Merriam Margaret (Oknefski) Mercer was the daughter of John Christian and Emma Jane (Gardner) Oknefski. She was the 1st wife of Richard Claire Mercer, Sr. Richard died August 16, 2001. Merriam was the beloved mother of Muriel "Jerre" (Mercer) Eckert, Richard C., Rodger A., William D., Frederick and John C. Mercer. At the time of her death Merriam lived at 116 N. Broad Street. She died of cerebral hemorrhage/malignant hypertension/rheumatic heart disease. Her death certificate was signed by Dr. W. W. Thompson.
US CENSUS
January 24, 1920
Short St., Ridgway, Ward 4, Elk Co., PA
Oknefskie/OKNEFSKI
John age 35, b1885 PA
Emma age 29, b1891PA
dau Grace age 11, b1909 PA
dau Vista Bell age 6, b1914 PA
dau Marion/MERRIAM age 4, b1916 PA
Obituary
The Ridgway Record
June 1960
MERCER.--Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad St., died in the Elk County General Hospital Thursday evening at 7:35 p.m. (est). She was born in Ridgway December 16, 1915, and lived her entire life in this community. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church and was predeceased by a daughter in 1940. Survivors include her husband, Richard Mercer, Sr., her parents, John and Emma Gardner Oknefski of Ridgway; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Mercer, of Cleveland, Ohio; the following children: Mrs. Allen Eckert (Muriel), Richard C., Roger A., William D., Frederick, and John C., all of Ridgway; a sister, Mrs. Lee Nearing (Grace), of Ridgway; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, the Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Service
The Ridgway Record
June 14, 1960
A funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Lehman-Hammond funeral Home for Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad Street, and native of Ridgway, who died Tuesday evening in the Elk County General Hospital. Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiated. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, where Rev. Joyce conducted the committal service. Pallbearers were cousins of the deceased: Carl and Earl Nelson, Kenneth Oknefski and Lee Oknefski, Ridgway; Robert Nearing, Highland, and Keith Gardner, Johnsonburg. Relatives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were: Harold Mercer, Chambersburg; Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mrs. Nellie Hooper, Cleveland' Mr. and Mrs. John Sennett, Eldred; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, New Kensington; Mr. and Mrs. James Brinkley, Kane; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wilson, DeYoung; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lundin, Shelvey Summit; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eckert, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sennett and family, Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeHass, St. Marys; Mrs. Elmer Grandlin and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weber, Johnsonburg.
We wish to thank our kind friends, neighbors, pallbearers, those who kindly furnished cars, for the many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and condolence, and for their beautiful floral offerings at the loss of our dearly beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister.
from - Richard Mercer, Sr. and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Oknefski and Mrs. Lee Nearing.
In Memory Of Merriam
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
331 South Street
Ridgway, PA
The Rev. Wm. Gordon Joyce, Pastor
Mr. Lewis Ziegler, Choir Director
Mrs. William H. Groeger, Organist
Thanksgiving Eve - 1960
Flowers on the Altar are placed there to the Glory of God and in memory of Mrs. Richard (Merriam Oknefski) Mercer, Sr. by the United Lutheran Church Women.
US CENSUS
January 24, 1920
Short St., Ridgway, Ward 4, Elk Co., PA
Oknefskie/OKNEFSKI
John age 35, b1885 PA
Emma age 29, b1891PA
dau Grace age 11, b1909 PA
dau Vista Bell age 6, b1914 PA
dau Marion/MERRIAM age 4, b1916 PA
Obituary
The Ridgway Record
June 1960
MERCER.--Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad St., died in the Elk County General Hospital Thursday evening at 7:35 p.m. (est). She was born in Ridgway December 16, 1915, and lived her entire life in this community. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church and was predeceased by a daughter in 1940. Survivors include her husband, Richard Mercer, Sr., her parents, John and Emma Gardner Oknefski of Ridgway; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Mercer, of Cleveland, Ohio; the following children: Mrs. Allen Eckert (Muriel), Richard C., Roger A., William D., Frederick, and John C., all of Ridgway; a sister, Mrs. Lee Nearing (Grace), of Ridgway; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, the Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Service
The Ridgway Record
June 14, 1960
A funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Lehman-Hammond funeral Home for Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad Street, and native of Ridgway, who died Tuesday evening in the Elk County General Hospital. Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiated. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, where Rev. Joyce conducted the committal service. Pallbearers were cousins of the deceased: Carl and Earl Nelson, Kenneth Oknefski and Lee Oknefski, Ridgway; Robert Nearing, Highland, and Keith Gardner, Johnsonburg. Relatives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were: Harold Mercer, Chambersburg; Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mrs. Nellie Hooper, Cleveland' Mr. and Mrs. John Sennett, Eldred; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, New Kensington; Mr. and Mrs. James Brinkley, Kane; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wilson, DeYoung; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lundin, Shelvey Summit; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eckert, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sennett and family, Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeHass, St. Marys; Mrs. Elmer Grandlin and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weber, Johnsonburg.
We wish to thank our kind friends, neighbors, pallbearers, those who kindly furnished cars, for the many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and condolence, and for their beautiful floral offerings at the loss of our dearly beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister.
from - Richard Mercer, Sr. and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Oknefski and Mrs. Lee Nearing.
In Memory Of Merriam
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
331 South Street
Ridgway, PA
The Rev. Wm. Gordon Joyce, Pastor
Mr. Lewis Ziegler, Choir Director
Mrs. William H. Groeger, Organist
Thanksgiving Eve - 1960
Flowers on the Altar are placed there to the Glory of God and in memory of Mrs. Richard (Merriam Oknefski) Mercer, Sr. by the United Lutheran Church Women.
Merriam Margaret (Oknefski) Mercer was the daughter of John Christian and Emma Jane (Gardner) Oknefski. She was the 1st wife of Richard Claire Mercer, Sr. Richard died August 16, 2001. Merriam was the beloved mother of Muriel "Jerre" (Mercer) Eckert, Richard C., Rodger A., William D., Frederick and John C. Mercer. At the time of her death Merriam lived at 116 N. Broad Street. She died of cerebral hemorrhage/malignant hypertension/rheumatic heart disease. Her death certificate was signed by Dr. W. W. Thompson.
US CENSUS
January 24, 1920
Short St., Ridgway, Ward 4, Elk Co., PA
Oknefskie/OKNEFSKI
John age 35, b1885 PA
Emma age 29, b1891PA
dau Grace age 11, b1909 PA
dau Vista Bell age 6, b1914 PA
dau Marion/MERRIAM age 4, b1916 PA
Obituary
The Ridgway Record
June 1960
MERCER.--Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad St., died in the Elk County General Hospital Thursday evening at 7:35 p.m. (est). She was born in Ridgway December 16, 1915, and lived her entire life in this community. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church and was predeceased by a daughter in 1940. Survivors include her husband, Richard Mercer, Sr., her parents, John and Emma Gardner Oknefski of Ridgway; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Mercer, of Cleveland, Ohio; the following children: Mrs. Allen Eckert (Muriel), Richard C., Roger A., William D., Frederick, and John C., all of Ridgway; a sister, Mrs. Lee Nearing (Grace), of Ridgway; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, the Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Service
The Ridgway Record
June 14, 1960
A funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Lehman-Hammond funeral Home for Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad Street, and native of Ridgway, who died Tuesday evening in the Elk County General Hospital. Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiated. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, where Rev. Joyce conducted the committal service. Pallbearers were cousins of the deceased: Carl and Earl Nelson, Kenneth Oknefski and Lee Oknefski, Ridgway; Robert Nearing, Highland, and Keith Gardner, Johnsonburg. Relatives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were: Harold Mercer, Chambersburg; Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mrs. Nellie Hooper, Cleveland' Mr. and Mrs. John Sennett, Eldred; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, New Kensington; Mr. and Mrs. James Brinkley, Kane; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wilson, DeYoung; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lundin, Shelvey Summit; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eckert, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sennett and family, Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeHass, St. Marys; Mrs. Elmer Grandlin and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weber, Johnsonburg.
We wish to thank our kind friends, neighbors, pallbearers, those who kindly furnished cars, for the many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and condolence, and for their beautiful floral offerings at the loss of our dearly beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister.
from - Richard Mercer, Sr. and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Oknefski and Mrs. Lee Nearing.
In Memory Of Merriam
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
331 South Street
Ridgway, PA
The Rev. Wm. Gordon Joyce, Pastor
Mr. Lewis Ziegler, Choir Director
Mrs. William H. Groeger, Organist
Thanksgiving Eve - 1960
Flowers on the Altar are placed there to the Glory of God and in memory of Mrs. Richard (Merriam Oknefski) Mercer, Sr. by the United Lutheran Church Women.
US CENSUS
January 24, 1920
Short St., Ridgway, Ward 4, Elk Co., PA
Oknefskie/OKNEFSKI
John age 35, b1885 PA
Emma age 29, b1891PA
dau Grace age 11, b1909 PA
dau Vista Bell age 6, b1914 PA
dau Marion/MERRIAM age 4, b1916 PA
Obituary
The Ridgway Record
June 1960
MERCER.--Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad St., died in the Elk County General Hospital Thursday evening at 7:35 p.m. (est). She was born in Ridgway December 16, 1915, and lived her entire life in this community. She was a member of the English Lutheran Church and was predeceased by a daughter in 1940. Survivors include her husband, Richard Mercer, Sr., her parents, John and Emma Gardner Oknefski of Ridgway; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Mercer, of Cleveland, Ohio; the following children: Mrs. Allen Eckert (Muriel), Richard C., Roger A., William D., Frederick, and John C., all of Ridgway; a sister, Mrs. Lee Nearing (Grace), of Ridgway; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, Lehman-Hammond Funeral Home, the Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Funeral Service
The Ridgway Record
June 14, 1960
A funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Lehman-Hammond funeral Home for Mrs. Richard Mercer, Sr., age 44, of 116 North Broad Street, and native of Ridgway, who died Tuesday evening in the Elk County General Hospital. Rev. William Gordon Joyce, pastor of the First Lutheran church, officiated. Interment was in Pine Grove Cemetery, where Rev. Joyce conducted the committal service. Pallbearers were cousins of the deceased: Carl and Earl Nelson, Kenneth Oknefski and Lee Oknefski, Ridgway; Robert Nearing, Highland, and Keith Gardner, Johnsonburg. Relatives and friends from out of town attending the funeral were: Harold Mercer, Chambersburg; Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mrs. Nellie Hooper, Cleveland' Mr. and Mrs. John Sennett, Eldred; Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, New Kensington; Mr. and Mrs. James Brinkley, Kane; Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wilson, DeYoung; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lundin, Shelvey Summit; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Eckert, St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sennett and family, Clearfield; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DeHass, St. Marys; Mrs. Elmer Grandlin and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weber, Johnsonburg.
We wish to thank our kind friends, neighbors, pallbearers, those who kindly furnished cars, for the many acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy and condolence, and for their beautiful floral offerings at the loss of our dearly beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister.
from - Richard Mercer, Sr. and children, Mr. and Mrs. John Oknefski and Mrs. Lee Nearing.
In Memory Of Merriam
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
331 South Street
Ridgway, PA
The Rev. Wm. Gordon Joyce, Pastor
Mr. Lewis Ziegler, Choir Director
Mrs. William H. Groeger, Organist
Thanksgiving Eve - 1960
Flowers on the Altar are placed there to the Glory of God and in memory of Mrs. Richard (Merriam Oknefski) Mercer, Sr. by the United Lutheran Church Women.
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"Merriam M.
Mercer
1915 - 1960"
Aged 44y 5m 24d
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