Teresa Lynn Bolden

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Kenneth J. Bolden, staff writer and photographer for The Daily Courier, died Monday, at 5:25 p.m. in Connellsville State General Hospital. He was 41 years old. Mr. Bolden had been in the hospital since July 31 after suffering a heart attack. He was recovering satisfactorily until Sunday when he suffered a relapse. He resided at 213 East Crawford Ave. with his wife, Rita Joyce Hare Bolden, and their three children, Teresa, Kenneth Jr., and Karen. Mr. Bolden joined The Daily Courier in 1958 as photographer and reporter. He holds state awards in Pennsylvania news contests for news coverage of a sports event (1954) and feature photography (1959). Bolden was widely known for his photographic and writing accomplishments and had covered all of the major news events in this area since coming here eleven years ago. Prior to coming to Connellsville he worked for the Meyersdale Republican, and the Mount Pleasant Journal. He entered the newspaper field in 1953 with the Republican as sports editor, general news reporter and photographer. He served with the Journal in similar capacities from 1955 to 1958. He was born July 17, 1928, a son of the late John A. and Marjorie A. Gill Bolden. He was a graduate of Meyerdale High School in 1946. He was a member of Immaculate Conception R. C. Church. Surviving in addition to his wife and children are three brothers, John Albert, Meyersdale, Eugene of Lavale, Md., and Richard of Cumberland, Md., and a sister, Mrs. Vincent (Marjorie) Jacob of Somerset. The Daily Courier, August 19, 1969, Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Kenneth married Rita Joyce Hare in Private. Rita (daughter of Clemon Cecil Hare and Nannie Murray) was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Information on this line was supplied by Patrick Bolden and Sheryl Kelso in January 2019.

John Albert Bolden died suddenly, Tuesday, July 2, about noon, at his home on Salisbury Street, following a severe heart attack, the third he had. He became ill first at the Bolden Plumbing Shop on Saturday and had to be taken home. On Sunday he felt much better and was able to be out. Tuesday morning he suffered two more attacks at home, the second of which proved fatal. Mr. Bolden was born in Meyersdale, January 26, 1890, a son of Charles A. and Annie Hart Bolden. His father died a number of years ago. Albert learned the plumbing trade as a boy from his father and was an expert workman in every line of the trade. Except for a few years of residence in Charleston, W.Va., he worked for the Bolden Plumbing Co., which since the death of his father has been continued by his mother, with the assistance of her sons and other members of her family. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Gill Bolden; his mother; four sons, Eugene, Somerset; John Albert Jr., Richard and Kenneth, Meyersdale, and one daughter, Marjorie, at home, and one grandson. He also leaves eight sisters and brothers: Mrs. Marcella Stotler, Mrs. Walter Gress, Mrs. Mary Weyer, Mrs. Daniel Clapper, Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mrs. Elam Miller, Miss Anna Bolden, Edgar E. (Bill) Bolden and Frederick Bolden, all of Meyersdale. Funeral arrangements are in charge of R. Reich & Son. Services will be held at 9 o'clock Friday morning in SS. Philip and James Catholic Church, when requiem mass will be sung by Rev. Father T. J. Houghton. Meyersdale Republican, July 4, 1946

John + Marjorie Gill. Marjorie (daughter of Charles Gill and Minnie Church) was born on 1 Apr 1895 in Dunbar, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; died on 29 Dec 1962 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mrs. Marjorie (Gill) Bolden, 67, city, formerly of Meyersdale, died Saturday at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born April 1, 1895, at Dunbar, Pa., she was a daughter of the late Charles and Minnie (Church) Gill. Her husband, John A. Bolden Sr., died in 1946. She was a member of SS. Philip and James Catholic Church and of the ladies guild of the church. Surviving are four sons, John A. Bolden Jr., Meyersdale; Eugene G. Bolden, LaVale; Richard O. Bolden, city, and Kenneth J. Bolden, Connellsville, Pa.; one daughter, Mrs. Vincent Jacob, Friedens, Pa.; two brothers, Stanley Gill, Charleston, W. Va., and William A. Gill, Alexandria, Va., and 13 grandchildren. The body is at the Price Funeral Home, Meyersdale. Requiem Mass will be celebrated in SS. Philip and James Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. by Rev. James S. Kirkpatrick. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. The Rosary will be recited tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the funeral home. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 31, 1962

Clemon + Nannie Murray. Nannie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + Annie Hart. Annie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles + Minnie Church. Minnie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]