Dorothy L. Bowers 2 3
FamilySearch ID: G3TD-FPT. Noted events in her life were: 1. Obituary: York Daily Record: obituary of Dorothy L. McMaster on 9 Apr 1991 in York, York, PA. 2 Dorothy L. McMaster, 82, of 4775 N. Sherman St., died at 8:50 p.m. Sunday at Colonial Manor Nursing Home, York. She was the wife of the late Paul L. McMaster. The service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the William E. Little Funeral Home, 60 S. Main St., Manchester. Burial will be in Mount Rose Cemetery, York. Viewing will be 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. McMaster was born in Gettysburg. She was the daughter of the late John and Lizzie (Beecher) Bowers. She had been employed by York Wallpaper Co. and the former Shiny Brite of Emigsville. A member of Otterbein United Methodist Church of York, she was a former president of American War Mothers and had been a volunteer with the United Service Organization in York during World War II. She was a member of Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, of Iowa Council 26 Daughters of America; Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 556, York; and Auxiliary of American Legion Post 127, York. Mrs. McMaster is survived by a daughter, Doris L. Weitkamp, with whom she lived; a son, John L. Staley; three grandsons; and three great-grandchildren. Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Myron R. Jones. Dorothy married Homer L. Staley in Mar 1949 in Westminster, Carroll, MD.1 (Homer L. Staley was born on 11 Sep 1903 in , Adams, PA,4 5 died on 27 May 1963 in York, York, PA 4 5 and was buried on 31 May 1963 in York: Greenmount Cemetery, York, PA 4 5.) Dorothy next married Paul Leroy McMaster Sr. (Paul Leroy McMaster Sr. was born on 7 Dec 1896 in , York, PA,3 died in Feb 1973 in , York, PA 3 and was buried in York.: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA 3.) |
1 Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, PA), 10 Mar 1949, page 6. Wedding Dorothy Bowers and Homer Staley.
2 York Daily Record (York, PA), 9 Apr 1991, page 9. Obituary of Dorothy L. McMaster.
3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162148642.
4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89366276.
5 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 28 May 1963, page 40. Obituary of Homer Staley.
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