Obits: KERR, Louise B., 1996: Carmichaels, Greene Co, PA
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Obituary in the Observer-Reporter, Waynesburg, PA, Monday, March
4, 1996 Louise B. Kerr, Carmichaels resident was active in Grange.
Louise B. Kerr, 82, of Carmichaels RD 2, died Saturday, March 2,
1996 in Greene County Memorial Hospital. She was born September 22, 1913
in East Millsboro, a daughter of Joseph Baily and Martha Warne Baily.
Mrs. Kerr was a former secretary at Greene Valley Presbyterian Church,
where she was a member. She was a member of the Carmichaels Grange 1389,
Greene County Pomona Grange, Pennsylvania State Grange, and National
Grange. At the time of her death, Mrs. Kerr held the office of Flora at
Carmichaels Grange. She was named Granger of the Year in 1989. Other
memberships included Cumberland Township Society of Farm Women, Lady
Greene Garden Club, and Carmichaels Sewing Club. She was married to J.
Allan Kerr, who died November 30, 1970.
Surviving are two sons, Richard A. Kerr and James Robert Kerr,
both of the Carmichaels area; two sisters, Mrs. Edward (Jane) Walchock of
East Millsboro RD, and Mrs. Wayne (Alice) Keener of Boalsburg; two
brothers, Fred and Irwin Baily, both of East Millsboro and six
grandchildren. Deceased are a daughter, Beverly Louise Kerr, who died in
infancy, a sister, Alberta Baily, and a brother, Stanley Baily.
Friends of Louise B. Kerr, of Carmichaels, RD 2, who died Saturday,
March 2, 1996 will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7
to 9 p.m. Tuesday and noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, the hour of the
service at the Paul M. Lesako Funeral Home, 204 Dowlin Avenue,
Carmichaels, with the Rev. Harold Kelley officiating. Burial in Greene
County Memorial Park, Waynesburg. A Grange Service will be conducted at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.