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Harriet
(Minerd) Dettling |
Harriet
"Hattie" (Minerd) Dettling was born on Aug. 19, 1902 in Fayette County, PA,
the daughter of James C. and Suvina
(Yauger) Minerd Sr.
In November 1926, when she was 24, Hattie married Harry "Buck" Dettling ( ? -1955), a native of Scottdale. The ceremony was performed by her father's cousin, Rev. David E. Minerd, at the home of Hattie's sister, Etta McDowell. They honeymooned in Harrisburg.
In a long article about the wedding, the Connellsville Daily Courier reported that the "maid of honor was Miss Dora Detling, sister of the groom; the best man, Ernest Conn of Fairchance. At 12 o'clock a turkey dinner was served, covers being laid for fifty guests, among whom were Mr. and Mrs. Detling, parents of the groom, Scottdale; Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Minerd, parents of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Minerd, Mr. and Mrs. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Homer McCabe, all of Uniontown; Mr. and Mrs. John Conn and son, Ernest, of Fairchance; J.C. Minerd of Star Junction; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Minerd and daughter, Dora Frances, of Connellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hager, Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Rhodeheaver and Mr. and Mrs. James Darby of Keister; Miss Eva Minerd and Miss Katharine Minerd and Harry Minerd of Bowood; Miss Dora Detling of Scottdale; Lawrence Darby and Miss Dorothy Darby of Keister. There were about twenty-five children in the party."
They never had any children.
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Bird's eye view of industrial Scottdale |
The Dettlings resided in Scottdale, Westmoreland County and Uniontown, Fayette County. Buck labored as a mechanic at the plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company.
Buck died on March 2, 1955.
The cause and place of Buck's passing are
not yet known, but will be reported here when learned.
Later in life, Hattie moved to Strongsville, Cuyahoga County, OH. She passed away there, at her home on Pearl Road, at age 57 on Jan. 2, 1960.
They are buried at Sylvan Heights Cemetery in Uniontown.
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