Lester Ronald Munson

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LONACONING — Lester Munson, 64, of Nikep, died yeterday at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland. A native of Nikep, he was a son of the late Joshua and Elizabeth (Jackson) Munson. A retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad pipefitter, he was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 339. Surviving are his widow, Bessie (Kiddy) Munson; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Riley, Piedmont, and Miss Betty Munson, Nikep; a son, Lester R. Munson, Nikep; a brother, Virgil Munson, Baltimore; a sister, Miss Daisy Munson, Baltimore, and two grandchildren. The body is at the Eichhorn Funeral Home where friends will be received from 7 until 9 p.m. today and from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p.m. tomorrow. Services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. in the funeral home by Rev. Albert L. Ogden. Interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening Times, September 28, 1971

Lester + Bessie Kiddy. Bessie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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LONACONING - Joshua J. Munson, 84, a resident of Pekin, died yesterday, at Miners Hospital, Frostburg. Born in Hancock, he was a son of the late John and Columbia (Simons) Munson. His wife, Eliza (Jackson) Munson, preceded him in death. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Leroy Tomlinson, Frostburg, and Miss Daisy Munson, Pekin; three sons, Lester Munson, Pekin; Melvin Munson, Lonaconing, and Virgil Munson, Baltimore; one sister, Miss Daisy Munson, Hancock; and three brothers, Jacob, Charles, and John Munson, all of Hancock. The body is at the Eichhorn Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted Friday at 2 p. m. at the funeral home by Rev. Charles Russell and interment will be in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Moscow. The Cumberland Evening Times, November 7, 1962

Joshua + Elizabeth Jackson. Elizabeth (daughter of George Henry Jackson and Clara Louise Crowe) was born about 1883 in Maryland; died on 7 Sep 1941 in Pekin, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lonaconing, Sept. 8 - Mrs. Elizabeth (Jackson) Munson, 58, wife of Joshua Munson, died yesterday at 3:15 p.m. at her home in Pekin, following an illness of three weeks. She was a daughter of the late George and Clara Jackson, and a native of Avilton, Md. For the past 54 years she had been a resident of Pekin and was a member of the Pentecostal Church, Lonaconing. Surviving besides her husband are the following children: Mrs. Clara Tomlinson, Wrights Crossing; Lester, Pekin; Melvin, Camp Meade; and Cevil, Virgil and Daisy, at home. One brother, Edward of Pekin, and two sisters, Mrs. William Harper, Knapp Meadow, Mrs. Francis Himmelwright, Cumberland, and six grandchildren also survive. The Cumberland Evening Times, September 8, 1941

George married Clara Louise Crowe in 1883 in Garrett County, Maryland. Clara (daughter of Isaac Crowe and Mary Ellen Chaney) was born about 1858 in Maryland; died between 1925 and 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]