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Ghent Cemetery Listing 1999 Sheshequin Township
BAXTER –MRS. BESSIE STEVENSON, 70 of Pine City, formerly of Sheshequin, Tuesday, May 31, 1959. Survived by sons, Harry A. of Towanda and Charles; daughter, Mrs. William A. Sluyter of North Towanda; sisters, Mrs. Horace Horton of Towanda, Mrs. Charles B. Heitt of Portland, Ore.; brother, John Baxter of Towanda RD 5; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Body is at family home where friends may call this evening. Thursday morning at 10 the body will be taken to the Thomas P. Miller Funeral Home, Towanda, where funeral will be held Friday; 2 p.m. Rev. C. L. Dickerson. South Ghent Cemetery, Towanda. –Elmira Star-Gazette 6/1/1949
CLAUDE H. MAYNARD, 86, of Rome, Pa., died early Tuesday morning, May 25, 1999, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda, Pa. Born June 25, 1912, in Ghent, Pa., he was a son of the late Ezra and Cora Vann Maynard. On May 29, 1922 he married the former Bessie “Betty” Vincent in North Towanda. Claude owned and operated his farm in Ghent for many years and also worked on the Lehigh Valley Railroad from 1942-1945. He retired from farming in 1968 and built the Seven Hills Mobile Home Park in Rome, Pa., which he and his wife, Betty, moved into in 1972 and operated for many years. She preceded him in death on July 13, 1998. Surviving are his children and their spouses, Charles V. and Sharon Maynard of Macedonia, Pa., Carl R. “Dick” and Kim Maynard of Camp Hill, Pa., Nancy M. and Jerry Ruger of Rome, Pa., Robert W. Maynard and friend Sylvia Martin of Tampa, Fla.; 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Michael Maynard; an infant brother, Herman C. Maynard, in 1910; a brother, Carl Maynard, in 1959; a special nephew, Claude (Claudie B.) Maynard. The funeral service will be held Thursday, May 27, 1999, at 2 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa., with the Rev. Allen Hulslander, pastor of the Towanda First United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Ghent Cemetery, Sheshequin Township, Pa. The family will receive friends Thursday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral Home. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be directed to Wysox Volunteer Emergency Medical Services, Box 302, Wysox, Pa. in Mr. Maynard’s memory. –Towanda Daily Review.
VINCENT –BESSIE ‘BETTY’ VINCENT MAYNARD, 83, wife of Claude H. Maynard
of Rome, died Monday evening, July 13, 1998, at her home following a long period
of declining health. Born Nov. 26, 1915, in Wellsville, N.Y., she was a
daughter of the late Oliver and Bessie Vincent. Bessie was a graduate of
Forty Fort High School class of 1933. On May 29, 1933, she married Claude
H. Maynard in North Towanda. Mrs. Maynard was employed by Sylvania
Electric in Towanda for 22 years until her retirement. She also assisted
her husband in the operation of their business, the Seven Hills Mobile Home Park
in Rome for many years. Bessie’s main interest in life surrounded her home
and family. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Claude H. Maynard,
at home; her children and their spouses; Charles V. and Sharon Maynard of
Macedonia, Carl R. “Dick” and Kim Maynard of Camp Hill, Pa., Nancy M. and Jerry
Ruger of Rome, Robert W. Maynard and friend Sylvia Martin of Tampa, Fla.; 11
grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Virginia Schoonover of
Sheshequin, Pa.; several nieces, nephews and cousins; also, her special
caregiver and friend, Virginia Walker of Rome. She was preceded in death
by; a grandson, Michael Maynard; three sisters, Mary Boreman, Helen Mosher and
Ethel Benjamin; and a brother, Paul Vincent. The funeral service will be
held Friday, July 17, 1998 at 2 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York
Ave., Towanda, Pa. with Pastor Joel Histand officiating. Interment will
follow in the Ghent Cemetery, Sheshequin Township, Pa. The family will
receive friends on Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The family
suggests that memorial contributions be directed to Memorial Hospice, 1 Hospital
drive, Towanda, Pa. in Mrs. Maynard’s memory. –Towanda Daily Review.