Mary Kathleen (Blossom) Luff (1922 - 2006)

Born 8 Sep 1922 in Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Died 4 Mar 2006 at age 83 in Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Biography

1944 Marriage

Name: Gene Stanley Luff

Event Date: 27 Sep 1944

Event Place: , Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

Age: 21

Spouse's Name:

Mary Kathleen Blossom

Spouse's Age: 22^[1]

2006 Death

Mary Kathleen Luff, 83 of Bethlehem, known to her family and friends as Kathy, died peacefully at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg on March 4, 2006.

She and her husband Gene S. Luff were happily married for over 61 years. Born in Muskogee, OK in 1922, she was a daughter of the late William and Esther (Frost) Blossom. She graduated from what was then known as Northeastern State Teachers College in Tahlequah, OK. She taught elementary school in the Bethlehem Area School District from 1961 to 1970. She then received an elementary grade librarian certification after attending Kutztown University. She was an active member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church Bethlehem and was also a member of the Bethlehem Garden Club. Most importantly she was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker.

Survivors: She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Gene; sons, Ronald D. and his wife Jean of Bethlehem, Paul K. and his wife Nan of Ivyland; granddaughters, Heather, Jennifer, Kimberly, Brenda; grandson, Brian; a niece, Linda and nephew John.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Virginia and brother, Bill.^[2]

BURIAL Memorial Park Cemetery

Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA

PLOT Garden of Nativity Section

MEMORIAL ID 177232096^[3]

Age: 84

Given Name: M Kathleen

Surname: Luff

Birth Date: 08 Sep 1922

State: Oklahoma

Last Place of Residence: Northampton, Pennsylvania

Event Date: 04 Mar 2006^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Page: 295, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP6-8B66 : 5 November 2017), Gene Stanley Luff and Mary Kathleen Blossom, 27 Sep 1944; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?n=kathleen-luff&pid=16988710&fhid=4622
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177232096
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3T3-PMH : 19 May 2014), M Kathleen Luff, 04 Mar 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).