John 'Homer' Whetzel
(1890-1958)
John
Homer Whetzel was born on March 26, 1890 at Dawson,
Fayette County, PA, the son of Delmar
and Mariah J. (Minerd) Whetzel. He went by 'Homer' and apparently
was named after an uncle, who also went by 'Homer.'
Homer married Mary Ann Roley (1891-1969), shown here. Their children were Vera Jenkins and Edith Cunkelman.
They lived at Belle Vernon, Fayette County, PA and Saltsburg, Indiana County, PA.
Homer was a member of the First Christian Church of Brownsville, and Mary Ann a member of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon. In 1940, they left Belle Vernon and in 1947 moved to Saltsburg, where Homer was employed as a maintenance worker on the Loyalhanna Flood Control Dam.
The
photo, seen at right, shows Homer and Mary Ann in later years, when they were
grandparents bestowing love on their grandchildren.
On Jan. 10, 1958, Homer died at Indiana Hospital. Mary Ann lived another 11 years and passed away at Latrobe (PA) Hospital on Dec. 28, 1969. They are buried at Belle Vernon Cemetery.
For more information on this line, contact granddaughter Marilyn (Jenkins) Prinzing.
Copyright 2000, 2002 Mark A. Miner