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Grace McQuiston

Grace McQuiston

Female 1930 - 1952  (22 years)

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  • Name Grace McQuiston 
    Nickname Gracie 
    Birth 5 May 1930  Union City, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 6 Oct 1952  Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Gracie died from diabetes and complictions of from a broken leg.
    Grace McQuiston Death Certificate 1952    		 Grace McQuiston Death Certificate 1952
    Burial 9 Oct 1952  Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I19480  Family
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2018 

    Father William Ulysses Grant McQuiston,   b. 6 May 1879, Crawford Corners, Venango County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1930, Centerville, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Ethel McGonnell,   b. 1900   d. 30 Jan 1964 (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 7 Oct 1917  [4] 
    Family ID F833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William C. Shields 
    Family ID F12783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3918] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906 - 1966, 6 December 2018; Grace McQuiston Death Certificate 1952.

    2. [S834] McQuiston, James Arthur, ltr #90-227.

    3. [S3077] Corry Journal, Phoebe J. McQuiston Kirch Peterson Drace, 96; obituary; 24 July 2012; 3 August 2012.
      Phoebe J. McQuiston Kirch Peterson Drace, 96
       
      Published: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 7:06 PM EDT

      Phoebe J. McQuiston Kirch Peterson Drace, 96, of Park Avenue, Meadville, Pa., and formerly of Corry, died Monday, July 23, 2012, at Wesbury Community.

      She was born January 15, 1916, in Moon Run, Pa., a daughter of the late WilliamG. and Winifred Graham McQuiston.

      Phoebe was raised and educated in the Union City and Corry areas. She and her husband, Elwin Kirch, honeymooned in Alaska and lived there for a short period of time before returning to the Corry area, where her main priority had been raising and caring for her family.

      She was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Corry.Phoebe enjoyed reading and sewing.

      In addition to her parents, Phoebe was preceded in death by her first husband,Elwin Kirch; her second husband, Carl Peterson; and her third husband, Harold Drace; four sisters, Hazel DeMauri, Genevieve McQuiston, Florence Fay and Grace McQuiston; four brothers, Charles, Harold, Jack and Bill McQuiston; three half brothers, Arthur, Harry and George McQuiston; and twin grandsons, Jacob and Robert Miller.

      Phoebe is survived by two daughters, Mary Kirch Humes and her husband, Dale, of Meadville, Pa., and Jo Kirch Benz and her husband, Eldon, of Carbondale, Ill; a son, John Kirch and his wife, Betty, of Plainville, Conn.; and two half sisters, Anne Price and Josephine Coy, both of Corry, Pa.

      She is also survived by nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

      Friends may call at the Bracken Funeral Home, 315 N. Center St., Corry, Pa., on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service there at 11 a.m.The Rev. Mark Rusnak will officiate.

      Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Corry, Pa.

      In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Center for Family Services, 213 Center St., Meadville, PA 16335.

    4. [S97] McQuiston, James Arthur, art 216-245.