She was first married to OSCAR SPEESE. He was the son of Jacob and Anna Speece of Swengel. They lived in Sunbury, where Oscar was engaged in the Barber business.
CORA’S second marriage was to GRANT WILLIS in 1935. He died in 1949 and is buried in Duncannon (Perry County), his native town. He and Cora lived in Harrisburg, where he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as an engineer.
She and her first husband had two children: Vera Speese [married George Wolfe] & Johnny Speese.
(Adapted from Pearl Kaler, "Genealogical History of the Rearick Family" with corrections from the death certificates for both Cora and Grant Willis.)
[Cora's Pennsylvania death certificate is No. 92037.]
She was first married to OSCAR SPEESE. He was the son of Jacob and Anna Speece of Swengel. They lived in Sunbury, where Oscar was engaged in the Barber business.
CORA’S second marriage was to GRANT WILLIS in 1935. He died in 1949 and is buried in Duncannon (Perry County), his native town. He and Cora lived in Harrisburg, where he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as an engineer.
She and her first husband had two children: Vera Speese [married George Wolfe] & Johnny Speese.
(Adapted from Pearl Kaler, "Genealogical History of the Rearick Family" with corrections from the death certificates for both Cora and Grant Willis.)
[Cora's Pennsylvania death certificate is No. 92037.]
Gravesite Details
Neither inspection of the cemetery nor searching the Union County Historical Society records for tombstone inscriptions has disclosed Cora's grave marker. It is assumed that the grave is unmarked.
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