Juniata County PA Archives Obituaries.....McChesney, David Paul September 2, 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie@hotmail.com March 23, 2026, 1:27 pm Latrobe Bulletin Sat Sep 3, 1983 Page 16 D. Paul McChesney, 68, of Blairsville RD 3, died Friday, Sept. 2, 1983, in Latrobe Area Hospital. Born June 7, 1915, in Derry Township, he was a son of the late John C. and Carrie A. Forsha McChesney. Before his retirement, he owned and operated a dairy farm in Derry Township. He was a member of United Presbyterian Church of Blairsville where he was a ruling elder and served as clerk of session. He was a 4-H leader in Westmoreland County. He was also a member of Derry Area School Authority; Derry Area Planning Commission; Westmoreland County ASCS; Derry Township Grange 1973, where he was presently serving as overseer; Westmoreland Pomona Grange 38; State Grange; and National Grange. He held various offices on all levels of the Grange including master of the Derry Township and Pomona Grange. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters. Surviving are his wife, M. Jean Nicely McChesney; two sons, Roger of Dayton and Leonard of Blairsville RD 3; three daughters, Mrs. James (Alice) Young of Jordan, N.Y., Mrs. Gary (Linda) Somes of Memphis, N.Y., and Mrs. Keith (Ellen) Gaskill of Blairsville RD 3, and 17 grandchildren. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Richard L. Shoemaker Funeral Home, Blairsville. Services will be held in the funeral home chapel at 11 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Roger D. Petersen officiating. Interment will follow in Coles Cemetery, Derry. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/juniata/obits/m/mcchesne20847gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb