Wallace Kenneth "Shorty" Headley
M, #15236, b. 6 August 1912, d. 4 March 1998
Father* | William Headley b. Oct 1874, d. b 1920 |
Mother* | Mina Florence "Minnie" Hull b. 15 May 1872, d. 3 Oct 1948 |
Biography* | Wallace Kenneth "Shorty" Headley had a biography: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1491758&id=I0311 - Janet Dutcher s11717@inreach.com (2001) Wallace K. Headley Retired from pipeline construction as blaster Wallace K. "Shorty" Headley, 85, of Holbrook R.D.1, died at 12:04 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, 1998, in Greene County Memorial Hospital. Though having been ill for the past year, his death was unexpected. He was born August 6, 1912, in Bristoria, a son of William and Mina Hull Headley and was a resident of Richhill Township all his life. Mr. Headley was a graduate of Eastern Pilgrim Seminary in Allentown and attended Waynesburg College. He was a former employee of Great Lakes Construction Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, in heavy and highway construction and was last employed in pipeline construction as a blaster for more than 16 years prior to his retirement in 1977. Mr. Headley was a member of the Long Run Church of God where he formerly served as an elder, Sunday school teacher, superintendent, representative and chairman of the Circuit Council, a delegate to the church conference and last served as church treasurer. He was a member of Aleppo Grange 1054 for the past 34 years and a member of Pipeline Union 1058 in Pittsburgh. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Louise Isiminger Headley, who he married May 15, 1940; four sons, Richard M. Headley of Great Falls, Mont., Lawrence E. "Buzz" Headley of Graysville, James L. Headley of Spraggs R.D.1 and Joseph C. Headley of Holbrook R.D.1; a daughter, C. Sue Ely of Sycamore R.D.001; a sister, Aldene Bradley of Sylvania, Ohio; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Deceased are twin sons, Wayne and Dwayne Headley; a grandson, Michael Joseph Headley; two brothers, Melvin "Ted" Headley and Lindley Ross Headley; six sisters, Vivian Watson, Leota Henderson, Georgia Finch, Edna Masters, Florence West and Dora Rush. | |
Birth* | 6 August 1912 | He was born on 6 August 1912 at Pennsylvania http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1491758&id=I0311 - Janet Dutcher s11717@inreach.com (2001.) |
(InHomeOf) Census1920 | 1920 | He appeared on the 1920 census in the household of Mina Florence "Minnie" Hull, ED 146 sht 2a pg 257 #32-32 N Wheeling Creek Rd, Richhill Twnshp (South), Greene Co., Pennsylvania. His info on the census included - Headley, Wallace K 7 b.PA. |
(InHomeOf) Census1930 | 1930 | Wallace Kenneth "Shorty" Headley appeared on the 1930 census in the household of Mina Florence "Minnie" Hull, ED 30-26 sht 5a #101-104, Richhill Twnshp, Greene Co., Pennsylvania. His info on the census included - Headley, Wallace K 17 b.PA. |
Death* | 4 March 1998 | Wallace Kenneth "Shorty" Headley died on 4 March 1998 at Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pennsylvania, at age 85 http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1491758&id=I0311 - Janet Dutcher s11717@inreach.com (2001.) |
Last Edited | 31 Aug 2004 |