Obituaries and other articles from the Cecil Whig (various years)
Surnames included: Alexander, Brown, Baranaski,  Beal, Culley, Harris,McKinney, 
McKenney, Surran, Gatchell 
 

contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Bruce McKinney <bruce@delanet.com>


************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in
any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,
must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgwarchives.net
***********************************************************************
Cecil Whig
May 28, 1910

Ida E. McKenney
Miss Ida E. McKenney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos McKenney of
Elk Neck, died on Thursday morning at her parents home in the 17th year
of her age.  Her funeral will be held on Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon at
2 p.m. in Hart's M. E. Church.  Relatives and friends are invited to meet
at the house at 1 p.m.

Cecil Whig
September 1944
Obituary
Heading: ELK NECK MAN HELD IN SHOOTING OF BROTHER
Name of Deceased: William Lockard
Age: 40
From: Elk Neck
Cause of Death: Shot in chest by brother Leonard Lockard, age 36, at father’s house 
(Henry Lockard) at about 11 p.m.
Survived by: Brothers: Leonard of Elk Neck and James of Teodore, MD, and three 
sisters: Mrs. Henry Schneider and Mrs. Mary Burton, of Cecil Co., and Miss Laura 
Lockard, of Cambridge, MD. 
Other Notes:  A brother, Raymond, was killed in France two days after D Day, June 8. His 
father has since received his Purple Heart Citation.

Funeral services:  Grant Funeral Home,
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery, services by the Rev. John Boulden.


Cecil Whig
Saturday
October 22, 1898

North East News
Miss Mary McKenney, daughter of Amos McKenney, of Elk Neck, died last
Tuesday after a short illness, in her 23rd year.  Her funeral took place on
Thursday; interment at Hart's cemetery.

Deaths
Miss Mary E. McKenney
Miss Mary E. McKinney, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos McKinney,
died at her home in Elk Neck on Tuesday afternoon, aged twenty-one years.
The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon at Hart's M. E. Church at 
two o'clock.  Interment in church cemetery.


Cecil Whig: July 8, 1987	

Name: Ruthanna Y. McKinney
Age: 77
Residence: Laurelwood Nursing Home, Elkton formerly of Hanes Point Road, North East.
Date of Death: Sunday, July 5, 1987
Place of Death: Laurelwood Nursing Home.
Birth: In Cecil County on October 23, 1909, and was a lifelong resident of the county.
Occupation: Seamstress at Nanette Manufacturing Company in Elkton for 20 years.  She 
retired in 1972.
Survived by: A son, Albert Wayne Young of North East; a daughter,
Marie Y. Logan of North East; a sister, Margaret A. Perry of Bay View,
three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services: Thursday, July 9, in Hicks Home for Funerals, Elkton.  Officiated by the 
Rev. James B. Jones, pastor of James Unitet Meth. Church, Rising Sun.
Interment: North East Meth. Cem.

Cecil Whig
Saturday, Nov. 1, 1902
Thomas C. McKinney, an aged citizen of the Fifth district, died at the home of his
son Stephen McKinney, in Elk Neck.  The deceased was 84 years of age.  The
funeral took place on Wednesday, interment in Hart's Cemetery, Elk Neck.

North East News
Thomas C. McKinney died at his home near Leslie, last Sunday, after a
lingering illness, in his 83rd. year.  His funeral was held on Tuesday.  Interment
at Hart's Cemetery.

Cecil Whig
November 15, 1945
Name: Laura J. Lockard
Father: Henry F. Lockard of North East
Date of Death: Friday morning, November 9, 1945
Place of Death: Springfield State Hospital at Sykesville, Maryland.  
Age: 34
Survived by: Two sisters and two brothers.  
Funeral services: Grant Funeral Home on Tuesday, November 13th.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Cecil Whig, Saturday, June 27, 1925
North East News
Name:  John T. McKenney
Funeral Services: Tuesday, June 23, 1925
Survived by: Grandchildren Mrs. Howard Rothermel and sister Ella, of Lennot Park, PA

Cecil Whig
 July 5, 1978	
Name: John Jesse Phillip Alexander
Date of Death: Friday, June 30, 1978.
Cause of Death: Burned to death in his home on Cemetery Road in North East.  Cause of 
fire was due to careless handling of smoking materials.
Age: 87 years
Occupation: Retired sexton who worked at North East Methodist Cemetery for 20 years.
Notes: Fire discovered by a neighbor, Mrs Lien T. Snyder, about 10:40 p.m.
Volunteer William B. Streaker, 18, North East, suffered minor injuries while fighting the 
blaze.  Alexander lived alone in the house, a widower whose wife Essie L. Alexander died 
in 1974.
Survived by: Five daughters, Harriet R. Crouch of Elkton, Catherine M. Goff of
Cantonment, Fla., and Sara J. Blake, Helen S. Ward and Marjorie Patchell, all of
North East; 17 Grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services: Monday, July 3, in Crouch Funeral Home of North East.  Officiated by  
the Rev. Howard O. Van Sice of First Baptist Church of Elkton.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Cecil Whig
 September 9, 1889	
The dead body of William Harris, aged 21 years was found about two miles
from his home in McKinneytown, on Tuesday morning, where it had lain since
the preceding day.  He had separated from a companion about noon Monday
to go hunting.  In getting over a fence the gun had come in contact with a knot
of the upper rail, causing it to be discharged.  The entire load entered just over 
the left eye and tore off almost the entire top of the head.  Death must have been 
instantaneous.

 Cecil Whig 
 Saturday, March 25, 1922
James D. Alexander ------James D. Alexander, who served in Company A, Eighth 
Maryland 
Volunteers, in the Civil War, losing a leg, amputated near the hip joint, died at the home
of his son, Jesse, in lower Elk Neck, on March 12, aged 78 years.  He was active until
disabled by paralysis some time ago.  His wife died two years ago.  Three sons, Jesse,
David, and James; two daughters, Mrs. Kate Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Laura Lockard, and a
brother living in Coatesville, PA., survive him.  His funeral was held March 15, with
services at Hart's M. E. Church and interment in the adjoining cemetery.

Cecil Whig
November 4, 1954
Obituaries
Name: Joseph Benjamin Harris
Age: 71 years
Date of Death: Monday, November 1
Place of Death: His home in Elk Neck.
Occupation: Retired fireman, employed by the DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington.
Survived by:  sisters, Mrs. Mary Barnoski, Marshalson, Del., Mrs. Martha
Brown, Theodore; Miss Emma L. and Miss Harriet A., at home.
Funeral Services: Wednesday, November 3, from the Grant Funeral Home, North East.  
Officiated by The Rev. Melvin E. Wheatley of the North East Methodist Church.  
Interment: Harts Methodist Cemetery.


Cecil Whig 
 March 6, 1920
Mrs. James D. Alexander---Annmare Alexander, wife of James D. Alexander died
Sunday, February 29, at her home near North East, aged 76 years, one month and
three days.  She is survived by her husband and five children---Mrs. James Kirkpatrick
(Katie), Mrs. Henry Lockard (Laura), James, David, and Jesse Alexander. Interment 
at Hart's M. E. Cemetery Wednesday, March 3.


Cecil Whig
September 9, 1911
Recent Deaths

William H. Cook
William H. Cook died at his home in Elk Neck of heart failure, September 4, 
1911, aged 74 years.  He was a veteran of the Civil War.

Obit
Cecil Whig
September 23, 1970

Name: Lydia A. Brown
Age:  80, 
Place of Death: Her home in North East 
Date of Death: Sunday, September 20
Funeral Services: September 23, at 11 a.m. from the Grant Funeral Home, North East. 
Officiated by the Rev. Charles H. Poukish of North East United Methodist Church.
Interment: Bethel Cemetery, near North East.
Notes: Lived in Cecil County for over ten years.  
Survived by: Four sons, Raymond Irwin, Kennett Square, Pa., James Brown,
Stanton, Del., and Earl B. Brown, North East; one daughter, Mrs. Anna Icenhouer,
New London, PA; and three brothers, Stephen, John, and Jacob McKinney, all of
North East.  There are 17 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.


Obit 
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, July 12, 1967

Name: Cecil Brown
Cecil Brown, 70
Date of Death: Monday, July 10
Place of Death: Union Hospital, Elkton.
Residence: Cecil County for approximately seven years.
Occupation: Retired five years ago from the National Volcanized Fibre plant, Yorklyn, 
Del., where he had worked as a carpenter.
Survived by: His wife, Mrs. Lydia Brown; four sons, Raymond Erwin, Kennett Square,
PA, James Brown, Avondale, PA, Paul Brown, Stanton, Del., and Earl Brown, North
East; a daughter, Mrs. Anna Fox, West Chester, PA; a sister, Miss Amanda Brown,
Perryville; fifteen grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral Services: At the Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Thomas 
C. Short, pastor of the North East Methodist Church.
Date of Funeral: July 13, at 10 a.m.
Interment: Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, near North East.


Obit
Cecil Whig
September 23, 1970
Obit
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, April 19, 1967

Name: William T. McKinney
Age: 83
Date of Death: Sunday, April 16
Place of Death: Garden State Nursing Home, Burlington, NJ.
Residence: Native of Elk Neck and had lived in Cecil county for many years.  
Occupation: Operated a farm nerar Mt. Holly after moving from the county.
Survived by: Two brothers, Reed C., North East, and Phillip B., Elkton, and a sister, Mrs. 
Mary A. Biddle, North East.
Date of Funeral: Wednesday, April 19
Funeral Service: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Thomas C. 
Short, pastor of North East Methodist Church
Interment: Hart's Cemetery, Elk Neck.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, May 18, 1966

Name: Norman Edgar Beal
Age: 41
Date of Death: Saturday, May 14
Place of Death: Wilmington Medical Center.
Residence: Cecil County resident for 24 years, moved to Delaware twelve years prior.  
Occupation: Employed as an assembly man at General Motors Assembly Division, 
Newark, Del., for more than seventeen years.
Notes: He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the 45th Infantry Division
Association.
Survived by: His wife, Mrs. Catherine A. Beal; a son, John B., and a daughter,
Connie L., at hme; his father, Frank E. Beal, Elk Neck; five brothers, William E.
Wilmington, Everett E., Elkton, Erven G., Newark, Del., Nelson S. and Wallace H.,
Elk Neck, and three sisters, Mrs. Rosemond I. Alley, Clayton, Del., Mrs. Frances
M. Myers and Mrs. Edith A. Bryant, Elkton.
Funeral Date: Wednesday, May 18
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. J. Howard 
Link, pastor of Kingswood-of-Brookside Methodist Church, near Brookside, Del. 
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.



Cecil Whig, Saturday, November 14, 1896
North East News

Scott McKenney killed an otter at Carrott Cove on Wednesday that weighed 
60 pounds and was 4 feet long.  He first saw it off Sycamore Point and had 
to shoot it seven times.  He got $5 for the fur.  This is the first one killed in 
this neighborhood for many years


Obit
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, July 14, 1965

Name:  Mrs. Susie Alva Alexander
Age:  77
Residence: North East for 31 years
Date of Death: Thursday, July 8
Place of Death: North East.
Notes: She was the wife of the late David G. W. Alexander and a member of the Church
of the Nazarene, North East.
Survived by: Seven sons, Theodore R., Reading, PA, Britten E., Rising Sun, 
Charles O. and Herbert D., Elkton, Lewis M., John H., and Walter B., North East.
And three daughters, Mrs. M. Idella Murphy, Charlestown, Mrs. Margaret E.
Bailiff and Mrs. Irene Morgan, North East; a brother, William Sharp, Philadelphia,
28 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Date: Sunday, July 11
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East. Officiated by the Rev. G. H. Kies, 
pastor of the church to which Mrs. Alexander belonged.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Obit 
Cecil Whig
Saturday, May 30, 1896
George E. McKenney
Ex-sheriff George E. McKenney died at his home 806 West Third Street
in Chester, PA, on Thursday morning about three o'clock from throat 
consumption.  Ex-sheriff McKenney was a native of this county, and was
born in the Seventh District.  In the early part of his life he was an employee 
of the P. W. & B. Railroad, and in the early seventies had charge of the
Principio Station.  He married Miss Savannah Winchester, a daughter of
the late George Winchester, of Frenchtown, and subsequently located at
North East, where he was in the employ of the McCullough Iron Company.
For several years he was Constable in the Fifth District and was also
Baliff of the town of North East.  In 1891 he was nominated and elected
Sheriff by the Democrats of Cecil, and located in Elkton for a year after
finishing his term.  In the spring of 1895 he moved with his family to
Frenchtown, from which place the family again removed to Chester, Pa.,
in March last, where his daughters opened a store.

Mr. McKenney had been in bad health for several month and had been
bedridden most of the time since his removal to Chester.  His widow and 
nine children survive him, his oldest daughter, Theodosia, being the wife
of Charles McKee, of Sparrow's Point, MD,, while Anna, Elizabeth, Eva, and
Grace, with sons George, Slater, and John, lived at home; his son Taylor,
being employed by Joseph C. Kline near Elkton.

Mr. McKenney was a member of the Knights of Phythias and the order of 
Heptasophs.  He was a genial and amiable man and respected as a citizen
of probity and character.  His remains will be brought to Elkton today on the
train arriving at 12:33 p.m., and funeral services will be held at the Elkton
M. E. Church at 1 o'clock, with interment in the Elkton Cemetery.


Cecil Whig
Saturday, June 6, 1896
Laid to Rest
The funeral services of ex-sheriff George E. McKenney, of Cecil County, who
died at this home in Chester, Pa., on Thursday morning of last week, were
held on Saturday afternoon in the Elkton M. E. Church, the remains being brought
here on the train due at 12:33 O'clock.  The services were conducted by 
Fellowship Lodge No. 42, Knights of Phthias, of North East, of which the deceased
was a member.  The organization was represented by fifty-one members under
command of Vice Chancellor E. B. Fockler.  Elkton Conclave No. 319. Improved
Order of Heptasophs, of which the deceased was also a member, attended in a
body.  The Rev. J. D. Rigg and Rev. Mr. Swindell, of Chester officiated.  The
Interment was in the Elkton Cemetery.  The pall-bearers selected from Fellowship
Lodge, K. of P., of North East, were: Dr. R. G. Underwood, William Simcoe,
J. A. Lambert, George M. Cameron, Kinsey Matthews and John Leighman.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, March 25, 1964

Name: Walter Culley
Age: 81
Date of Death: Saturday, March 21
Place of Death: His home in North East.
Residence: Life resident of Cecil County.
Survived by: His wife, Mrs. Adviana May Culley; five sons, Walter and Elmer,
North East, Henry, Elkton, Clarence, Hoopston, Ill., and Wilmer, Margate, Fla.
Also six daughters, Mrs. Lillian Gibson, Sabesten, Fla., Mrs. Elizabeth Faulk,
Margate, Mrs. Marie Stanton, Newark, Del., Mrs. Beulah Preston, Elkton, Mrs.
Virginia Medelak and Mrs. Margaret Allen, North East; 21 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral Date: Wednesday, March 25
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Richard M. 
Boyer, pastor of Bay View Methodist Church.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Wednesday, February 19, 1964

Name: Miss Harriett Ann Harris
Age: 70
Date of Death: Thursday, February 13
Place of Death: The Won Nursing Home near Millington, MD.
Residence: Life resident of North East.
Survived by: Two sisters, Miss Livina Harris and Mrs. Martha Brown, North East,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Date: Monday, February 17
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Kries, pastor 
of Church of the Nazarene, North East
Interment: Hart's Cemetery, Elk Neck.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Thursday, April 20, 1961

Name: Mrs. Fanny Surran
Age: 82
Spouse: Howard Surran, formerly of the North East area.
Date of Death: Thursday, April 13
Place of Death: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden, N.J.
Survived by: Her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Willmina Scarborough, Collingswood, N.J.; a 
son, Howard Surran, Jr., Darby, PA, and three grandchildren.
Funeral Date: Monday, April 17
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Thomas Short, 
pastor, North East Methodist Church.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Thursday, July 12, 1962

Name: Mrs. Lillian May Irwin
Spouse: Abner Irwin (deceased)
Date of Death: Sunday, July 8.
Residence: Life resident of Cecil County.
Survived by: Two daughters, Mrs. Walter Cully and Mrs. Harry Hamilton, North East; 17 
grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.
Funeral Date: Monday, July 9
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Clifford 
Armour, assistant pastor of North East methodist Church.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.



Obit
Cecil Whig
Thursday, June 14, 1962

Name: Henry Elisha McKinney
Age: 71
Date of Death: Thursday, June 7
Place of Death: Union Hospital, Elkton
Cause of Death: A short illness.
Spouse: Lillian Murphy McKinney (deceased).
Occupation: Retired carpenter of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In recent years Mr. 
McKinney had been caretaker of the North East Fire Company building and guard at the 
annual fireman's carnival.
Survived by: Three brothers, William, Burlington, NJ, Reid, North East, and J. Benjamin, 
Elkton; a sister, Mrs. Mary Biddle, North East, and one granddaughter.
Funeral Date: Sunday, June 10
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.
Interment: Charlestown Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Thursday, March 1, 1962

Name: Mrs. Mary Harris Baranaski
Age: 83
Date of Death: Tuesday, February 20
Place of Death: Delaware State Hospital, Wilmington, Del.
Cause of Death: A long illness.
Spouse: Francis D. Baranaski (deceased).
Parents: William J. and Elizabeth McKinney Haris of Elkton (both deceased).
Survived by: Three sisters, Vinnie and Harriett Harris, North East and Mrs. William 
Brown, Ebenezer, MD.
Funeral Date: Thursday, February 22.
Funeral Services: Grant Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. William 
Chappell, pastor of Harts Methodist Church, Elk Neck.
Interment: Harts Methodist Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Thursday, February 8, 1962

Name: Robert Alexander
Age: 31
Date of Death: Monday, February 5 
Place of Death: Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, Md.
Parents: Mrs. Beatrice Lewis and the late Auburn Alexander.
Survived by: His mother, his wife, Ethelene Petrea Alexander and three children, Cathy, 
Cindy, and Allan, at home.
Funeral Date: Thursday, February 8 
Funeral service: Grant Funeral Home, North East.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.



Obit 
Cecil Democrat
September 14, 1977

Name: Mrs. Rhoda M. Gatchell
Age: 81
Date of Death: Friday, September 9
Place of Death: Union Hospital in Elkton.
Residence: Life resident of Cecil County.
Notes: Member of North East United Methodist Church, the Ladies Auxiliary of North 
East Fire Co., and the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 6927 of North East. An honarary 
member of Shawnah Council 49, and an honarary member of Grand Degree of 
Pocahontas.
Funeral Date: Tuesday, Sept. 13 
Funeral Services: Crouch Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Charles E. 
Barton, Jr., pastor, Elkton United Methodist Church.
Survived by:  Three sons, Howard W. Gatchell, Sr., Marvin M. Gatchell, both
of North East, and Francis B. Gatchell of Port Deposit; also a daughter, Mrs Ruth
R. Lockard, and a brother, Andrew Ferguson, both of North East.  There are also
eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
April 15, 1997
Earl H. Gatchell, Jr.

Name: Earl H. "Porky" Gatchell, Jr.
Age:  62
Date of Death: Sunday, April 13, 1997
Cause of Death: Septic Shock 
Place of Death: Union Hospital.
Birth: July 3, 1934, in North East
Parents: Edna C. McKinney Gatchell and Earl H. Gatchell, Sr. (both deceased)
Residence: Life long resident of Cecil County
Occupation: Retired in 1994, after 35 years as a carpenter for Amtrak at Perryville.  
Notes: He served in the U.S. Army from January 1957 to February 1958.  He was a 
member of the Brotherhood of Maintenance and Ways with Amtrak and enjoyed bowling 
and playing cards.
Survived by: His wife of 23 years, Norma A. Gatchell of North East; two daughters, Mary 
Frances Gatchell and Ann Marie Carroll, both at home; a stepson, Timothy Lee Hare of 
Bremerton, Wash.; two brothers, Robert L. Gatchell of Perryville and Roger T. Gatchell 
of North EAst; five sisters Shirley G. Andrews and Gloria Jean Racine, both of Elkton, 
Betty J. Noel of Perryville, Barbara J. Raech of Earleville and A. Darlene Gatchell of 
North East; and two granchildren.
Viewing: Sunday, April 13.  Officiated by the Rev. Jack Cohen of Moore's Chapel and St. 
John's United Methodist churches.
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.


Cecil Whig
January 4, 1989
Howard Gatchell, Jr.

Name: Howard Wakeman Gatchell, Jr. 
Age: 31 
Date of Death: Friday, December 30, 1988 
Cause of Death: Artherosclerotic heart disease 
Place of Death: Union Hospital Elkton.
Birth: May 26, 1957, Elkton
Residence: Lifetime resident of Cecil County.  
Occupation: Employed with Information System-Optical.  
Notes: He was a member of North East United Methodist Church.  A member of Newark 
(Del.) Fife and Drum Corp. he recently served as president.  He was a member of the
61st Newark Volunteer Infantry and participated in the Cival War Reenactment.
He also appeared in Gore vidal's  "Lincoln."  
Survived by:  His wife, Dianna L. Gatchell, a son, Matthew S. Kargel, at home; his 
parents, Howard W. and Dorothea R. Gatchell and a sister, Gail S. Caudell, all of North 
East.
Funeral Date: Monday, Jan 2 
Funeral Services: North East Methodist Church.  Officiated by the Rev. Conrad Cohen.  
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.
Funeral Home: Crouch Funeral Home, North East.


Obit
Cecil Whig
Howard W. Gatchell, Sr.

Name: Howard Wakeman Gatchell, Sr.
Age: 69
Residence: 24 Gatchell Lane, North East.  A lifetime resident of North East.
Cause of Death: Cancer 
Date of Death: Sunday July 9, 1989 
Place of Deth: His residence.
Birth: North East on Dec. 21, 1919 .
Occupation: Retired in 1975 from Aberdeen Proving Ground with over 34 years service as 
an electrician.  
Notes: He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II where he served as a 1st. Lt. in the 
115th Infantry, 29th Division, Company E. He was a member of North East Methodist 
Church and its administrative board, VFW Post 6027 in North East, American Legion 
Post 15 in Elkton, Maryland National Guard and the 29th Division Association, where he 
served in the honor guard.
Parents: Milford G. and Rhoda M. Ferguson Gatchell (both deceased)
Survived by:  His wife, Dorothea R. Gatchell, a daughter, Gail S. Caudill; a sister, Martha 
G. Lockard, all of North East; a brother Francis B. Gatchell of Wilmington, Del. and three
grandchildren.  A son Howard Gatchell, Jr. died in 1988.
Funeral Date: Thursday, July 13
Funeral Services:  North East United Meth. Church.  Officiated by the Rev. Conrad 
Cohen.  
Interment: North East methodist Cemetery.


Obit
Cecil Whig
October 24, 1987

Name: Marvin M. Gatchell
Age: 66
Residence: 8 North Main Street, North East, 
Date of Deth: Thursday, October 22, 1987
Place of Death: Union Hospital 
Cause of Death: Heart attack following a short illness.
Occupation: Retired from Conrail in 1977 as a Supervisor of Structures.
Notes: A member of the North East Volunteer Fire Company and a U. S. Coast Guard 
Veteran of World War II.
Parents: Milford G. Gatchell and Rhoda M. Ferguson Gatchell (both deceased).
Survived by: His wife, Ruby V. Gatchell of North East, on daughter, Beverly A. Williams 
of Elkton; two brothers, Howard W. Gatchell of North East and Francis B. Gatchell of 
New Port, Del., one sister, Martha R. Lockard of North East; two granddaughters and 
two great-granddaughters.
Funeral Date: Sunday, Oct. 25
Funeral Services: Crouch Funeral Home, North East.  Officiated by the Rev. Conrad
Cohen, pastor of North East United Methodist Church.  
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.



Obit
Cecil Whig
December 16, 1998

Name: Ruby Viola Gatchell
Age: 74
Date of Death: Monday, December 14, 1998
Cause of Death: Heart failure 
Place of Death: Union Hospital.
Birth:  June 26, 1924 in North East.
Occupation: Homemaker 
Residence: Lifelong resident of Cecil County.
Survived by:  A daughter, Beverly A. Williams of Elkton, six sisters, Bessie Wright of 
Elkton, Beatrice Murray of Batavia, NY, Margaret Rudy of Bay City, Fla., Laura Kennedy 
of Smyrna, Del., and Patricia Johnson and Bertha Letts, both of North East, and two  
granddaughters and four great-grandchildren.
Spouse: Marvin M. Gatchell (deceased Oct. 22, 1987).
Funeral Date: Thursday, December 17
Funeral Services: Crouch Funeral Home, 127 S. Main St., North East.  Officiated by the 
Rev. Ray F. Graham.  
Interment: North East Methodist Cemetery.