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Emma S. Gilbert Cole Obituary
1965

Emma S. Cole
Emma S. Cole, 82, of Oak Forest, died at 9:35 a.m. Thursday, January 28, 1965, in Blairsville after a lingering illness.
She was born January 4, 1883, in Center Township, to the late Thomas and Jane Rush Gilbert. Her husband, the late Jesse Cole died in 1942.
Surviving are three sons, Lawrence D. Cole of Waynesburg, Edwin and Ralph Cole, both of Waynesburg, R. D. 5; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Flora Sellers of Holbrook and Mrs. Belle Smith of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
A son, Paul, three brothers and two sisters are deceased. She lived in the Oak Forest area all her life where she was a member of the Oak Forest Methodist Church.
Friends are being received after 7 p.m. Friday in the Robert Lantz Funeral Home, Rogersville. Further arrangements are incomplete.
Newspaper obituary, date ans source unknown (Greene County, PA)

Mrs. Emma S. Cole
Edwin H. Cole
Edwin H. Cole, 58, of Oak Forest, suffered a fatal heart attack Friday, while he and his two brothers were making arrangements for their mother's funeral.
Mr. Cole, who suffered the attack at 11:30 a.m. in the Robert L. Lantz Funeral Home at Rogersville, was dead on arrival at Greene County Memorial Hospital. It was reported that he had a medical history involving heart trouble.
His two brothers, Lawrence D. and Ralph Cole, both of Waynesburg, R. D. 5, were later treated by physicians for shock.
Their mother, Emma S. Cole, 82, of Oak Forest, had died at 9:35 a.m. Thursday at Blairsville following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Cole, the mother, was born January 4, 1883, in Center Township, a daughter of Thomas and Jane Rush Gilbert. She was the widow of Jesse Cole, who died in 1942. She had resided all her life in the Oak Forest area and was a member of the Oak Forest Methodist Church.
Surviving in addition to the two sons, Lawrence D. and Ralph Cole, are four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Flora Sellers, of Holbrook and Mrs. Belle Smith, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Another son, Paul, three brothers and two sisters are deceased.
Edwin H. Cole was born January 16, 1907 in Center Township and resided most of his life at Oak Forest, where he was a member of the Oak Forest Methodist Church.
He was a veteran of World War II and a retired truck driver, having been employed by Levine's Iron and Metal Company.
Surviving in addition to his two brothers is a son, Robert Cole, serving with the Air Force at Fort Riley, Kan.
Funeral services were held Jan. 31, 1965, with burial in the Pursley Cemetery, Oak Forest.
Newspaper obituary, date and source unknown (Greene County, PA)

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