Wetzel County WV Archives Obituaries.....Postlethwait, Edna May 2, 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Burkett marionwvusgwarch@gmail.com April 29, 2010, 12:55 am Unknown newspaper clipping and death certificate Obituary: Edna Postlethwait (b. February 15, 1883; d. May 2, 1938) Edna Postlethwait, age 55-2-17, died at her home on Maple Avenue, New Martinsville 2 May, 1938 of a heart attack. She was the wife of Attorney W. J. Postlethwait whom she married 20 August, 1905. She was a prominent lodge member. Born at Silver Hill the daughter of John D. and Dora Catherine Norris. She was the mother of two children, Mrs. John Ault of Parkersburg and William Postlethwait of New Martinsville. An uncle, E. B. Norris of New Castle, Pa. and an aunt, Martha Marsh of Shadyside, Ohio. Burial was in Williams Cemetery from her home by the Wharton Funeral Directors. Death Certificate, Wetzel County WV #7743 Edna Postlethwait died May 2, 1938 birth-date: Feb. 15, 1883 husband: Wm. J. Postlethwait father: John D. Norris born in Barnesville, Ohio mother: Dora C. Hammond born in Wetzel Co. WV File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/wetzel/obits/p/postleth183nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wvfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb