Mercer County PA Archives Obituaries.....Florence, McCartney July 23, 1993 ************************************************ 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, 9:09 am Sharon Herald, Saturday, 24 Jul 1993, page 10 Obituary taken from the Sharon Herald, Saturday, 24 Jul 1993, page 10: Florence L. McCartney Florence L. McCartney, Overlook Medical Center, New Wilmington, formerly of East Lackawannock Township, died at 10 a.m. Friday (7-23-93) in the Overlook after an extended illness. She was 91. Mrs. McCartney was born Oct. 10, 1901, in New Castle to Daniel and Gwendolyn Michaels Leyshon. She graduated from Farrell High School and what is now Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She was a kindergarten teacher for the Mercer Area School District until 1967 when she retired. She was a member of the White Chapel United Methodist Church, Wilmington Township, and Order of Eastern Star, Mercer Chapter 180. Her husband, Russell M. McCartney whom she married June 6, 1931, died in 1950. Surviving are a daughter, Julia "Judy" Ligo, Mercer, and two grand-daughters. She was preceded in death by a sister, Gwendolyn Leyshon. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb