Mrs. Dessie Viola Blair Carver, 74, a prominent resident of Dayton, died unexpectedly at her home early Monday morning. Mrs. Carver had not been well for the past year.
She was bom Feb. 23, 1892 at Hagerstown, Md. and was the daughter of the late James and Katherine Lineweaver Blair. She attended Shenandoah College in Dayton.
On Oct. 11, 1914 she married Perry Anderson (Dick) Carver, who died Oct. 9, 1949.
Mrs. Carver was a member of the Dayton Presbyterian Church where she donated the church organ, served as organist and taught in the Sunday School department.
She was a member of the auxiliary of Rockingham Memorial Hospital; a former president of the Dayton Woman's Club, and secretary-treasurer of the Dayton cemetery. She also taught piano at her home for a number of years and had served as secretary of the Dayton Inter-Church Council for a number of years.
Her closest survivors are nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted 4 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home by the Rev. Millard M. Stephens. Burial will be in the Dayton cemetery.
Members of Circle 1 of the Dayton Presbyterian Church will serve as honorary attendants.
Pallbearers will be Joseph R. Hiner, Edward F. Leyh, Max Hull, Charles Suter, Sheldon Baker, Joe Meyerhoeffer, Floyd Detamore and Harry Long.
The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Relatives will meet at the chapel 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1966
She was bom Feb. 23, 1892 at Hagerstown, Md. and was the daughter of the late James and Katherine Lineweaver Blair. She attended Shenandoah College in Dayton.
On Oct. 11, 1914 she married Perry Anderson (Dick) Carver, who died Oct. 9, 1949.
Mrs. Carver was a member of the Dayton Presbyterian Church where she donated the church organ, served as organist and taught in the Sunday School department.
She was a member of the auxiliary of Rockingham Memorial Hospital; a former president of the Dayton Woman's Club, and secretary-treasurer of the Dayton cemetery. She also taught piano at her home for a number of years and had served as secretary of the Dayton Inter-Church Council for a number of years.
Her closest survivors are nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted 4 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home by the Rev. Millard M. Stephens. Burial will be in the Dayton cemetery.
Members of Circle 1 of the Dayton Presbyterian Church will serve as honorary attendants.
Pallbearers will be Joseph R. Hiner, Edward F. Leyh, Max Hull, Charles Suter, Sheldon Baker, Joe Meyerhoeffer, Floyd Detamore and Harry Long.
The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Relatives will meet at the chapel 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1966
Mrs. Dessie Viola Blair Carver, 74, a prominent resident of Dayton, died unexpectedly at her home early Monday morning. Mrs. Carver had not been well for the past year.
She was bom Feb. 23, 1892 at Hagerstown, Md. and was the daughter of the late James and Katherine Lineweaver Blair. She attended Shenandoah College in Dayton.
On Oct. 11, 1914 she married Perry Anderson (Dick) Carver, who died Oct. 9, 1949.
Mrs. Carver was a member of the Dayton Presbyterian Church where she donated the church organ, served as organist and taught in the Sunday School department.
She was a member of the auxiliary of Rockingham Memorial Hospital; a former president of the Dayton Woman's Club, and secretary-treasurer of the Dayton cemetery. She also taught piano at her home for a number of years and had served as secretary of the Dayton Inter-Church Council for a number of years.
Her closest survivors are nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted 4 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home by the Rev. Millard M. Stephens. Burial will be in the Dayton cemetery.
Members of Circle 1 of the Dayton Presbyterian Church will serve as honorary attendants.
Pallbearers will be Joseph R. Hiner, Edward F. Leyh, Max Hull, Charles Suter, Sheldon Baker, Joe Meyerhoeffer, Floyd Detamore and Harry Long.
The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Relatives will meet at the chapel 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1966
She was bom Feb. 23, 1892 at Hagerstown, Md. and was the daughter of the late James and Katherine Lineweaver Blair. She attended Shenandoah College in Dayton.
On Oct. 11, 1914 she married Perry Anderson (Dick) Carver, who died Oct. 9, 1949.
Mrs. Carver was a member of the Dayton Presbyterian Church where she donated the church organ, served as organist and taught in the Sunday School department.
She was a member of the auxiliary of Rockingham Memorial Hospital; a former president of the Dayton Woman's Club, and secretary-treasurer of the Dayton cemetery. She also taught piano at her home for a number of years and had served as secretary of the Dayton Inter-Church Council for a number of years.
Her closest survivors are nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be conducted 4 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home by the Rev. Millard M. Stephens. Burial will be in the Dayton cemetery.
Members of Circle 1 of the Dayton Presbyterian Church will serve as honorary attendants.
Pallbearers will be Joseph R. Hiner, Edward F. Leyh, Max Hull, Charles Suter, Sheldon Baker, Joe Meyerhoeffer, Floyd Detamore and Harry Long.
The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Relatives will meet at the chapel 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1966
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