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Leah <I>Brough</I> Burritt

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Leah Brough Burritt

Birth
Staffordshire, England
Death
7 Oct 1982 (aged 84)
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Leah Burritt
   Mrs. Leah Burritt, 84, formerly of 17 Green St., Ashley, died Thursday night in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
   Born in Straffordshire, England, Sept. 2, 1898, she was the former Leah Brough. She came to the this country in 1922 settling in Ashley where she has resided ever since. For 35 years she had been employed as the manager of the housekeeping department at the United Penn Bank. She was a member of the Centeniary United Methodist Church, Ashley.
   Her husband, Edward, died in 1971.
   Surviving are a son, George Wright, England; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
   Funeral will be Monday at 11 a.m. from the Homer E. Graham Funeral Home, 324 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Rev. Dr. Larry Saxe, officiating.
   Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   Friend may call Saturday 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 9 Oct 1982)
Mrs. Leah Burritt
   Mrs. Leah Burritt, 84, formerly of 17 Green St., Ashley, died Thursday night in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
   Born in Straffordshire, England, Sept. 2, 1898, she was the former Leah Brough. She came to the this country in 1922 settling in Ashley where she has resided ever since. For 35 years she had been employed as the manager of the housekeeping department at the United Penn Bank. She was a member of the Centeniary United Methodist Church, Ashley.
   Her husband, Edward, died in 1971.
   Surviving are a son, George Wright, England; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
   Funeral will be Monday at 11 a.m. from the Homer E. Graham Funeral Home, 324 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, with a Rev. Dr. Larry Saxe, officiating.
   Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township.
   Friend may call Saturday 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
(Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, 9 Oct 1982)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130493217/leah-burritt: accessed ), memorial page for Leah Brough Burritt (2 Sep 1898–7 Oct 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130493217, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Steve225 (contributor 47927528).