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• Reference Number: 10032
• _UID: DE5EA93C40494078B6A4556360593B349CD5
• Cremated: Jul 1979

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Description: Worked as an Executive Secretary at Bayliner Marine, in Arlin gton, WA.
She worked as an Executive Secretary at Bayliner Marine in Arlington, WA.

Cremated:
Seattle, King, WA

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• Reference Number: 7521
• _UID: 1BC34CCF58314C61A613580E9D2B1E487CE8

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He was inducted into the military in PA December 1940. Horace retired fr om the military in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA on 2 November 1959. He r etired to Everett, Snohomish, WA in 1985. He resided in Zapata, Zapat a, TX from 1990-1998. He was cremated in Seattle, King, WA on 24 Aug 199 8. Horace, a farm boy from Winburne, PA, joined the Navy soon after gradu ating High School in 1940 and was on Midway the day the Japanese bombed Pe arly Harbor. he remained in the Navy for 20 years, seeing action in the P acific Theatre during World War II and also Korea. He married Margaret "Pe g" Rowles, a former classmate at Cooper Township High School and they h ad three children before Peg passed away in 1959.
Following his retirement from the Navy in 1959, Chief worked for Nation al Cash Register as a sales representative, where he met his second wif e, Jean Krider Phillips. Following their marriage in 1961, the couple pac ked up 3 of Jean's 4 children and Horace's 3 children and travelled acro ss the US by station wagon to WA state. A small U-Haul trailer with a mat tress, Jean's sewing machine, clothes and "one special item' each for t he kids were all that was packed. "We slept side by side resting our hea ds on each other's shoulders," the kids remember, "with one of those re ar facing back seats to sit and see where we had been."
After arriving in WA state, Horace (or Chief as he was most commonly know n) worked for the Monroe Reformatory and was on duty the night of the Wash ington Earthquake. After that he worked on and off at Boeing in Everett a nd Seattle (from where he eventually retired), owned and operated his o wn logging business (Pelton Wood Products), drove a city bus, drove f or a waste management company, worked in the woods for other logging outfi ts and, in the summer of 1974, he and his youngest daughter operated a com mercial fishing business out of Neah Bay, WA on a 25-foot converted pleasu re boat.
Horace and Jean became 'Snow birds' when they both retired, and eventual ly purchased a lot in Zapata, TX where they would spend their winters. Af ter Jean passed away in 1991, Horace took up full time residence in TX, b ut would frequently visit his daughter's family in WA state as well as oth er family members across the US.

Horace married Margaret Laura ROWLES on 22 Mar 1950 in Clearfield, Clearfield, PA. Margaret was born on 25 Sep 1922 in Kylertown, Clearfield, PA; died on 11 Dec 1959 in Grasflat, Clearfield, PA; was buried on 14 Dec 1959 in Kylertown, Clearfield, Pamessiah Baptist Cemetary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 10029
• _UID: 464F083238294A27B85F5ADF086F82BEA8A0

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She was a Nurse Anesthesist.

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Reference Number:101373

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• Reference Number: 4582
• _UID: 525362EFBF914EA8B05CCCBF42695AE8C005

Miles married Mary Ethel HOOVER on 28 Jun 1911 in Glen Campbell, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Mary was born on 19 Mar 1890 in Wallaceton, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 May 1963 in Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania; was buried on 24 May 1963 in Morrisdale, Clearfield, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 7515
• _UID: 46F68F270D4F4DD7AA063D2872BCED7C1E2B

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She resided in Cooper Township, Clearfield, PA in May 1963. She work ed as a School Marm.

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Reference Number:64954
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Description: She worked as a school Marm.

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• Reference Number: 2375
• _UID: 0B05A715D8B24270988D07CCC150D7775F52

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He was a Farmer. He was badly injured falling from a barn bridge and h is wife nursed him until he died from his injuries.

Ephriam married Alice Truzella SCHOONOVER THOMAS on 2 Aug 1881. Alice was born on 14 Mar 1863 in Center Hill, Clearfield, PA; died on 14 Apr 1935 in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 4579
• _UID: 4AEE9F990C1143128280A2802A92E81CC6BA

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She raised her five sons alone. Worked in a mine prop and store busines s. Bob Johnson says: "Alice apparently was the daughter of an unmarried g al - last name Schoonover - who became pregnant from an Indian from arou nd the Jamestown, NY area. That is a story he was told about her life bef ore being adopted by Henry Thomas. She was reported to have been bo rn 14 Mar 1863 near or at Center Hill and died 14 Apr 1835 in Morrisdale a lthough I've also heard she died in Clearfield. On her husband's death ce rtificate her name is listed as Alice P. Pelton in addition to Alice L. Pe lton that some sources state.

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Reference Number:35486