Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Loretta P. McNELLY, 1963 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 ************************************************ Coatesville Record, October 24,1963; "Miss Loretta P.McNelly Loretta P.McNelly, 49, of 111 N.Second Ave., died last night in Graduate Hospital,Philadelphia, after having been in failing health for the past year. Born in Butler,PA, a daughter of John C. and the late Myrtle P.Reazor McNelly, she came to Coatesville as an infant and had lived here since. She was a graduate of Coatesville High School. Miss McNelly previously was employed by the Cardinal Cottons,Inc. During World War II, she worked as a clerk for the US Navy in Lancaster. Following the war she was employed by the G & P Garment Co. in Coatesville until failing health forced her to retire in 1958. Miss McNelly was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior and the Coatesville YWCA. Surviving her in addition to her father, with whom she lived, are a brother, Robert H.McNelly, of Royersford, and several nieces and nephews." McNelly- Of Coatesville, Pa., on Wednesday, October 23,1963, Loretta P. McNelly, daughter of John C. and the late Myrtle P.Reazor McNelly, in her 50th year. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral conducted by John.S.Gavegan, successor to the Ford Funeral Home, 6th Ave and E.LIncoln Hwy,Coatesville, on Saturday,October 26, at 2p.m. Interment in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home prior to the funeral from noon until 2p.m."