Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Joseph A. GRANEY, 1938
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The Herald, Piedmont, West Virginia, Thur 1 Dec 1938: 
"Funeral services for Joseph A. Graney, 60, who died Wednesday 
night at his home on West Hampshire street, were held Saturday 
morning at St. Peter's Catholic church, with high requiem mass 
conducted by Rev. Joseph Lansinger, assistant pastor.  Rev. 
Michael Kenneth Carney, pastor of St. John's church, Baltimore; 
Rev. A. Scarpati and Rev. victor Dowgiallo, pastor and assistant 
pastor of St. Peter's, were in the sanctuary. Mrs. Edward H. 
Pendergast sang "Rest for the Weary" and "Thy Will Be one." 
Emmett Haran sang "Mother at Thy Feet I'm Kneeling."  Interment 
was in the Catholic cemetery at Terra Alta.  The pallbearers 
were John Dugan, Bryan Healy, DeSales Bissett, Edward Mullan, 
Ligouri Bissett and James Walsh.  Among those from out of town 
were...Mr. Graney, a native of Piedmont, was a son of the late 
Frank and Rebecca Graney.  He learned the machinists' trade at 
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops here and was a night 
foreman before he was transferred to Keyser in 1920 when the 
local shops were closed.  Two years ago he underwent a major 
operation and since that time had been in ill health.  For the 
past four months he had been bedfast.  He was a member of 
Piedmont Council, Knights of Columbus, and of the Holy Name 
Society.  Besides his wife, Mrs. Anne (Welch) Graney, he leaves 
two sisters, Mrs. Mary Veach and Miss Elizabeth Graney, and a 
brother, Michael Graney, all of Piedmont."


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