Person Record

Metadata

Name

Strait, Harold G.

Genealogy ID

19881

Born

12 AUG 1898

Birthplace

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Deceased

15 DEC 1983

Deceased where

Wellsboro, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery

Education

Mansfield High School 1917
Mansfield State Normal School 1917

Occupation

Hardware Merchant
Strait's Hardware

Titles & honors

Rte 15 Highway Assoc.
Appalachian Throughway Assoc.
Austin-Cox American Legion Post 478 charter member
F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247.
Mansfield Hose Company
Tioga County Historical Society
Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
Mansfield Kiwanis Club
World War One Memorial Wall
Delphic Fraternity

Military

World War One

Father

George L. Strait

Mother

Anna E. Westbrook

Spouse

Helen Stepler, Margeurite Cottle, Dorotha Escott

Reference

Obit

Notes

STRAIT - Harold G. Strait, 85, of 60 North Main St., Mansfield, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1983, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. Mr. Strait was former owner of Strait’s Hardware at Mansfield, a family operated business since 1891, retiring in 1971. Born at Mansfield Aug. 12, 1898, he was a son of George L. and Anna Westbrook Strait. He was a member and former moderator of First Baptist Church in Mansfield. A graduate of Mansfield High School, he was graduated in 1917 from Mansfield Normal School, a forerunner of Mansfield University. He had been president of the Tioga County Chapter of the Appalachian Thruway Association and was treasurer of the state association. He was a former director of the Route 14 Highway Association. In 1941 he set up the Tioga County draft board and served as its clerk until 1946. An Army veteran of World War I, he was a charter member of Austin Cox American Legion Post 478 at Mansfield. He was a past commander of that post and for the 16th District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Strait was a member of Friendship Lodge 247 F&AM, which he had served as worshipful master in 1924 and its secretary for 21 years. He was a 33rd-degree Mason since 1952 and was a deputy grand master for 10 years with the 17th Masonic District. He was a member of Zebulon Royal Arch Chapter 296 and Baldwin II Commandery 22, Knights Templar, Williamsport; the Red Cross of Constantine and the Royal Order of Scotland and a member of Williamsport Consistory. Mr. Strait was a life member of Irem Temple, Wilkes Barre, and a member of the Williamsport and Tioga County Shrine Clubs. He also was a life member of Mansfield Hose Co. and a member of the Tioga County Historical Society. In addition, he was a member of the Mansfield Kiwanis Club with a perfect attendance for 12 years, and was awarded a 50 year certificate of service from the Mansfield Chamber of Commerce in 1972. Besides his wife, Mrs. Marguerite C. Strait, he is survived by a nephew, Theodore Williams of Middletown, NJ; two nieces, Mrs. Ann Cordes of Sandpoint, Idaho, and Mrs. Winifred Jeanings of Hermitage, Tennessee. The funeral was held on Monday at the church on Main Street. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery at Mansfield. The Rev. Benjamin E. Nevin, his pastor, officiated. Arrangements by the Scureman Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of Mansfield or the Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia. - Wellsboro Gazette, December 21, 1983

Served 13 June 1918 - 31 Jan 1919

Pvt in the Army