Homer
B. Thurston
(1892-1935)
Homer B. Thurston was born in either 1889 or 1892 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, the son of Charles and Emma (Minerd) Thurston.
Homer married Florence E. Miller (1893-1974). Their children were Jay M. Thurston and Lois Jean Thurston, and perhaps others. Sadly, Lois Jean died shortly after her seventh birthday, on Oct. 30, 1920.
In 1920, when the federal census was taken, Homer was living in Mt. Pleasant.
When
the federal census was taken in 1930, the family home was on Mt. Pleasant's Main
Street. Homer, age 44, was employed as a foreman in a local coal mine. Seen here is a rare old photographic
postcard showing Main Street, looking east.
By 1935, the Thurstons made their home in Renton, Allegheny County, PA.
Homer died at the age of 47 on July 10, 1935 at St. Margaret's Hospital in Aspinwall, near Pittsburgh. He was laid to rest in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Florence outlived him by almost 40 years. She died in 1974, and is buried beside her husband and daughter Lois Jean.
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