Mrs. Mary E. Purviance




MRS. MARY E. PURVIANCE
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MRS. MARY E. PURVIANCE, 88, formerly of Steubenville, died Tuesday morning in the Wesley Glenn Retirement Center, Worthington. She was a former teacher in the London school system, London, Ohio , and a member of the West Jefferson United Methodist Church, Madison County Historical Society and Madison County Farmer's Club. Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. Chester (Dorothey) Morgan of North Royalton, and Mrs. Thomas (Lucile) McClelland of Columbus, two sisters, Mrs. Wanna Darling of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Geneva Shelly of Greencastle Pa, a brother Graham Lewis of London, and three grandchildren. Mrs. Purviance was born September 22, 1890 in Madison County, Ohio, a daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Lane Lewis. She was preceded in death by her husband Edgar P. Purviance in 1963. Burial in Kirkwood Cemetery, Madison County.

The Steubenville Herald Star, Thursday, October 26, 1978

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