Margaret Elizabeth Orton
1922 - 1957 (34 years)-
Name Margaret Elizabeth Orton Birth 2 Aug 1922 Pulaski, Oswego, New York 
Gender Female Death 10 Jan 1957 Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Person ID I41280 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Avery Charles Orton, b. 30 Dec 1893, Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA d. 24 Jul 1975, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States of America (Age 81 years) Relationship natural Mother Edwina Gertrude Skinner, b. 22 Jun 1905, Camden, Oneida, NY d. 19 Mar 1959, Osceola Hospital, Kissimmee, Fla (Age 53 years) Relationship natural Marriage 14 Oct 1920 Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Family ID F10712 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family J Allen Pierce Marriage 25 Aug 1945 Family ID F931 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, January 17, 1957 Pulaski Democrat - Mrs. Pierce, 34 Dies in Penna. - Word has been received of the death of Mrs. J. Allen Pierce, 34, at St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 10, following a long illness. Mrs. Pierce will be remembered as Margaret E. Orton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Avery C. Orton of this village. Private funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Beinhauer Funeral Home, followed by interment in Mt. Lebanon cemetery. Memorial services were held at Bower Hill Community Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., with the Rev. William Barker and the Rev. Bruce McKenzie officiating. Surviving besides her husband, are two daughters, Ann Althea and Margaret Lee; her parents, and a sister, Mrs. Stanley J. (Barbara) Robarge of Central Square. Mrs. Pierce was born in Pulaski Aug. 2, 1922 the daughter of Avery C. and Edwina Skinner Orton. She was graduated from Pulaski Academy and Central school in 1940 and from Ohio State University School of Library Science. On Aug 25, 1945 she was married to J. Allen Pierce of Columbus, Ohio. She was a member of the Bower Hill Community church, of Mrt. Lebanon, Pa., of Ohio State University Alumni Association, Alpha Phi Alumnae, the Women's Auxiliary of St. Clair Memorial hospital, and was active in various church and civic groups. In lieu of flowers, friends were contributing to the Bower Hill Community church memorial fund, or the American Cancer Society.
Class of 1940 PACS
- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, January 17, 1957 Pulaski Democrat - Mrs. Pierce, 34 Dies in Penna. - Word has been received of the death of Mrs. J. Allen Pierce, 34, at St. Clair Memorial Hospital, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 10, following a long illness. Mrs. Pierce will be remembered as Margaret E. Orton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Avery C. Orton of this village. Private funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Beinhauer Funeral Home, followed by interment in Mt. Lebanon cemetery. Memorial services were held at Bower Hill Community Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., with the Rev. William Barker and the Rev. Bruce McKenzie officiating. Surviving besides her husband, are two daughters, Ann Althea and Margaret Lee; her parents, and a sister, Mrs. Stanley J. (Barbara) Robarge of Central Square. Mrs. Pierce was born in Pulaski Aug. 2, 1922 the daughter of Avery C. and Edwina Skinner Orton. She was graduated from Pulaski Academy and Central school in 1940 and from Ohio State University School of Library Science. On Aug 25, 1945 she was married to J. Allen Pierce of Columbus, Ohio. She was a member of the Bower Hill Community church, of Mrt. Lebanon, Pa., of Ohio State University Alumni Association, Alpha Phi Alumnae, the Women's Auxiliary of St. Clair Memorial hospital, and was active in various church and civic groups. In lieu of flowers, friends were contributing to the Bower Hill Community church memorial fund, or the American Cancer Society.