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Mary Arnold Scherr

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Mary Arnold Scherr

Birth
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Death
23 Dec 1969 (aged 66)
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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p - Arnold C. Scherr - b. Switzerland & mother - Mildred Unknown, b. Unknown
death: Pulmonary embolism, phlebitis of pelvic veins & gastric ulcer
died: McMillan Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha, WV
residence: 26 Brooks St., Charleston, Kanawha, WV
66 y.o.
Never Married
occupation: Society Editor for Charleston Gazette
ever in U. S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Harry Scherr, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV
race: White

Mary Scherr, City Society Writer, Dies

The funeral for Miss Mary Arnold Scherr, society editor at the Charleston Gazette for the last 30 years, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Chapel with the Rev. J. Harrell Harper officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.

Miss Scherr, daughter of the ate Arnold and Minnie Grose Scherr, died Tuesday at McMillan Hospital after a long illness.

A resident of 26 Brooks St., Miss Scherr was 66 years old and held the position of society editor until her death. Because of disabling illness she worked only at home, writing of weddings and social events in the city.

Miss Scherr first worked as a secretary here and in 1938 joined the Gazette as a reporter and was then named society editor.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and attended Charleston High School, Holton Arms School in Washington, and Sweet Briar College in Virginia.

She is survived by nephews, Harry Scherr Jr. of Huntington, a former president of the West Virginia Bar Association and Joseph W. Scherr of Cincinnati, and nieces, Mrs. V. K. Wiles of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Jennings Randolph of Washington, D. C.

Friends may call at the Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home 4 p. m.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Dec 24, 1969 Wed
per d/c
p - Arnold C. Scherr - b. Switzerland & mother - Mildred Unknown, b. Unknown
death: Pulmonary embolism, phlebitis of pelvic veins & gastric ulcer
died: McMillan Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha, WV
residence: 26 Brooks St., Charleston, Kanawha, WV
66 y.o.
Never Married
occupation: Society Editor for Charleston Gazette
ever in U. S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Harry Scherr, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV
race: White

Mary Scherr, City Society Writer, Dies

The funeral for Miss Mary Arnold Scherr, society editor at the Charleston Gazette for the last 30 years, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Chapel with the Rev. J. Harrell Harper officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.

Miss Scherr, daughter of the ate Arnold and Minnie Grose Scherr, died Tuesday at McMillan Hospital after a long illness.

A resident of 26 Brooks St., Miss Scherr was 66 years old and held the position of society editor until her death. Because of disabling illness she worked only at home, writing of weddings and social events in the city.

Miss Scherr first worked as a secretary here and in 1938 joined the Gazette as a reporter and was then named society editor.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and attended Charleston High School, Holton Arms School in Washington, and Sweet Briar College in Virginia.

She is survived by nephews, Harry Scherr Jr. of Huntington, a former president of the West Virginia Bar Association and Joseph W. Scherr of Cincinnati, and nieces, Mrs. V. K. Wiles of Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Jennings Randolph of Washington, D. C.

Friends may call at the Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home 4 p. m.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Dec 24, 1969 Wed


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  • Added: Jul 27, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114487152/mary_arnold-scherr: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Arnold Scherr (5 May 1903–23 Dec 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 114487152, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Pj (contributor 47435333).