FL
>
> Plan your Work... Work your Plan...
>
>
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