John Edgar Geesey ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: KPH4-6VT.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in York, York, PA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded at 315 S. Queen St.: Purd A. Geesey, secretary in fire insurance co., 52, living with wife Anna, 47; Roy L., notary public in own office, 22; Nora I., book keeper in gas co. office, 20; John E., 17; and Martha R., 13. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1930 in York, York, PA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded at 315 S. Queen St.: Purd A. Geesey, secretary in fire insurance co., 62, living with wife Anna, 57; and son John E., assistant superintendent at gas manufactory, 27, single. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: 29 South Keesey St., York, PA on 25 Aug 1951 in York, York, PA. ⁵

4. Cause of Death: John died at Rockburn & Market Streets in Springettsbury Twp. From compression of brain due to compound fracture of skull & laceration of brain due to trauma. Deceased thrown from struck vehicle, hit head on sewer inlet at 5:50 pm, 18 Jan 1969, Springettsbury Township, York, PA. ⁶

5. Cause of Death: killed in an auto accident, 18 Jan 1969, York, York, PA. ⁹

6. Occupation: Executive with Gas Company on 18 Jan 1969 in York, York, PA. ⁶

7. Residence: 29 S. Rockburn St., York, PA on 18 Jan 1969 in York, York, PA. ⁶

8. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Executive Killed, 20 Jan 1969, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ Executive Killed
York, Pa. (UPI) -- John E. Geesey, 69, chairman of the board of the York County Gas Co. and vice president of the York County Industrial Development Corp., was killed Saturday in a collison of two automobiles near his home. He was pronounced dead at the scene of a skull fracture. His wife was treated for minor injuries. Terry J. Marshall, 21, York, driver of the other car, was in satisfactory condition at York Memorial Hospital. Police said Marshall's auto struck Geesey's car broadside at an intersection.

John married Dora J. Kunkel, daughter of Jacob S. Kunkel and Nora Stare, on 14 Aug 1930 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.¹ (Dora J. Kunkel was born on 24 Jan 1905 in York, Pennsylvania,^{12 13} died on 1 Sep 1990 in York, York, PA ^{12 13} and was buried in Mount Rose Cemetery, Spring Garden Township, York, Pennsylvania ^{12 13}.)