OBIT: Madeline (GRIMM) KINGSTON, 2001, Tyrone, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Madeline G. "Maddie" Kingston Last of 11 Siblings Mrs. Madeline G. "Maddie" Kingston, 89, formerly of 320 West 18th Street, Tyrone, and a resident of Epworth Manor, Tyrone, died at the manor on Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 3:40 p.m. She was born August 25, 1911, at Northwood, Tyrone, a daughter of the late Ferdinand and Helena (Wharton) Grimm. She was married June 16, 1941 at Ebensburg, to James L. Kingston who died Dec. 27, 1992. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Sampson and son-in-law, Richard Sampson of Naples, Florida. Also, 11 nephews and seven nieces. She was the last of her immediate family being preceded in death by nine brothers and one sister. She was a member of the Grace Baptist Church, Tyrone. She was once employed as a Bell Telephone Operator in Tyrone for 11 years. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 1, 2001 at 11 a.m. at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone, with Reverend Roy G. Garthwaite officiating. Interment will be at Blair Memorial Park, Antis Township, Bellwood, Pa. Friends will be received at the funeral home one hour before the service on Friday. The casket will be closed. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Epworth Manor Building Fund 951 Washington Avenue, Tyrone, Pa. 16686 Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., May 29, 2001, page 2