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Ossie was born about 1888. She is the daughter of Jeremiah Houser and Emma Bartlet.
Nora Alma, b. 5 Nov 1870, White Deer Valley, Lycoming County, PA; married C. Franklin Deitrick; d. 9 Feb 1944, buried Elimsport Cemetery, PA.
Ezra James, b. 1872; 1910 until death, resided in Ourey, Colorado; died 1942; buried at Orchard Mesa, Mesa County, Colorado.
Charley Tobias, b. 2 May 1874; married to Johanna Christina Buhse; d. 22 May 1946, Delaware Township, Northumberland County, PA. Occupation - cabinet maker; carpenter; buried at Elimsport Cemetery, PA.
Harriet Elizabeth, b. 18 June 1878; died 16 May 1966; 12 Dec 1902, married Joseph Harmon Hively; buried at Fairview Cemetery, Montgomery, Lycoming County, PA.
Mary L., b 5 Oct 1880; married Joseph Cyrus Miller (d. 15 Mar 1923); Mary remarried to "Secules" who predeceased her. Mary died 21 Jan 1952; buried at Pleasant Hills Cemetery, Hughesville, PA.
Clara Mae, b. 20 July 1881, Lycoming County, PA; married John F. Boyer, 18 Apr 1908; d. 9 May 1962; buried at St. John's (Hains) Cemetery, Cumru Township, Berks County, PA.
Emma E,lizabeth; b. 5 April 1883, Lycoming County, PA; m. 1927 to Harry F. Hively as his second wife; d. 5 Mar 1943 by suicide; buried at Christ (Stone) Church, Brady Township, Lycoming County, PA.
Tamar Hannah, b. 20 Jan. 1887; married Harry Franklin Hively before 1909; died 10 June 1923 of a stroke; buried at Fairview Cemetery, Montgomery, Lycoming County, PA.
Ossie Viola, b June 1888; married LeRoy Hunter23 July 1915 (LeRoy's second marriage); no children; Ossie died 29 Jan 1948 and is buried at White Deer Baptist Cemetery, Allenwood, Union County, PA.
Brad C., b. 1889 - 1890; child death.
Ames D.; b. 1896; d. 1896; infant death.
Harry Samuel, b 29 June 1889; never married; died 2 Dec 1928, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; buried at Ouray, Colorado, 5 Dec 1928.
Eva Pearl, b. Oct 1890; 26 June 1911, married Augustus F Tietbohl (1889-1978); Eva died July 1974, Delhi, New York.
Ossie Viola married LeRoy Hunter 23 July 1915 at Christ, Stone Church, Brady Township, Lycoming County, PA. (see image from parish register.)
This was a second marriage for LeRoy, whose first wife was Bessie L. Sypher (marriage in 1897), and mother of his children, died suddenly21 July 1908.
By the 1920 Census only LeRoy and Bessie's children Vera and Ruth remained in the household.
LeRoy and Ossie had no children.
The 1920 Census has the LeRoy Hunter family in Gregg Township, Union County; LeRoy (age 41); Telegraph Operator - Railroad; Ocie (age 31) wife; Vera W. (age 17); Ruth (age 15).
The 1930 Census has the LeRoy Hunter family in the same location; LeRoy (age 52); Operator - Steam Railroad; Ocie (age 42). No children at home.
The 1940 Census has Ocie Hunter staying with farmer David Farley, employed as "House Keeper," (Ocie age 51.)
Her husband LeRoy Hunter died 30 March 1937.
Ossie died 29 Jan 1948 of myocarditis; she is buried at White Deer Baptist Cemetery, Allenwood, Gregg, Union County, PA. [1]
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