Lucy (Barnes) Lemmon (1907 - 1998)

Born 17 Aug 1907 in Lewistown, Montana

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Salathiel Lemon — married 18 Jun 1931 in Cuyahoga, Ohio

Died 13 Apr 1998 at age 90 in Pennsylvania

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Obituary[1]

Former school nurse for Waynesburg School District Lucy B. Lemmon, 90, of 429 West Poplar Street, Grove City, died Monday, April 13, 1998, in Countryside Convalescent Center, Mercer.

She was born August 17, 1907, in Three Forks, Mont., a daughter of Antrim E. Barnes Sr. and Lucinda Marshall Barnes. Mrs. Lemmon was a graduate of East High School, Cleveland, Ohio, and was a descendent of a well-known pioneer family in Montana that built the first hotel in the Yellowstone National Park. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg, a member of the first graduating class with a B.S. in nursing from Case Western University, Cleveland, and a member of the Pennsylvania Cremation and Memorial Society.

During World War II, she taught home health care for the American Red Cross and was a nurse for the Waynesburg School District from 1954 to 1972. Surviving are two daughters, Marcia Schultz of Grove City, and Sarah Ann Magnotti of Bethel Park; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Deceased are her husband, Edward S. Lemmon who died in 1972; and one brother. There is no visitation. A memorial service will be conducted in Waynesburg at the convenience of the family.

Sources and notes

1. Miscellaneous Washington County, Pennsylvania obituaries, http://www.genealogybuff.com/pa/pa-washington-obits5.htm

2. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82158433.

3. US Census, Crow, Broadwater, Montana, 1910 [Lucy, age 2, on the Barnes/Marshall ranch between Three Forks and Toston, Montana]

4. US Census, Three Forks, Gallatin, Montana, 1920 [Lucy, age 12, in the Barnes home in Three Forks; her uncle Frank Marshall is living with them.]

5. US Census, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, 1930, [Lucy Barnes, age 22, working as a nurse in a hospital]

6. US Census, Jackson Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, 1940, [Lucy Lemmon, living with husband Edward and her two daughters in Jackson Township of Greene County, PA].

7. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q7R-MK2: Marriage of Lucy Barnes and Edward Lemmon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1931.