Mrs. Laura Jane McClain of Orbisonia died at 1 p.m. Wednesday. April 23, 1958, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles V. Varner of 600 Fourteenth Street, Huntingdon. She had been in failing health for the past two years and became seriously ill three weeks before her death.
She was born July 26, 1875, in Burnt Cabins, a daughter of E.O. and Annie (Walls) Heck. She was twice married, first to Edward H. Drake of Saltillo, who preceded her in death in 1918, and then she later married Isaac McClain of Waterfall, who preceded her in death in 1938.
The deceased is survived by three daughters to the first marriage: Mrs. Charles (Beulah) Varner, Huntingdon; Mrs. George (Olive) Hunsicker, Harrisburg; and Mrs. James (Marjorie) Saylor, Todd. One son, Foster Drake preceded her in death. There are 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother and three sisters: Richard Heck, Mount Union; Mrs. Ella Hileman, Orbisonia; Mrs. Minnie Breon, Windham, Ohio, and Mrs. Rebecca Chilcoat, Turtle Creek.
She was a member of the EUB Church of Orbisonia, the Ladies Aid and the King’s Daughters Class of that church. She was a faithful church attender as long as her health permitted. She had made her home in Orbisonia since 1921.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. from the Ott funeral home, Orbisonia. The Rev. David Allcorn, pastor of the Orbisonia EUB Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Cornelius Chapel Cemetery, Saltillo, R.D. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon on Friday until the time for the services on Saturday.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, April 24, 1958
She was born July 26, 1875, in Burnt Cabins, a daughter of E.O. and Annie (Walls) Heck. She was twice married, first to Edward H. Drake of Saltillo, who preceded her in death in 1918, and then she later married Isaac McClain of Waterfall, who preceded her in death in 1938.
The deceased is survived by three daughters to the first marriage: Mrs. Charles (Beulah) Varner, Huntingdon; Mrs. George (Olive) Hunsicker, Harrisburg; and Mrs. James (Marjorie) Saylor, Todd. One son, Foster Drake preceded her in death. There are 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother and three sisters: Richard Heck, Mount Union; Mrs. Ella Hileman, Orbisonia; Mrs. Minnie Breon, Windham, Ohio, and Mrs. Rebecca Chilcoat, Turtle Creek.
She was a member of the EUB Church of Orbisonia, the Ladies Aid and the King’s Daughters Class of that church. She was a faithful church attender as long as her health permitted. She had made her home in Orbisonia since 1921.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. from the Ott funeral home, Orbisonia. The Rev. David Allcorn, pastor of the Orbisonia EUB Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Cornelius Chapel Cemetery, Saltillo, R.D. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon on Friday until the time for the services on Saturday.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, April 24, 1958
Mrs. Laura Jane McClain of Orbisonia died at 1 p.m. Wednesday. April 23, 1958, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles V. Varner of 600 Fourteenth Street, Huntingdon. She had been in failing health for the past two years and became seriously ill three weeks before her death.
She was born July 26, 1875, in Burnt Cabins, a daughter of E.O. and Annie (Walls) Heck. She was twice married, first to Edward H. Drake of Saltillo, who preceded her in death in 1918, and then she later married Isaac McClain of Waterfall, who preceded her in death in 1938.
The deceased is survived by three daughters to the first marriage: Mrs. Charles (Beulah) Varner, Huntingdon; Mrs. George (Olive) Hunsicker, Harrisburg; and Mrs. James (Marjorie) Saylor, Todd. One son, Foster Drake preceded her in death. There are 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother and three sisters: Richard Heck, Mount Union; Mrs. Ella Hileman, Orbisonia; Mrs. Minnie Breon, Windham, Ohio, and Mrs. Rebecca Chilcoat, Turtle Creek.
She was a member of the EUB Church of Orbisonia, the Ladies Aid and the King’s Daughters Class of that church. She was a faithful church attender as long as her health permitted. She had made her home in Orbisonia since 1921.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. from the Ott funeral home, Orbisonia. The Rev. David Allcorn, pastor of the Orbisonia EUB Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Cornelius Chapel Cemetery, Saltillo, R.D. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon on Friday until the time for the services on Saturday.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, April 24, 1958
She was born July 26, 1875, in Burnt Cabins, a daughter of E.O. and Annie (Walls) Heck. She was twice married, first to Edward H. Drake of Saltillo, who preceded her in death in 1918, and then she later married Isaac McClain of Waterfall, who preceded her in death in 1938.
The deceased is survived by three daughters to the first marriage: Mrs. Charles (Beulah) Varner, Huntingdon; Mrs. George (Olive) Hunsicker, Harrisburg; and Mrs. James (Marjorie) Saylor, Todd. One son, Foster Drake preceded her in death. There are 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren. Also surviving is one brother and three sisters: Richard Heck, Mount Union; Mrs. Ella Hileman, Orbisonia; Mrs. Minnie Breon, Windham, Ohio, and Mrs. Rebecca Chilcoat, Turtle Creek.
She was a member of the EUB Church of Orbisonia, the Ladies Aid and the King’s Daughters Class of that church. She was a faithful church attender as long as her health permitted. She had made her home in Orbisonia since 1921.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. from the Ott funeral home, Orbisonia. The Rev. David Allcorn, pastor of the Orbisonia EUB Church, will officiate. Interment will be made in the Cornelius Chapel Cemetery, Saltillo, R.D. Friends may call at the funeral home from noon on Friday until the time for the services on Saturday.
The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, April 24, 1958
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