Earl Elmer Neary

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• FamilySearch ID: LJJ4-RXT
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Stonerstown, Liberty Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 25 Mar 1920, Liberty Township, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania
• Occupation: From 1929 to 1967; a general insurance agent
• Residence: 1929, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania

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OBITUARY:
County Fair Board leader dies at 83
An active member of the Huntingdon County Fair Board, Earl E. Neary, 83, of 1133 Mifflin St., Huntingdon died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. 1985 at his home.
Born in Stonerstown on Aug. 27, 1901, he was a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Figard) Neary. He was married Feb. 24, 1948 to the former Mabel Richardson who preceded him in death on Feb. 11. 1952.
Survived by a number of nieces and nephews, he was the last of 11 children.
He was an active member of the 12th Street United Methodist Church, Huntingdon.
He had been active in the Huntingdon County Agricultural Association and on the Huntingdon County Fair Board. It was after him that Neary Hall on the Huntingdon County Fairgrounds was named.
He was a life member of the B.P.0.E. Lodge 976 and of the Huntingdon No. 2 Fire Company.
He was educated in Saxton Public Schools and Lancaster Business College.
He retired in 1967 after 38 years as a general insurance agent.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. from the 12th Street United Methodist Church, the Rev. Ashley Horner officiating. Interment will be made in Riverview Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the John B. Brown Funeral Home in Huntingdon after 7 p.m. Wednesday and on Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m.
Those who so desire may make memorial contributions in Mr. Neary's memory to the Music Fund, 12th Street United Methodist Church, Huntingdon.
(THE DAILY NEWS, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, 05 Feb 1985, p. 2)

Earl married Mabel Richardson on 24 Feb 1948. Mabel was born in 1912; died on 11 Feb 1952; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]