Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Corwin, Edna Mae |
Othernames |
Edna Gillett |
Genealogy ID |
78966 |
Born |
01 NOV 1902 |
Birthplace |
Tompkins County, NY |
Deceased |
09 NOV 1999 |
Deceased where |
Charleston, Tioga PA |
Cemetery |
Watson Cemetery |
Education |
Pumpkin Hill School |
Occupation |
Gillett Grocery Store Canyon Airport School Bus Driver |
Titles & honors |
Gray Lady |
Father |
Seth Corwin |
Mother |
Elizabeth Brown |
Spouse |
Everett Gillett |
Reference |
Obit |
Notes |
CORWIN - Edna M. Gillett: (SRGP 78966) WELLSBORO — Edna Mae "Peggy" Giilett, 97, of Charleston Township died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at Broad Acres Nursing Home. She and her husband, Evert Gillett, operated the former Gillett Grocery Store and Implements, Charleston Township, and the Canyon Airport. He died April 28, 1979, after 54 years of marriage. She retired in 1965 after 30 years as a school bus driver for Charleston schools. She attended Dexter Baptist Church and was a gray lady at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital for more than 20 years. Born Nov. 1, 1902, in Trumbles Corners, she was a daughter of Seth and Elizabeth Brown Corwin. Surviving are two half sisters, Charlotte Smith of Elmira, N.Y., and Bethaldo Wright of Dundee, N.Y.; a half brother, William Mosher of Columbia Cross Roads; several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Tussey-Mosher's, 139 Main St. with Pastor Vernon W. VanNess officiating. Burial will be in Roseville Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from I to 2 p.m. |
