arthurhistory.com - Person Sheet
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NameLaura Elizabeth Styer
Birth24 Nov 1861, Morgantown, Berks County, PA
Death31 Jan 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burial7 Feb 1948, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
Spouses
Birth3 Dec 1860, Reading, Berks County, PA
Death3 Feb 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Burial7 Feb 1948, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
FatherJohn Elliott Arthur (1826-1900)
MotherRebecca Petri Moyer (1829-1903)
Marriage7 May 1890, Morgantown, Berks County, PA4
ChildrenMary Catharine (-1979)
Notes for Amos Alvin (Spouse 1)
A Methodist clergeyman.
Obituary notes for Amos Alvin (Spouse 1)
Double Funeral held for Pastor and Wife

Funeral services for the Rev. Dr. Amos A. Arthur, a retired Methodist minister, who died Tuesday, and his wife, Mrs. Laura Styer Arthur, who died last Saturday were held last night in the East Allegheny Avenue Methodist
Church, Philadelphia. The couple were buried in Reading today.

Doctor Arthur succumbed in the Methodist hospital. He had not been told that his wife had succumbed three days previously at their home, 427 Glen Echo Road, Mt. Airy.

A member of the Philadelphia Methodist Conference, Doctor Arthur retired in 1932. He was born in Reading, was graduated from Dickinson College in 1884 and ordained the same year.

The Arthurs are survived by two daughters, Mrs. Earl B. Collmer, of Mt. Airy, and Mrs. Fred K. Freehafer of Pittsburgh.

[Source: Reading Eagle, Saturday, 7 February 1948.]
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