Vivian E. Parker

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October 01, 2008, Cumberland Times-News ~ CRESAPTOWN — Vivian E. Kamauf Walker, 91, of Cresaptown, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, at Frostburg Village Nursing Center. Born Dec. 12, 1916, in Romney, W.Va., she was a daughter of the late Isaac C. Parker and Ethel M. (Grant) Parker. She was also preceded in death by her first husband of 57 years, James Adam Kamauf and her second husband of eight years, George William Walker. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Edward James Kamauf and Gary Allen Kamauf; one granddaughter, Wendy Lee Yost; brother, Sam Parker; one sister, Virginia Krnaya. Mrs. Walker was a homemaker. She was a former employee of the Celanese Corporation. She was a member of the Cresaptown United Methodist Church. A pianist for 30 years, she was in a band called the Blue Notes Band. She was an avid duckpin bowler. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Evelyn White, Cumberland; sons, David Roy Kamauf and wife Elaine, Cresaptown, Kevin Lynn Kamauf and wife Sharon, Cresaptown; 14 grandchildren, Kelly Spicer and husband Jeff, Reynoldstown, Pa., Gary Kamauf and wife Rikki, LaVale, Candy Blocher and husband Brad, Hyndman, Pa., Cathy Jamison and husband Denny, Hyndman, Pa., James Kamauf and special friend Holly Shaffer, Hyndman, Pa., Deborah Mosier and husband Daryl, Cumberland, Donald Wade, Cleveland, Ohio, Linda Marean and husband William, Cumberland, Theresa Cage, Cumberland, Courtney Kam-auf, Cresaptown, Julie Brown and husband David, Chesterfield, Va., Jennifer Kuczynski and husband Kevin, Macomb, Mich., Jodi Kreider and husband Kevin, Elizabethtown, Pa., Janelle Kamauf, Richmond, Va.; 32 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends will be received at the Scarpelli Funeral Home, P.A., Cresaptown on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Harold R. McClay Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Restlawn Memorial Gardens.

Family/Spouse: James Adam Kamauf. James died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kevin Lynn Kamauf was born in Private.
2. Gary Allen Kamauf died before 2008.
3. Mary Evelyn Kamauf was born on 30 Apr 1937 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 1 Dec 2017 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland.
4. James Edwood (Eddie) Kamauf was born on 24 Jun 1938 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 23 Nov 1992 in Blue Beach, West Virginia.
5. David Roy Kamauf was born on 7 Nov 1942 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 11 Feb 2012 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland.

Family/Spouse: George William Walker. George (son of George Speir Walker and Margaret Estelle (Stella) Winters) was born on 4 Jan 1916 in Midlothian, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 15 Oct 2002 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George S. II Walker was born in Private.

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Isaac Clifford Parker, 86, of Fairgo, died yesterday at Lions Manor Nursing Home. He had been in failing health the past three years. A native of Romney, he was a son of the late Samuel B. and Mary (Biser) Parker. He was employed as caretaker at the Cumberland Fairgrounds for 36 years and was a member of the Brethren Church. Surviving and his widow, Ethel (Grant) Parker; a son, Samuel J. Parker, Fairgo; a daughter, Mrs. Vivian Kamauf, Cresaptown; a sister, Mrs. Clara Cunningham, Keyser; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, LaVale, where friends will be received from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. A service will be conducted there Monday at 1 p.m. with Rev. Harold R. McClay Jr. officiating. Interment will be in Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney. The Cumberland News, July 8, 1972.

Isaac married Carrie Maude Ethel Grant on 1 Jun 1912 in Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Carrie (daughter of Joseph Thornton Grant and Caroline Virginia Winters) was born on 15 Aug 1897; died on 5 Jan 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel + Mary Biser. Mary died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph GRANT (Charles-1) was born on 4 Sep 1854. He died on 13 Jan 1935. A card of thanks appeared in the January 20, 1935 Cumberland Evening Times from Mrs. Grant and Children.

Joseph + Caroline Virginia Winters. Caroline (daughter of John Smith Winters and Harriett S. Sigler) was born on 29 Nov 1863 in Cresaptown, Allegheny County, Maryalnd; died on 5 May 1952 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Carrie Virginia Grant, 88, native of Cresaptown, died today at Sacred Heart Hospital. She resided in Fairgo with a daughter, Mrs. Isaac Parker. Mrs. Grant was a daughter of the late John and Harriet (Sigler) Winters. She was a member of the Cresaptown Assembly of God Church. She is survived by three other daughters, Mrs. Sanford Robinette, and Mrs. Chelsie Liller, both of Cresaptown, and Mrs. Lester Beck, Lebanon, Fa.; four sons, Leonard and Ray Grant, both of Lebanon, Pa.; Charles Grant, Cresaptown; and Marshall Grant, Brunswick; 40 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren. The body will remain at the Hafer Funeral Home, where services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m., with Rev. Ira Moore, pastor of the Cresaptown Assembly of God Church, officiating. Interment will be in Eckhart Cemetery.

The Cumberland Evening Times, May 2, 1952

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Per the research of Col. G.T. MacKenzie (Ret.) collected from elderly ancestors beginning in 1929, after Charles Grant died in 1856, James Moses McKenzie raised the four children of Charles Grant and Mary Ann McKenzie until all reached the age of 21.

Charles married Mary Anna McKenzie on 22 Feb 1847 in Allegany County, Maryland. Mary (daughter of James Moses McKenzie and Margaret Agnes Porter) was born on 1 Mar 1826 in Allegany County, Maryland; died in May 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth recorded in Western Maryland Catholics, Koch and Davidson, page 88.

May Anna McKenzie was baptized on March 11, 1827.

John + Harriett S. Sigler. Harriett was born on 29 Jul 1828 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 24 May 1920 in Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]