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Ruth Pearl Smeak

Female 1892 - 1973  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Ruth Pearl Smeak was born on 14 Nov 1892 in Hyndman, Londonderry Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died on 17 Nov 1973 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Mrs. Ruth P. Swearman, 81, of Meyersdale, died Nov. 17, 1973, at her home. Born Nov. 14, 1892, in Hyndman, she was a daughter of the late Jacob and Martha (Logsdon) Smeak. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Paul Critchfield, Boynton; Mrs. Charles Martincie, Rockwood; and Mrs. Ralph Miller, Meyersdale; also seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her husband James Swearman and a son Edward are deceased. Funeral service was conducted Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock in Konhaus Funeral Home, Meyersdale, with Rev. Harold A. Appel officiating. Interment in Union Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, March 22, 1973


    Ruth Pearl SMEAK and James Roscoe SWEARMAN were married on 28 Apr 1913 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.
    James Roscoe Swearman of Meyersdale and Ruth Smeak of Hyndman (and others listed) were married in Cumberland yesterday. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, April 29, 1913

    Family/Spouse: James Roscoe Swearman. James (son of John Swearman and Sarah Ellen Bittner) was born on 12 Mar 1894 in Summit TWP, Somerset County, pennsylvania; died on 12 Apr 1959 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gladys Pauline Swearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Mar 1915 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Jun 2004 in Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland.
    2. 3. Ethel May Swearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1918; died on 1 Mar 2012 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
    3. 4. Charles Edward Swearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Oct 1919 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Dec 1945 in North Field, Tinian Island, Guam.
    4. 5. Helen Elaine Swearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1923 in Meyersdale, Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Nov 2007 in Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gladys Pauline Swearman Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 15 Mar 1915 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 18 Jun 2004 in Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland.

    Notes:

    Gladys Pauline Critchfield, 89, of 139 School Road, Boynton, died Friday, June 18, 2004, at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md. Born March 15, 1915, at Meyersdale, she was the daughter of the late James and Ruth (Smeak) Swearman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul H. Critchfield. Mrs. Critchfield was a seamstress for the former Salisbury Undergarment Factory. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Meyersdale. Surviving are two sons: Paul (Bud) Critchfield and wife Betty, Salisbury; Richard Critchfield and wife Beverly, Fort Hill; one daughter, Connie Shaffer and husband Robert, Gibsonia; two sisters: Ethel Martincic, Lancaster; Elaine Miller, Meyersdale; seven grandchildren: Cindy, Tracy, Larissa, Ryan, Joy, Pam and Ann Marie; and six great-grandchildren: Nathan, Wade, Travis, Tyler, Dominique and Jesse. Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Home, Inc., Salisbury. Services were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Gene Abel officiating. Committal was in the Salisbury Cemetery. June 24, 2004, New Republic, Meyersdale

    Family/Spouse: Paul H. Critchfield. Paul (son of James Blaine Critchfield and Ellen H. Holler) was born on 15 Oct 1911 in Jenners, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 10 Apr 1981 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Connie Jean Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 7. Paul James (Bud) Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    3. 8. Richard Alan Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.

  2. 3.  Ethel May Swearman Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 3 Aug 1918; died on 1 Mar 2012 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Ethel M. Martincic, 93, Rockwood, passed on March 1, 2012, in Lancaster. Born Aug. 3, 1918, in Meyersdale, she is the daughter of the late James and Ruth (Smeak) Swearmann. She is also preceded in death by her husband Charles F. Martincic in 2001; brother Charles Swearmann; and sisters, Gladys Critchfield and Elaine Miller. Ethel was a homemaker. She was a 1936 graduate of Meyersdale High School and was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Rockwood. She is survived by her daughters, Jean M. Haus and husband Thomas, and Kim L. Gadow and husband Yasser; and three grandchildren. A graveside committal service will be held at 12:30 p.m. Monday at Union Cemetery in Meyersdale. Arrangements by Miller Funeral Home and Crematory, Somerset. Somerset Daily American, March 4, 2012

    Family/Spouse: Charles F. Martincic. Charles (son of Frank Martincic and Ivanna Poje) was born on 10 Feb 1920 in Rockwood, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 30 Aug 2001 in Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Jean Ann Martincic  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 10. Kim Louise Martincic  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.

  3. 4.  Charles Edward Swearman Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 19 Oct 1919 in Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Dec 1945 in North Field, Tinian Island, Guam.

    Notes:

    He died on 20 Dec 1945 at the age of 26 in North Field, Tinian Island, Guam. MEYERSDALE, Dec. 29 — Sergeant Charles Edward Swearman, 26, was killed in an airplane crash December 20 on Tinian Island in the South Pacific, the War Department notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Swearman of 34 North street. There were no particulars. A crew member of a bomber with the 20th Squadron of the Army Air Forces on Tinian, he was taken into the Army April 5, 1943, and went overseas last May. A graduate of Meyersdale High School, he leaves his parents and three sisters, Ethel and Elaine at home and Mrs. Paul Critchfield of Meyersdale. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, December 29, 1945

    MEYERSDALE, July 13 — The funeral service for Sergeant Charles E. Swearman, 26, who was killed in the Pacific area December 20, 1945, will be held at 2 P. M. Wednesday at Konhaus funeral home here. Burial will be made in Union Cemetery with the V. F. W. and American Legion in charge of military rites. The son of James and Ruth Swearman, he worked at Martin airplane plant at Baltimore before going into the Air Force, serving with a bomb group. The Daily Courier, Connellsville, July 13, 1948

    The body of Sgt. Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26, is expected to arrive in Meyersdale soon for reburial, coming via the Army transport, Albert M. Boe, which is scheduled to dock in San Francisco in the near future. Sgt. Swearman, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Swearman, North St., Meyersdale, was killed Dec. 20, 1945, in an airplane crash on Tinian Island in the South Pacific. He was serving as a scanner on a bomber with the 20th Air Force when he lost his life. He was inducted into the armed forces April 5, 1943, and went overseas in May 1945. He was stationed with the 315th Bomb Wing, Northwest Field, Guam, and following his death was returned to Guam for burial in the Agat military cemetery there. He is a graduate of Meyersdale High School in the class of 1937. Prior to entering the service, he was employed by the Glenn L. Martin Co. in Baltimore, Md. Meyersdale Republican, May 20, 1948

    The body of Charles Edward Swearman, aged 26 at the time of his death, was returned to Meyersdale, July 12, for reburial in the family plot in Union Cemetery. Sgt. Swearman was born October 19, 1919, in Meyersdale, the son of James Swearman and Ruth Smeak Swearman. He graduated from Meyersdale High School, class of 1937, and was later employed by Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore. Death came as the result of a B-29 crash at North Field, Tinian Island, on December 20, 1945. His body was returned to his home base on Guam, and interment was in the Agat Military Cemetery on that island. Sgt. Swearman was serving with the 411th Bomb Squadron (VH), 502nd Bomb Group, 315th Bomb Wing, stationed at Northwest Field, Guam. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Paul Critchfield, Boynton; Mrs. Ethel Martinele, Rockwood, and Elaine, at home. He was a member of the Knights of Malta Teutonic Lodge No. 320, and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Meyersdale. The service was conducted at the Konhaus Funeral Chapel at 2 p.m. July 14. The Rev. Howard K. Hilner, church pastor, officiated. Full military rites were extended by members of John C. Tressler Post No. 3504, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Charles E. Kelly Post No. 112, American Legion. Interment followed in Union Cemetery. Meyersdale Republican, July 22, 1948

    He was buried on 14 Jul 1948 in Union Cemetery, Meyersdale, Summit Township, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.


  4. 5.  Helen Elaine Swearman Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ruth1) was born on 10 Feb 1923 in Meyersdale, Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 20 Nov 2007 in Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland.

    Notes:

    Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - Somerset Daily American - Helen Elaine Miller, 84, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Goodwill Mennonite Home, Grantsville, Md. Born Feb. 10, 1923, in Meyersdale, a daughter of the late James and Ruth (Smeak) Swearman. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph (Fritz) Miller in 1992; also a sister, Grace Critchfield, and a brother, Edward. She is survived by two children, Sandra Heffley, Meyersdale; and Gerald Miller and wife, Barbara, Irwin; three grandchildren, Kristin Miller, Laura and Heath Heffley; and a sister, Ethel Martincic, Lancaster. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. She worked at G.C. Murphy Co. in Meyersdale. Graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday in Meyersdale Area Union Cemetery. Arrangements under the direction of M. Ray Leckemby Funeral Hom

    Helen married Ralph (Fritz) Miller on 27 Dec 1951 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Ralph was born on 29 Aug 1906; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Gerald Wayne Miller  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 12. Sandra Miller  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Connie Jean Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Connie married Robert T. Shaffer in Private. Robert was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Cynthia Louise Shaffer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 14. Tracy Dawn Shaffer  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.

  2. 7.  Paul James (Bud) Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Paul married Betty Lou Alexander in Private. Betty (daughter of Emerson H. Alexander and Marie Ellen Dewitt) was born on 14 Dec 1943 in Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland; died on 3 Jul 2011 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Ann Marie Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 16. Joy Ann Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    3. 17. Pamela Sue Critchfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.

  3. 8.  Richard Alan Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

  4. 9.  Jean Ann Martincic Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ethel2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Jean married Thomas Haus in Private. Thomas was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 10.  Kim Louise Martincic Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ethel2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Kim married Yasser Gadow in Private. Yasser was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 11.  Gerald Wayne Miller Descendancy chart to this point (5.Helen2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Gerald married Barbara Something in Private. Barbara was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Kristin Miller  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.

  7. 12.  Sandra Miller Descendancy chart to this point (5.Helen2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Sandra married Something Heffley in Private. Something was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Laura Heffley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.
    2. 20. Heath Heffley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Private.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Cynthia Louise Shaffer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Connie3, 2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

  2. 14.  Tracy Dawn Shaffer Descendancy chart to this point (6.Connie3, 2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

  3. 15.  Ann Marie Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (7.Paul3, 2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Ann married Jeffrey Brooks in Private. Jeffrey was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 16.  Joy Ann Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (7.Paul3, 2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Joy married Kevin Bittner in Private. Kevin was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 17.  Pamela Sue Critchfield Descendancy chart to this point (7.Paul3, 2.Gladys2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

    Pamela married Terry Thompson in Private. Terry was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 18.  Kristin Miller Descendancy chart to this point (11.Gerald3, 5.Helen2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

  7. 19.  Laura Heffley Descendancy chart to this point (12.Sandra3, 5.Helen2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.

  8. 20.  Heath Heffley Descendancy chart to this point (12.Sandra3, 5.Helen2, 1.Ruth1) was born in Private.


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