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From: "Victoria Hospodar Valentine" <>
Subject: [WASH] June 2, 1944 Obits McDonald Record-Outlook
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 07:23:27 -0500


ISLER, CARL

This is a longer version of the obit which appeared first May 26, 1944.
Mrs. Eleanor NORFOLK ISLER, 90, widow of Lowry Childs ISLER, Republican
mayor of Monongahela from 1911 to 1915, died at 6:00 a.m. Thursday, May 25,
1944, in the home of her daughter Nell, the wife of C. Lyman WILL, 123 South
McDonald street, McDonald.
Mrs. ISLER had been in failing health since 1933, when she suffered a
fractured hip in a fall. However, she recovered sufficiently to be able to
walk and take motor trips.
A daughter of John Fryer and Lucinda MORRISON NORFOLK, she was born March
12, 1854, in Monongahela. She resided there until her father, a paper
manufacturer, moved to Allegheny county. Following her marriage to Mr.
ISLER in 1876, they lived in Monongahela until 1916 when they moved to
Mingo. Mr. ISLER died in September 1918. Mrs. ISLER came to McDonald in
1933 to live with her daughter Mrs. WILL.
Mrs. ISLER had been a member of the Monongahela Methodist, the Mingo
Presbyterian, and the Avalon Presbyterian churches.
Besides Mrs. WILL, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. John Moore DAVIS of La
Plata, Mo., and a brother Thomas Franklin NORFOLK of Ottumwa, Iowa. An only
son Joseph Clark ISLER, died in September 1941.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon in the WILL home, McDonald,
conducted by the Rev. Grant M. MCKNIGHT, D. D., pastor of the Robinson's Run
U. P. church, McDonald. Burial was in the family plot in the Monongahela
cemetery.

Henry CARL, Sr. 78, a resident of Oakdale for 40 years, died suddenly about
2:20 a.m. Thursday, May 25, 1944, in his home 309 Maple avenue, Oakdale. He
had been in failing health since October, although he dis assist about the
housework and walk down to the stores. On the evening of the 24th he went
to bed in his usual good spirits. About 2:00 a.m. his wife thought he was
dreaming ad called her son in the next bedroom. Mr. CARL died twelve
minutes later.
Mr. CARL had been a farmer all his life in the vicinity of Oakdale until
four years ago when he retired and moved to Oakdale.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy DALZELL CARL; six sons: Fred CARL of
Noblestown, Lawrence CARL of Coraopolis, Henry CARL of Oakdale, Elmer CARL
of Sharon, Harry CARL, at home, and Raymond CARL of Cuddy; one daughter:
Mrs. Elsie LUTZ of Akron, Ohio; a step-daughter, Mrs. Agnes MULZER of
Crafton; a step-son, Edgar DALZELL, stationed in England. There are 13
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the CARL home, conducted by
the Rev. W. V. RITCHIE, pastor of the Oakdale U. P. church, assisted by the
Rev. Mr. RICHARDSON, pastor of the Federal Methodist church. The five sons
and a son-in-law were pallbearers. Burial was in the Oakdale cemetery.




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