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Thelma Ruth Rockwell

F, #163111, b. 1 December 1920, d. 22 January 1987

Parents

FatherWarren Rockwell (b. 29 May 1889, d. 6 November 1949)
MotherGertrude Estella Buckley (b. 10 August 1893, d. 18 February 1949)
Pedigree Link

Family: Harold Griffin Hoover (b. 8 June 1911, d. 21 July 1944)

SonLester Ray Hoover (b. 24 June 1944, d. 28 September 2003)

Biography

Thelma Ruth Rockwell was born on 1 December 1920 in McClellandtown, Fayette Co., PA. She married Harold Griffin Hoover on 19 March 1943 in Princess Anne Co. (now Virginia Beach), VA. She died on 22 January 1987 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

She was buried in January 1987 in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH, Findagrave #183928193.
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Harold Griffin Hoover

M, #163112, b. 8 June 1911, d. 21 July 1944
Pedigree Link

Family: Thelma Ruth Rockwell (b. 1 December 1920, d. 22 January 1987)

SonLester Ray Hoover (b. 24 June 1944, d. 28 September 2003)

Biography

Harold Griffin Hoover was born on 8 June 1911 in Youngwood, Westmoreland Co., PA; son of Lester J. and Cora Bell (Rockwell) Hoover. He married Thelma Ruth Rockwell daughter of Warren Rockwell and Gertrude Estella Buckley, on 19 March 1943 in Princess Anne Co. (now Virginia Beach), VA. Harold Griffin Hoover died on 21 July 1944 in German Twp., Fayette Co., PA.

He was buried in July 1944 in Mt. Moriah Baptist Cemetery, Smithfield, Fayette Co., PA, Findagrave #119656865.
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Lester Ray Hoover

M, #163113, b. 24 June 1944, d. 28 September 2003

Parents

FatherHarold Griffin Hoover (b. 8 June 1911, d. 21 July 1944)
MotherThelma Ruth Rockwell (b. 1 December 1920, d. 22 January 1987)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Lester Ray Hoover was born on 24 June 1944 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA. He married Deborah Jean Hood on 9 November 1979 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH; Deborah was previously married to Delmas Leon Butcher, and had a son, Brian Lee Butcher, born 9 NOV 1970. He and Deborah Jean Hood were divorced on 18 November 1980 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH. He died on 28 September 2003 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

Lester Ray Hoover began military service on 27 October 1965 Vietnam War era service, U.S. Army, enlisted, discharged 28 mar 1966.
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Sanuel Charles Meckelburg

M, #163114, b. 8 January 1921, d. 28 July 2000
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Biography

Sanuel Charles Meckelburg was born on 8 January 1921 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA. He died on 28 July 2000 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

He was buried in 2000 in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH, Findagrave #183928159.
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Harold Raymond "Ray" Rockwell

M, #163115, b. 6 October 1922, d. 1 August 1995

Parents

FatherWarren Rockwell (b. 29 May 1889, d. 6 November 1949)
MotherGertrude Estella Buckley (b. 10 August 1893, d. 18 February 1949)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Harold Raymond "Ray" Rockwell was born on 6 October 1922 in Fayette Co., PA. He married Eleanor Hogsett on 8 March 1950 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA; ceremony by Rev. Dr. Herman Hunton Will, pastor. No children. He died on 1 August 1995 in Lorain, Lorain Co., OH.

He was buried in August 1995 in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Lorain Co., OH, Findagrave #152427561.
Harold Raymond "Ray" Rockwell began military service on 28 January 1943 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA, WW II service, U.S. Army, discharged 10 JAN 1946, Indiantown Gap., PA, overseas service from 31 MAY 1943 - 5 JAN 1946.
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Wilma Irene Rockwell

F, #163116, b. 17 December 1925, d. 19 June 1996

Parents

FatherWarren Rockwell (b. 29 May 1889, d. 6 November 1949)
MotherGertrude Estella Buckley (b. 10 August 1893, d. 18 February 1949)
Pedigree Link

Family: William Victor Chernock, Sr. (b. 4 September 1911, d. 19 September 1975)

DaughterPatricia Jean Chernock+
SonWilliam Victor Chernock, Jr.+
SonRobert Aandrew Chernock+

Biography

Wilma Irene Rockwell was born on 17 December 1925 in McClellandtown, Fayette Co., PA. She married John Junior "Jack" Upole on 3 September 1976 in Clark Co, NV. She died on 19 June 1996 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

She was buried in June 1996 in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH, Findagrave #183912926.
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Mary Elizabeth Rockwell

F, #163117, b. 22 October 1928, d. 26 June 1976

Parents

FatherWarren Rockwell (b. 29 May 1889, d. 6 November 1949)
MotherGertrude Estella Buckley (b. 10 August 1893, d. 18 February 1949)
Pedigree Link

Family: John Junior "Jack" Upole (b. 11 December 1924, d. 24 August 1990)

SonDale G. Upole+
DaughterJacqueline Virgiil Upole+ (b. 9 December 1952, d. 20 November 2018)

Biography

Mary Elizabeth Rockwell was born on 22 October 1928 in Fayette Co., PA. She married John Junior "Jack" Upole before 1950; John was first married to Betty Jean Mitchell (1927-2006), about 1943, daughter of William and Mattie (Grimm) Mitchell. They had a surviving son, James William Upole (1944-2023). 1947 Pennsylvania Certificate of Death, file #3265, lists the death on 6 JAN 1947 of "Cat Z." Mitchell Upole, of rural New Salem, Fayette County, who had been born on 22 DEC 1946 at the same location. Cause of death was accidental asphyxiation in bedclothes. This was apparently Thomas Mitchell Upole, named in the obituary of Betty Jean (Mitchell, Upole) Rosner. On the death certificate, the parents were listed as John Upole and Betty Mitchell. Betty Upole, age 22 and divorced, seamstress, was listed on the 1950 census of Uniontown PA, page 73, as head of household, with a nephew, William Leighty, age 11, also in the household.

After Mary passed in 1975, John remarried to her widowed sister, Wilma.

DLB 2026. She died on 26 June 1976 in Los Angeles Co., CA.

Mary Elizabeth Rockwell lived in 1968 in La Puente, Los Angeles Co., CA.
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Eleanor Hogsett

F, #163118, b. 14 December 1928, d. 2 May 2010
Pedigree Link

Biography

Eleanor Hogsett was born on 14 December 1928 in Fayette Co., PA; daughter of Harry Robert and Helen E. (Christopher) Hogsett. She married Harold Raymond "Ray" Rockwell son of Warren Rockwell and Gertrude Estella Buckley, on 8 March 1950 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA; ceremony by Rev. Dr. Herman Hunton Will, pastor. No children. Eleanor Hogsett died on 2 May 2010 in Lorain Co., OH.

She was buried in 2010 in Resthaven Memory Gardens, Avon, Lorain Co., OH, Findagrave #152427562.
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William Victor Chernock, Sr.

M, #163119, b. 4 September 1911, d. 19 September 1975
Pedigree Link

Family: Wilma Irene Rockwell (b. 17 December 1925, d. 19 June 1996)

DaughterPatricia Jean Chernock+
SonWilliam Victor Chernock, Jr.+
SonRobert Aandrew Chernock+

Biography

William Victor Chernock, Sr., was born on 4 September 1911 in Oliphant Furnace, Fayette Co., PA; son of Andrew J. and Judith (Petras) Chermock. He died on 19 September 1975 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

He was buried in September 1975 in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville, Ashtabula Co., OH, Findagrave #183912890.
William Victor Chernock, Sr., lived in 1940 in Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA.
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William Francis Walker

M, #163134, b. 4 May 1940, d. 13 August 2019
Pedigree Link

Family: Patricia Jean Chernock

DaughterTina Marie Walker (b. 21 June 1966, d. 17 April 2024)
DaughterPatricia Jean Walker+

Biography

William Francis Walker was born on 4 May 1940; son of William and (?) Walker. He died on 13 August 2019 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

William Francis Walker lived from 1982 to 2019 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.
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Tina Marie Walker

F, #163136, b. 21 June 1966, d. 17 April 2024

Parents

FatherWilliam Francis Walker (b. 4 May 1940, d. 13 August 2019)
MotherPatricia Jean Chernock
Pedigree Link

Biography

Tina Marie Walker was born on 21 June 1966 in Ashtabula Co. (probably), OH. She married Brian Scott Maunus on 29 October 2005; Brian was previously married to Marie Ann Hendrickson about 1997 and divorced on 29 JUN 2004 in Ashtabula County, with one child to the marriage, per divorce record (Ancestry.com). This would be Paige Noel Maunus, born 12 DEC 1997. She died on 17 April 2024 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula Co., OH.

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