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Mary Grace ASHCOM

Female 1908 - 1975


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  • Nickname  Grace 
    Born  6 Nov 1908  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Female 
    Died  14 Jun 1975  New Castle, New Castle, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  West Fairfield United Presbyterian Church, West Fairfield, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I1394  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  22 Apr 2017 

    Father  Benjamin Franklin ASHCOM,   b. 26 Apr 1866, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1947, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Margaret Mary VAN HORN,   b. 22 Mar 1868,   d. 30 Nov 1926, New Florence, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Bef 1890 
    Family ID  F313  Group Sheet

    Family  Wilbur Newton SPORY,   b. Abt 1903,   d. 1954, West Fairfield United Presbyterian Church, West Fairfield, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert B. SPORY,   d. 11 Oct 1977, Newark, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. David A. SPORY
     3. Sandra K. SPORY,   b. 6 Apr 1939, Akron, Summit Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Eugene SPORY,   b. 3 Dec 1927, New Florence, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1929, New Florence, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F480  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Grace lived in Akron, Ohio before she moved to live with her son in Delaware, where she died. According to Frank Ashcom, Grace's daughter, Sandra Lee Snyder, who may be living in Pittsburgh in 1997, may have Benjamin Ashcom's family Bible.

      The following obituary was published in the Ligonier (Pennsylvania) Echo on June 18, 1975:

      Mrs. Mary G. Spory

      Mrs. Mary Grace Spory, 66, of Newark, Delaware, died Saturday, June 15, 1975, at Capital University Hospital, Philadelphia. She was born November 6, 1908 in New Florence, daughter of the late Ben F. and Margaret VanHorn Ashcom.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Newton. She is survived by the following: Robert B. Spory, Newark, Del., David A. Spory, Newark Del., David A. Spory, Hudson, Mass., and Sandra K. Snyder, Wilmington, Del., and nine grandchildren. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Florence Pardoe of Florida.

      Services were held on Tuesday, June 17 at 11 a.m., at the Kenneth A. Stuart Funeral Home, New Florence, with the Rev. Harold H. Himes officiating. Interment was in the Fairfield Cemetery.