Chester Jacob Peachey (1916 - 1960)

Born 26 Oct 1916 in Belleville,, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA

Ancestors

Died 14 Feb 1960 at age 43 in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Obituary

Peachey, Chester Jacob, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peachey, was born Oct. 26, 1916; died Feb. 14, 1960, at the hospital, Greenville, S.C., following surgery for a brain tumor; aged 43 y. 3 m. 19 d.

He is survived by his widow (Helen Burkhart Peachey), 2 sons (Dale and Kenneth) and one daughter (Sharlene), all of Taylors, S.C., his father and stepmother of Bareville, Pa., 2 sisters (Mrs. Willis K. Lefever, Lancaster, Pa.; and Priscilla, Bareville), and 2 brothers (Paul, Lancaster; and Richard, Bareville).

He was a member of the Mennonite Church at Groffdale, but since going to Greenville seven years ago, he attended the Boulevard Baptist Church.

Funeral services were conducted Feb. 16, at the Mackey Mortuary, Greenville, by Frank Collins and Feb. 19 at the Esbenshade and High Funeral Home, New Holland, Pa., by Mahlon Witmer; burial in Groffdale Church Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Gospel Herald- 17 May 1960

• Hartzler, Betty Graber, Amish-Mennonite Kishacoquillas Valley Database

(http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kishvalley)