Meyersdale Commercial: Thursday, January 3, 1889 - page 5

FOY - CABBADITCH-On Monday, December 24, 1888, at the Presbyterian Parsonage, Cumberland, Md., by Rev. J. E. Moffat, SAMUEL FOY and MARY CABBADITCH, both of Meyersdale, Pa. - Cumberland Independent

Meyersdale Republican: June 17, 1937 - p. 8

MRS. MARY FOY RETIRING FOR A WELL-EARNED REST

Mrs. Mary Foy, who has been the beloved and highly efficient housekeeper of the W.S. Livengood household for the last six years will retire at the end of this week to enjoy a well-earned rest.

During the present week she has had the pleasure of being visited by all of her sons and daughters living away from Meyersdale. Her son, John, of Atlantic City, and her daughter, Mrs. Regina Hampton, and her husband and son, Jack, of Philadelphia, came last weekend to visit her and remained until Monday. Her daughter, Mrs. Estelle Scanlon, of Cleveland, Ohio, came on Sunday and still here. Her son, George L. Foy, wife and son, Robert, of Newark, N.J., arrived Wednesday evening and will remain until next Sunday when Mrs. Foy will accompany her daughter, Mrs. Scanlon, to Cleveland, Ohio, for a week's visit.

Upon returning to Meyersdale Mrs. Foy will resume living in her own home on Grant Street with her son, Charles, and family, and the youngest daughter, Miss Cecelia, a saleslady in the Murphy store.

Mrs. Foy is one of Meyersdale's best beloved and most highly esteemed matrons. She has devoted her life to useful service and has reared a fine family - three sons and four daughters who revere and honor their mother and insist that she shall spend the rest of her years in less strenuous endeavor. The Livengood household, whom she has served so long and faithfully, are reluctant to part with her, but feel that it is fitting that she shall retire to the privacy of her own home while she is yet young enough to enjoy ease and the good things of life that she has earned so richly.

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Somerset Daily American: June 17, 1952

Meyersdale Woman Called Good Neighbor

By Barbara Foy

Seventy years of keeping house is the record of Mrs. Mary Kump Foy, 81 year-old Meyersdale woman.

Initiated into the chores of housework at the tender age of 11, Mrs. Foy admits that she has "never known what it is to be tired." She says this even though her debut into housekeeping meant that she must arise at 2:00 a.m., pack lunch baskets and cook breakfasts to "get the men to the mines by four."

Today she still possesses the spirit and energy which have driven her throughout her life. It has always been her custom to be a good neighbor. Among the people who have been her neighbors are Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Hare, Sr., of Somerset

-- Helps Neighbors --

Most recent beneficiary of her ever-ready helping hand was Mrs. Annie Smith whose home is next door to the Foy home. During her neighbor's illness, Mrs. Foy cooked her meals, helped her with the laundry and other housework.

In the same way she has dispensed her time and labor for the benefit of others, so has she distributed the produce and flowers from her gardens. To her gardening means not only sowing and hoeing, but also spading. Laughingly she remarks, "and believe me when I dig I go half way to China."

Her early memories are of buckets to pack, bread to be baked for hungry men, farm chores and housework to be done. She also retains a few dim recollections of life in the "old country" and a trip alone from her native Austria to make her life with an American uncle, Martin Cabbeditch, a miner.

-- Met Future Husband --

It was at her uncle's home that Mary Kemp met Samuel Foy, a native of Oakland, Md. At the age of 18, following a chaperoned courtship in accordance with the custom of the day, she married the young miner.

They made their first home in "Plum Bottom," Meyersddale. Later they moved to Grant street which remains "home" to her seven living children. She had five girls and five boys. She has 15 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

-- Lives With Daughter --

Until the past winter she has continued living at the family home on Grant street. Upon the invitation of her daughter, Mrs. Cecilia Weller, she went to make her home with her. Her work has been curtailed considerably, but she still finds great enjoyment in keeping the flower beds in order, clipping the lawn and doing numerous tasks important to homemaking.

The people of Meyersdale regard Mrs. Foy with highest esteem and fondest affection. However their feeling for her is only a fraction of my love for this marvelous woman, for Mrs. Mary Foy is my grandmother.

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Meyersdale Republican: Jan. 31, 1963 - p. 2

Mrs. Mary Foy, Grant Street, who reached her 93rd birthday on Jan. 21, was happily surprised with a shower of birthday greetings. She received more than 120 greeting cards from friends near and far. She was delighted with each one that arrived. Mrs. Foy resides in her own home with her daughter, Mrs. Estelle Scanlon. Although she is unable to go out in the winter weather, she is in good health for her advanced age, is still interested in her family and friends, and still has a wonderful sense of humor.

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Meyersdale Republican: July 4, 1963:

Mrs. Mary Foy, 93, Oldest Local Resident, Succumbs

Mrs. Mary Foy, 93, Meyersdale's oldest resident, died June 28 in Meyersdale Community Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Semich, Austria, Jan. 21st, 1870, a daughter of Peter and Mary Kumpf.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel G. Foy, who died in in 1930 and three children who died in infancy. Mrs. Foy made her home with her daughter at the Foy home on Grant St.
For her advanced years Mrs. Foy was very active and up and around until four weeks ago when she became ill and gradually became weaker. She was always keenly interest in current events and enjoyed talking with young and old alike.
She is survived by three sons, George L. and Charles E., Meyersdale, and John L., Northfield, N.J.; four daughters, Maude M. Rumgay, Estelle M. Scanlon and Cecelia L. Weller, all of Meyersdale and Regina R. Enoch, St. Petersburg, Fla. She also leaves 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
Mrs. Foy was a charter member of Charles E. Kelly Post, American Legion Auxiliary, and life-long member of S.S. Philip and James Catholic Church, of which she was the oldest member.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at S.S. Phillip and James Church, Rev. Fr. Alfred Schendel T.O.R. officiating. Service under the direction of Konhaus Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Church cemetery. Friends are being received at home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Weller, Grant street.