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Walter Cleveland Rockwell

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Walter Cleveland Rockwell

Birth
Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
20 Feb 1979 (aged 91)
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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From the
Observer-Reporter
Washington, Pennsylvania
(Washington County)
Thursday, February 22, 1979

Walter C. Rockwell, 90, of Waynesburg R.D. 1, (formerly of Morrisville) died at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, 1979, at the Greene County Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

He was born July 12, 1888, in Monongalia County, West Virginia, a son of the late Joseph and Sarah Huffman Rockwell.

He had spent all his life in the Waynesburg area and was affiliated with the Fairall United Methodist Church.. He had worked as a rig building contractor and was a retired employee of the Carnegie Gas Company.

His wife, Anna Myrtle Rockwell, died July 6, 1976.

He is survived by a son, Edmund F. Rockwell of Waynesburg; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Phillips of Oakland, Maryland, and several nieces and nephews.

Two sisters and three brothers are deceased.

(Ed note: His WW I draft registration says he was born in Wayne Township, Greene County)
From the
Observer-Reporter
Washington, Pennsylvania
(Washington County)
Thursday, February 22, 1979

Walter C. Rockwell, 90, of Waynesburg R.D. 1, (formerly of Morrisville) died at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 20, 1979, at the Greene County Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

He was born July 12, 1888, in Monongalia County, West Virginia, a son of the late Joseph and Sarah Huffman Rockwell.

He had spent all his life in the Waynesburg area and was affiliated with the Fairall United Methodist Church.. He had worked as a rig building contractor and was a retired employee of the Carnegie Gas Company.

His wife, Anna Myrtle Rockwell, died July 6, 1976.

He is survived by a son, Edmund F. Rockwell of Waynesburg; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Phillips of Oakland, Maryland, and several nieces and nephews.

Two sisters and three brothers are deceased.

(Ed note: His WW I draft registration says he was born in Wayne Township, Greene County)


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  • Maintained by: Rex Bergles Relative Great-niece/nephew
  • Originally Created by: Gerald
  • Added: May 16, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146565109/walter_cleveland-rockwell: accessed ), memorial page for Walter Cleveland Rockwell (12 Jul 1887–20 Feb 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146565109, citing Fairall Cemetery, Whiteley Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Rex Bergles (contributor 50738482).