This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LeslieNelson53 Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.greene/11096.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is Rebecca's from the Waynesburg Republican, 13 Jan 1927. (Sorry, I don't have George's obit.) Mrs. George G. West Mrs. Rebecca Gordon West, wife of George G. West, died at their home in Whiteley township, Wednesday evening, Januaury 5, at 10:30 o'clock of a complication of diseases. She had not been well for about two months, but was able to be about the house until the first of the week when her condition became more critical. Her death was unexpected and came as a shock to her relatives and friends, many of whom did not know she was seriously ill. Mrs. West was a daughter of John Adam Gordon, first county superintendent of schools in Greene county, and Rebecca Crawford Gordon, deceased, and was born March 31, 1853. Her mother died when she was but an infant and she was reared in the home of her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. Mark Gordon. When a young woman she attended Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio, and for several years taught in the schools of Greene county. Mrs. West was a member of the First Presbyterian church of Waynesburg and always retained her membership in that congregatio! n although until her health began to fail she was a regular attendant at the Fairall Methodist Episcopal church and was active in the church and Sunday school work, teaching a class in the Sunday school for many years. She had a kind a loving disposition and was highly esteemed by all who knew her and will be greatly missed in the community in which she had always lived. On June 18, 1892 she was united in marriage with George G. West, who survives. She also leaves two half-brothers, Edgar C. Gordon, of Waynesburg, and Solomon Gordon, of Pittsburgh. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Fairall M.E. church, conducted by the Rev. James Edgar Wilson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Waynesburg, assisted by Rev. H.M. Jenkins, pastor of the Fairall church. Interment in the Fairall cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.