Oil City Derrick, Monday, Dec 7 1970:
LeRoy DeLong, 66, of 1419 Otter St, died at 9 pm Sunday in Franklin hospital where he was admitted Dec. 1. Son of George B. and and Sarah E. McDonald DeLong, he was born in Sandycreek Township February 2, 1904.
He spent the greater part of his life in the Franklin area, attended public schools in Sandycreek Township. He worked several years as a foreman at Franklin Plastics (now Johns-Manville), for nine years for the Franklin City Water Department, for a few years at Joy Manufacturing Company, and retired from J & L in Oil City in 1968. He was an ardent sportsman, enjoyed both hunting and fishing.
On Sept. 18, 1929 he married Laura M. McCoy, who survives, with two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Lindsey of Andrews, TX, and Mrs. Richard K. (Edith) Wilson of Reno, and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are five brothers and two sisters.
Services will be in Huff Chapel with Rev. R. A. Taylor of the Seventh Street Church of God officiating. Interment will be in the Graham Cemetery.
Oil City Derrick, Monday, Dec 7 1970:
LeRoy DeLong, 66, of 1419 Otter St, died at 9 pm Sunday in Franklin hospital where he was admitted Dec. 1. Son of George B. and and Sarah E. McDonald DeLong, he was born in Sandycreek Township February 2, 1904.
He spent the greater part of his life in the Franklin area, attended public schools in Sandycreek Township. He worked several years as a foreman at Franklin Plastics (now Johns-Manville), for nine years for the Franklin City Water Department, for a few years at Joy Manufacturing Company, and retired from J & L in Oil City in 1968. He was an ardent sportsman, enjoyed both hunting and fishing.
On Sept. 18, 1929 he married Laura M. McCoy, who survives, with two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Lindsey of Andrews, TX, and Mrs. Richard K. (Edith) Wilson of Reno, and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are five brothers and two sisters.
Services will be in Huff Chapel with Rev. R. A. Taylor of the Seventh Street Church of God officiating. Interment will be in the Graham Cemetery.
Family Members
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Mabel Luella DeLong Lindsey
1887–1974
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Homer Ray DeLong
1889–1948
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Bertha M. DeLong Pardee
1890–1944
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Arthur H. DeLong
1893–1962
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Charles Gilbert DeLong
1895–1961
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Harvey E. DeLong
1897–1964
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Bessie B DeLong Brannon
1899–1953
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Burton E. "Bert" DeLong
1901–1952
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Edith Elizabeth DeLong Wilson
1906–1986
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Margaret DeLong
1908–1908
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