Mary Bertha Lease

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Mary B. LEASE (Margaret Elizabeth MCKENZIE-3, Silas Johnson-2, Aaron William-1) was born about 1891 in Rawlings, Allegany Co., Maryland. She died on 30 Apr 1966 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland. Mrs. Mary B. Gordon, 75, of Rawlings, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital where she was admitted February 16. She had been in failing health the past year. A native of Rawlings, she was a daughter of the late William W. and Margaret (McKenzie) Lease, and the widow of Benjamin H. Gordon. She was a member of Rawlings Methodist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Marie Gordon, Rawlings; two sons, Benjamin H. Gordon, Jr., Rawlings, and Ira M. Gordon, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.; a brother W. Kenneth Lease, Washington; a sister, Mrs. Elsie E. Hahn, Triple Lakes; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The body is at the George Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 until 4 and 7 until 9 p. m. A service will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the funeral home by Rev. Carl L. Whitten, pastor of the Rawlings Methodist Church. Burial will be in Biertown Cemetery.

The Cumberland Evening Times, March 1, 1966.

Mary married Benjamin H. Gordon on 30 Oct 1913. Benjamin (son of U.G. Gordon and Bessie Crabtree) was born about 1891; died in 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]