Flora May Lancaster 1
- Born: 25 Apr 1877, Lonaconing, MD 1
- Marriage: Samuel Hodgson Black 21 Oct 1895 1
- Died: 28 Jan 1938, McKeesport, PA.(Hunter Edmonson Striffler), at age 60 1
- Buried: McKeesport Versailles Cemetery 1
 General Notes:
Died of angina pectoris (from family notes)
======= From McKeesport Daily News, Friday Evening, January 28, 1938:
Mrs. Samuel H. Black Mrs. Flora May Lancaster Black, 60, wife of Samuel H. Black, died at 1:56 a.m. today at her home, 328 Archer Ave., following an illness of several months.
Mrs. Black was born in Lonaconing, Mich**, on April 25, 1877, but had spend most of her life in McKeesport. She was a member of the West Side M.E. Church, the Women's Auxiliary of the church, the Y.M.C.A. Ladies Auxiliary, the Y.M.C.A. Women's Civic Club and was one of the adult leaders in Boy Scout Troop No. 11.
She is survived by her husband and the following children: Mrs. Irene Swanson and Mrs. Hazel Brown, both of McKeesport, Mrs. Erda Kayser*, of Wilkinsburg, the Misses Helen and Dorothy, at home, Ney, Elmer and Gene at home, Alvin, of McKeesport, and Kenneth of Steubenville.
One sister Mrs. Elizabeth Libengood, of McKeesport, and four grandchildren, also survive.
Friends are being received at the Hunter-Edmunson-Striffler Funeral Home. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday from the West Side M.E. Church in charge of the Rev. Harold E. Miller. Burial will be in Versailles Cemetery.
==== ** This was printed wrong in the paper. She was born in Maryland, not Michigan. * Typo in paper. Correct spelling is Kaiser.
Flora married Samuel Hodgson Black, son of Dr. Charles Holmes Black and Mary Jane Hodgson, on 21 Oct 1895.1 (Samuel Hodgson Black was born on 25 Jun 1874 2,3,4, died on 27 Jun 1942 in McKeesport, PA 1 and was buried on 30 Jun 1942 in McKeesport Versailles Cemetery, Lot B Sec 84 1.)
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