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Marie Whyte McVicker Obituary
1933

MRS. HENRY McVICKER
Mrs. Marie Whyte McVicker, aged 21 years, wife of Henry McVicker, of Canonsburg, died Tuesday, February 14, at the home of her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McVicker, of Canonsburg. She was a daughter of George and Ona Scott Whyte, of Rogersville. Mrs. mcVicker was a graduate of Center Township High school and of Waynesburg College School of Music in piano and voice. She had also taken two years work in Waynesburg College. The past year she had studied music in Chicago, and was a member of the Alpha Kappa Phi sorority. She was united in marriage with Henry McVicker, a graduate of Waynesburg College, class of 1932. The wedding took place on Demcember 1, 1932. Recently she had undergone an operation for appendicitis in the Greene County Memorial hospital and had practically recovered. Last Friday she went to Canonsburg to join her husband and was taken ill with influenza. Mrs. McVicker while in high school won several county musical contests and had also sung over the radio. She gave promise of becoming an exceptional singer and musician. Mrs. McVicker was a member of the Rogersville Christian church and Sunday school. Beside her husband and parents she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Walter Crouse, of Rogersville, and Mrs. Blanche Morris, of Holbrook. The funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock, at the home of her parents, conducted by Rev. F. S. Dowdy, of Waynesburg, assisted by Rev. Larue Brown, of Rogersville. Interment in Rosemont cemetery.
Waynesburg Republican, February 16, 1933 (Waynesburg, PA)

DEATH REVEALS CAMPUS ROMANCE
The campus romance of two Waynesburg College students was revealed following the death of Mrs. Marie Whyte McVicker, aged 21, of Rogersville, one of Greene county's most talented young singers, who died at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McVicker, of Canonsburg, parents of her husband, Henry McVicker, Waynesburg College student, to whom she was married December 1, 1932. The marriage, unknown to all but a few of the couple's most intimate friends, did not become generally known until after the young bride's death.
The happy young bride, whose death came as a severe shock to her family and many friends, underwent an operation for appendicitis some weeks ago in the Greene County Memorial hospital and had returned to her home in Rogersville, where she was apparently convalescing satisfactorily. Last Friday she accompanied her husband to Canonsburg to spend the week-end there with his parents and while a guest in the McVicker home she was taken crtiically ill.
Mrs. McVicker was a daughter of George Whyte and Ona Scott Whyte, of Rogersville. She was a graduate of the Center Township High school and also of the Waynesburg College School of Music in piano and voice. She also took two years of the regular collegiate course at Waynesburg, and made a special study of music in Chicago. She was a member of the Alpha Kappa Phi sorority of Waynebsurg College. She was popular among the younger set and was recognized as one of the county's most talented young musicians, having won a number of musical contests that early brought her to the attention of the music loving public. She was a member of the Rogersville Christian church.
Besides her parents and husband she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Walter Crouse, of Rogersville, and Mrs. Blanche Morris, of Holbrook. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Scott funeral home in Rogersville with Rev. F. S. Dowdy, pastor of the First Christian church of Waynesburg, in charge, assisted by Rev. Larue Brown, of Rogersville. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery, Rogersville.
Democrat Messenger, February 17, 1933 (Waynesburg, PA)

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