Mercer County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gwendolyn, Leyshon January 13, 1960 ************************************************ 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: Ellis Michaels http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006110 March 15, 2010, 9:07 am Sharon Herald, 14 Jan 1960 Obituary taken from the Sharon Herald, 14 Jan 1960: Teacher Stricken In Class, Dies Miss Gwendolyn M. Leyshon, 54, of 1501 Roemer Blvd., Farrell, teacher in Farrell schools since 1926, suffered a heart attack at 3 p.m. yesterday while teaching her third grade classroom at J.A. Farrell School. She was dead on arrival at Sharon General Hospital. Farrell firemen were called to the school and attempted to revive her by administering oxygen. But the attempt failed. She was then rushed to the hospital by Watson's Ambulance. Born in Farrell on Jan. 28, 1905, she was the daughter of Daniel and Gwenllian Michaels Leyshon. A graduate of Farrell High School and Indiana Normal School, she was a member of the First Methodist Church of Farrell and the Heart Surgery Club. Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Florence McCartney of Mercer. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb