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Mary Elizabeth Tarr

Female 1930 - 2008


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  • Born  7 Aug 1930  New Kensington, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  28 Jun 2008  Lower Burrell, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I11093  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  7 Jul 2019 

    Father  Alexander Robinson Tarr,   b. 26 Jul 1899, Murrysville, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1953, Plum Borough, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Wanda Lillian JOHNSON,   b. 5 Mar 1904, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1977, New Kensington, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F3491  Group Sheet

    Family  Donald J. Welsh,   d. 17 Mar 2008 
    Children 
     1. Elaine C. Welsh
     2. Mary L. Welsh
     3. Dawn B. Welsh
     4. Betty Welsh
     5. Mark J. Welsh
    Family ID  F5903  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • NOTE: Based on the obituary below, Mary was born to Herman Hambenne and Wanda L. Johnson, but was raised by Alexander Robinson Tarr. According to his Pennsylvania Death Certificate, Herman died of pneumonia in 1932.

      The following obituary was published in The Valley News Dispatch on June 30, 2008:

      Mary E. Welsh, 77, of Arnold, died Saturday, June 28, 2008, in Bel Air Nursing Center, Lower Burrell. She was born Aug. 7, 1930, in New Kensington, daughter of the late Herman Hambenne and Wanda L. Johnson Hambenne Tarr, and had been a life resident of the local area. A housewife, she had also worked as a waitress and for Paragon Plastics in New Kensington. She enjoyed bingo and time with her great-granddaughter and family. Mary is survived by her four daughters, Elaine C., Mary L. and Dawn B. Welsh, all at home, and Betty (Richard) Taradena, of Export; son, Mark J. (Tammy) Welsh, of New Kensington; grandchildren, Holly (Dennis) Beattie and Ted (Sue) Jablonowski; great-granddaughter, Cheyenne Beattie; two sisters, Helene (Walter) Alworth, of Braeburn, Lower Burrell, and Wanda (Glenn) Claypool, of Kittanning; also several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Donald J. "Pee Wee" Welsh, on March 17, 2008; her stepfather, who raised her, Alexander Robinson Tarr; and a brother, Lee Robinson "Bobby" Tarr. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the RUSIEWICZ FUNERAL HOME, 1400 Fifth Ave., Arnold, where funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday by the Rev. Dave A. Hefferan. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Lower Burrell.