This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pyle/Arbuckle/Sikes/McDowell/Johnston/Barnes/Downing/Copeland/Ace Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0dB.2ACI/4005 Message Board Post: Venango Co.Gen Club Oil City,Pa. Oil City SWD published Nov.5,1912 p.5 c.5 Mrs.R.J.Pyle FRANKLIN,Pa.-Oct.31-(Special)- Mrs.Maria Pyle,aged 78,wife of R.J.Pyle,died at the family residence on Bully Hill,at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon,following an illness of four weeks.She had been a resident of that portion of Venango county since early girlhood and enjoyed the friendship and esteem of a large number,especially among the congregation of the East Grove M.E.church of which she was a long time and active member.Beside her husband she leaves the following children;Mrs.Mary Smiley,Franklin;Mrs.Robert Dodds,Rocky Grove and Mrs.Hattie Boals,Mrs.Sylvester McConnell and William,John A.,Frank and Harry Pyle.