OBIT: John MORRISSEY, 1922, 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/ _________________________________________ John Morrissey Died Suddenly at Home On West Park Avenue John Morrissey, a former engineer on Tyrone division P.R.R. died at his home on Park Avenue and Seventh Street at 12.02 o'clock this afternoon of a complication of diseases. Mr. Morrissey had been in failing health the past three years. His condition was not considered serious until recently and even up until Friday, he was up and around the home. John Morrissey was a son of William and Rebecca Morrissey. He was born in Tennessee about forty-four years ago and came to Tyrone about twenty years ago. Mr. Morrissey was married twice, his first wife Hannah (Stonebraker) Morrissey preceded him to the grave five years ago. On August 30, 1921, he was married the second time to Miss Nora Bitting who with these sons and daughters to the first wife survive to mourn his passing: Mrs. Emory Woomer, Mrs. Frank Lehner, Mrs. Clyde Little, Arthur Morrissey, William Morrissey, Frank Morrissey all of Tyrone, and Charles Morrissey of Pittsburgh. He is also survived by three sisters and a brother: Mrs. Samuel Steele, Warrior's Mark; Mrs. W. W. Wills and Ellsworth Morrissey all of Tyrone, Pa. At the time of his last illness, Mr. Morrissey was a watchman at the Seventeenth Street gate to the railroad yards. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and served one term on the borough council, being elected from the seventh ward on the Socialist ticket. He was a splendid man to know and had a large circle of friends who will regret to hear of his death. Funeral services will be conducted at the home on Park Avenue and Seventh Street on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, by Reverend E. G. Sawyer, pastor of the United Brethren Church. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, Pa. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., December 9, 1922