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/4010 Message Board Post: News Herald,Franklin,Pa.,Nov.3,1952 Pg.5 Harry Wilson Pyle Harry Wilson Pyle,76,of 834 Fifteenth St.,died at 4:26 a.m.Sunday in the Franklin Hospital where he had been a patient two weeks. Pyle,a retired oil well driller,had made his home during the past 10 yrs.with his daughter,Mrs.Walter Peterson.He was the son of the late Mr.and Mrs.Robert J.Pyle and was born in Franklin, April 1,1876.He was employed as an oil well driller in the Northwestern Pennsylvania oil fields many years prior to his retirement a number of years ago.His wife,Mrs.Maude Arbuckle Pyle died in 1932. Surviving are nine children,Mrs.Walter Stanton,Mrs.Walter Peterson and Leonard P.Pyle of Franklin,James B.Pyle,Thomas W.Pyle and John J.Pyle of Niagara Falls,N.Y.,and Melvin R.Pyle of Pittsburgh;two brothers,John A.Pyle of Franklin and William Pyle of Portland,Oregon;one sister,Mrs.Hattie Boals,Bully Hill;42 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The body was removed to the Burger Funeral Home where services will be held at 2 p.m.Wednesday.Rev.Frank A.Towers will officiate and interment will be in Graham Cemetery.