Mary Louise Berish - Revision history

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Residences */ Made corrections and added additional content

2024-06-28T19:14:43Z

Residences: Made corrections and added additional content

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Family Years */ Added a link to Frances Irene Briscoe

2023-10-26T23:46:03Z

Family Years: Added a link to Frances Irene Briscoe

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Early Years */

2023-02-16T07:26:58Z

Early Years

Edward Timko Jr.: Updated content

2022-12-29T05:43:28Z

Updated content

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Early Years */ Added family links

2021-11-20T22:29:05Z

Early Years: Added family links

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Early Years */ Added a link to Joseph Berish

2021-10-16T20:27:56Z

Early Years: Added a link to Joseph Berish

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Early Years */

2021-09-16T01:58:55Z

Early Years

Edward Timko Jr.: Added a link to Dorothy Mae Briscoe

2021-08-07T03:13:57Z

Added a link to Dorothy Mae Briscoe

Edward Timko Jr.: Added a link to Joseph Paul Stapinsky

2021-07-21T01:44:21Z

Added a link to Joseph Paul Stapinsky

Edward Timko Jr.: /* Family Years */

2021-07-21T01:20:23Z

Family Years

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 Born on July  19,1906 in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. She was the fifth oldest child to '''[[Michael Berish]]''' and '''[[Anna P. Mudry]]'''.
 == Description ==
-Mary was of average build and stature. She had brown hair and brown eyes.
+Mary was of average build and stature. She had brown hair and brown eyes. Mary wore corrective eyeglasses in her later years.
 == Early Years ==
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 Married '''[[Joseph Stanley Briscoe]]''' on April 29, 1929 in the Sagamore, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: one boy - Joseph Edward and two girls - Dorothy Mae and Frances Irene. Joseph died in mining accident. Mary later married '''[[Joseph Paul Stapinski]]''' on August 18, 1956 in Winchester County, Virginia. The couple had no children.
-The couple would eventually have three children:
+The Mary and Joe  would eventually have three children:
 * '''[[Dorothy Mae Briscoe]]'''
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 == Residences ==
 == Working Years ==
-In the 1940s, Mary had been employed as a munitions factory worker by Federal Laboratories in Tunnelton, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Federal Laboratories produced “incendiary magnesium powder bombs, grenades and other munitions.” She retired from Federal Laboratories in 1968. [Note: Tunnelton is a hamlet located near Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
+* Homemaker for about 47 years.
+* In the 1940s, Mary had been employed as a munitions factory worker by Federal Laboratories in Tunnelton, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Federal Laboratories produced “incendiary magnesium powder bombs, grenades and other munitions.” She retired from Federal Laboratories in 1968. [Note: Tunnelton is a hamlet located near Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.]
-She later worked as a housekeeper at a local rectory after her retirement.
+* She later worked as a housekeeper at a local rectory after her retirement.
 == Personal Life ==
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 Mary died from a heart attack on March 10, 1994 at the Forbes Regional Hospital in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
-She was buried on March 21, 1994 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
+She was buried on March 21, 1994 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Mary’s grave is located at St. Bernard’s Cemetery which is located at 200 Clairvaux Drive in Indiana, PA 15701 about one and half miles northeast of Indiana, Pennsylvania.

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 * '''[[Dorothy Mae Briscoe]]'''
-* Frances Irene Briscoe
+* '''[[Frances Irene Briscoe]]'''
-* Joseph Edward Briscoe
+* '''[[Joseph Edward Briscoe]]'''
 == Residences ==

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 ** '''[[Joseph Berish]]'''
 **[[Paul Joseph Berish|'''Paul Joseph Berish''']]
-** Margaret Ann Berish
+** '''[[Margaret Ann Berish - Beros]]'''
 ** '''[[Emma Eleanor Berish]]'''

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 Born on July  19,1906 in Barnesboro, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. She was the fifth oldest child to '''[[Michael Berish]]''' and '''[[Anna P. Mudry]]'''.
 == Description ==
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 == Early Years ==
-* '''Childhood''' -
+* '''Childhood''' - During her youth, she contracted typhoid fever and almost died.
 * '''Siblings'''
 **'''[[Anna Veronica Berish]]'''
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 == Education ==
-Completed the seventh grade.
+Completed the seventh grade. She was pulled from school by her father to help around the house.
 == Religion ==
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 == Working Years ==
-Homemaker. Employed as a munitions factory worker by Federal Laboratories in Tunnelton, Pennsylvania. She later worked as a housekeeper at a local rectory after her retirement.
+Homemaker for about 47 years.
 == Personal Life ==
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 == Death ==
-Mary died on March 10, 1994 at the Forbes Regional Hospital in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She was buried on March 21, 1994 at St. Bernard's Cemetery in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
+Mary died from a heart attack on March 10, 1994 at the Forbes Regional Hospital in Avonmore, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

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 **[[Paul Joseph Berish|'''Paul Joseph Berish''']]
 ** Margaret Ann Berish
-** Emma Eleanor Berish
+** '''[[Emma Eleanor Berish]]'''
 == Education ==

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 ** '''[[Susan Elizabeth Berish]]'''
 ** '''[[Theresa E. Berish]]'''
-** Joseph Berish
+** '''[[Joseph Berish]]'''
 **[[Paul Joseph Berish|'''Paul Joseph Berish''']]
 ** Margaret Ann Berish

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 ** '''[[John Paul Berish]]'''
 ** '''[[Andrew Michael Berish]]'''
-** Elizabeth Helen Berish
+** '''[[Elizabeth Helen Berish]]'''
-** Peter John Berish
+** '''[[Peter John Berish]]'''
-** Susan Elizabeth Berish
+** '''[[Susan Elizabeth Berish]]'''
-** Theresa E. Berish
+** '''[[Theresa E. Berish]]'''
 ** Joseph Berish
 **[[Paul Joseph Berish|'''Paul Joseph Berish''']]

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 == Family Years ==
-Married '''[[Joseph Stanley Briscoe]]''' on April 29, 1929 in the Sagamore, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: one boy - Joseph Edward and two girls - Dorothy Mae and Frances Irene. Joseph died in mining accident. Mary later married Joseph S. Stapinsi on August 18, 1956 in Winchester County, Virginia. The couple had no children.
+Married '''[[Joseph Stanley Briscoe]]''' on April 29, 1929 in the Sagamore, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. The couple had three children: one boy - Joseph Edward and two girls - Dorothy Mae and Frances Irene. Joseph died in mining accident. Mary later married '''[[Joseph Paul Stapinski]]''' on August 18, 1956 in Winchester County, Virginia. The couple had no children.
 The couple would eventually have three children: