Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Patrick Joseph O'BRIEN, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shawn McGreevy [shawnmcgreevy@geatz.com] "Cumberland Evening Times" Cumberland, Maryland, 3 Jul 1957: " Patrick Joseph O'Brien, 73, retired superintendent of the coating department of the Luke Mill of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co., died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday. Mr. O'Brien, who resided on Luke Hill at Luke was a life-long resident of that area. He was born at Piedmont, a son of the late John and Bridget (Graney) O'Brien. He retired from the Luke Mill in 1943 after completing 44 years of service. He was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Westernport; Piedmont Council 685 Knights of Columbus; Chief Justice Taney General Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Elks Lodge at Frostburg and was a member of that organization for half a century. Surviving in addition to his widow, Mrs. Sara (MacMillan) O'Brien, are three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Sullivan, Hagerstown; Mrs. Kitty Atkinson, Westernport, and Mrs. Sara Ann Cook, Arlington, Va.; three sons, John T., Martinsburg, W. Va.; Patrick J., Jr., Hyattsville and William T. O'Brien, at home; and a brother, William T. O'Brien, Grafton, W. Va.,; and 11 grandchildren. The body is at the Fredlock Funeral Home in Piedmont. The rosary will be recited at the funeral home tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. A requiem mass will be celebrated Friday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, Westernport. Interment will be in the parish cemetery." This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/obits/o/obrien-pj.txt