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- POPULAR YOUNG WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. Harry A. Staley, Member Knox School Faculty Dies Last Night
Mrs. Minnie Martin Staley, wife of Harry A. Staley, clerk at the Johnstown postoffice, passed away last evening at 6:30 at the family residence, 10 South Chase street.
Mrs. Staley had been in failing health for some time and the end came as the result of complications, causing a distinct shock to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the community.
A lifelong resident of this locality, she was born in the Town of Johnstown, the daughter of Joseph B. and Mary Craus Martin of that town. She attended the Johnstown High school and was a graduate of the Johnstown Training school class of 1903.
Mrs. Staley has been a member of the faculty of the local schools for the past 21 years, having been an instructor in science in the Knox Junior High school for the past three years.
In the death of Mrs. Staley, the community loses another of its women held in the highest esteem and brings a sincere loss to a wide circle of friends, among whom she numbered young and old alike.
Although active throughout her life in religious and social affairs, her work was done quietly and without ostentation, for which her thoughtfulness and kindness will be cherished by pupils and older acquaintances, all of whom mourn her passing.
Mrs. Staley’s everyday life was an exemplification of a splendid Christian woman. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran church. Naturally quiet and unassuming in manner, Mrs. Staley found time and cheerfully assisted in those duties which tend for the advancement of her pupils as well as the success of the organizations with which she had affiliated.
She was an active member of Johnstown Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution, the Eclectic Study Club, the National Education Association and the New York State Teachers’ Association.
The surviving relatives besides her husband are one brother, Joseph Martin of the Town of Johnstown, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Staley is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob W. Staley of this city.
The remains were removed to the A. Whitney Brown funeral home to be prepared for burial and will be taken to the Staley home, 10 South Chase street, today, from where the funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Wilmer M. Zuehlke, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church will officiate, and interment will be made in Fern Dale cemetery.
(The Morning Herald, Gloversville and Johnstown NY, Thursday, July 16, 1936)
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