----- Original Message ----- From: <mmills2725@aol.com> To: <NYALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: [NYAllega] Arthur J. Gormley > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Gormley, Smith, Gleason, Chadderdon, Shenton, Harward, Chrisp, Wahl, Moran > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5867 > > Message Board Post: > > ARTHUR J. GORMLEY > > Arthur J. (Pint) GORMLEY of 13 Angel Street, Belfast, died Friday, July 23, 1971, at Cuba Memorial Hospital following a short illness. > > He was born December 6, 1895, a son of Hugh and Sarah SMITH GORMLEY. In 1914, he married the former Bernice GLEASON, who died in 1926. On July 3, 1943, he married the former Juanita CHADDERDON, who died October 24, 1970. > > A 1913 graduate of the Belfast Training Class, he was an employee of the First National Bank of Belfast for over 20 years. From 1935 until his retirement in 1965 he was postmaster in Belfast. > > He was a member of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church; a member of the Belfast Fire Department for over 40 years, he was president at the time of his death, a position he had held since 1967; prior to that he had been its secretary from 1943 to 1950; he was past president of Allegany County Firemen's Association; secretary-treasurer of the Allegany Past Presidents Association; and chaplain of the Southwestern Firemen's Association. > > He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. John (Thelma) SHENTON of Rochester, Mrs. Norman (Marguerite) HARWARD of Silver Lake, Mrs. Robert (Georgia) CHRISP of Ontario and Mrs. Thomas (Lynette) WAHL of Rochester; four sons, Herbert (Bid) GORMLEY and Edward GORMLEY, both of Rochester, Joseph B. GORMLEY and Gerald E. GORMLEY both of Belfast; 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild; three brothers, Frank GORMLEY of Rapid City, S.D., Hugh GORMLEY of Canandaigua, Archie GORMLEY of Guadaljara, Mexico, a sister, Mrs.. Harry (Mary) MORAN of Belfast, and several nieces and nephews. > > Friends may call at the Wolcott Funeral Home, 65 Main Street, where the family will be present today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A prayer service will be held there at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 26, 1971, followed by a Requiem Mass at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church. The Rev. Francis J. JANN, pastor, will be celebrant. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Belfast. > > The Rosary will be recited Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. in the funeral > > [Transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from obituary collection of Lenora Mills, Wiscoy, NY] > > > ==== NYALLEGA Mailing List ==== > Visit Allegany Co. New York GenWeb at www.rootsweb.com/~nyallega/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >