Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....John C. McNELLY, 1972 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynne Witte [imwitte1@verizon.net] ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ "The Pottstown Mercury, Wed., Sept 13, 1972, page 2 JOHN C.McNelly Succumbs at 84 John C. McNelly, 84, widower of Myrtle P. Reazor) McNelly, 372 N. Lewis Road, Royersford, died Tuesday morning in Phoenixville Hospital, where he was a patient two days. He was ill three years. Born in Limeville, he was a son of the late Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) McNelly. A resident of Coatesville from 1914 to 1969, he took up residency with his son, Robert H. McNelly, and family at his last address. The son is baseball coach at Spring-Ford Senior High School. The elder Mr. McNelly was self-employed as an auto mechanic in Coatesville many years before employment with the Short Line Bus Co., West Chester, for 25 years. Retiring in 1953, he worked at a hardware store in Coatesville after that. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, oatesville; 55 year member of the Brandywine Fire Co., Coatesville; State Firemen's Association and 50 year member of the Improved Order of the Redmen. Surviving with his son are two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday from John S. Gavegan Funeral Home, Sixth Avenue and Lincoln Highway, Coatesville. The Rev. Paul Sitter, pastor of theLutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Coatesville, will officiate. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville. A viewing will be 7 to 9 pm Thursday at the funeral home." ( A correction of the obituary is that John was a resident of Coatesville since 1909.) Images of John C. McNelly can be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/photos/mcnelly-jc1.jpg http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/photos/mcnelly-jc2.jpg This file is located at http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/obits/mcnelly-jc.txt