NameMargaret Helen Thurston
Birth4 Feb 1913
DeathOct 1974
EducationBA from Elmira College, NY
FatherNorman Thurston (-<1974)
MotherHelen Phillips (->1974)
Misc. Notes
most educated person in the family

Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Name: William R Oakey; Gender: Male
Age: 29; Birth Date: abt 1915
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1944
Marriage Place: Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: James Oakey; Mother: Janie Wear
Spouse: Margaret H Thurston
Film Number: 002314307
and Name: Margaret H Thurston; Gender: Female
Age: 31; Birth Date: abt 1913
Marriage Date: 16 Sep 1944
Marriage Place: Clarks Summit, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, USA
Father: Norman Thurston; Mother: Helen Phillips
Spouse: William R Oakey
Film Number: 002314307

News1959 OakeyReunionStarlight.pdf
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
25 Sep 1959, Fri
Page 23
The Oakey family held a reunion last Sturday at Starlight, with a buffet luncheon, games and other entertainment.
Officers were elected as follow:
President, Gilbert Fay;
secretary, Mrs Louise Jackson;
treasurer, Fred Oakey.
Committees were named for next years reunion at Starlight tje 3rd saturday in September.
Present were:
Mrs Jane Oakey, Thelma Hughes;
Beatrice & Don Sylvester;
Julia & James Oakey;
Wilfred, Elneda, Teddy, Thomas & Billie Oakey;
MArgaret, Richard, Robert & Susan Oakey;
Fay, Harold and Donald Miller;
Nancy, Edward, Judy and Curt Kuranda;
Margaret and Barbara Wright;
Louise, WEllington and Allen Jackson;
Rose & Luther Bender;
Naomi Oakey
Lucille & Richard Howell, Marion Howell, Iris, Billie, and Sammy Knight;
Anna & Gilbert Fay;
Harry Oakey
Fred & Minnie Oakey;
Mrs Mabel Oakey;
Mr & Mrs Eric Salline, Calvin and Karen Salline.

SSDI: Margaret Oakey 4 Feb 1913 Oct 1974   Pennsylvania (Before 1951 ) 188-01-7212

OBIT MargaretThurstonOakey1974.pdf
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania)28 Oct 1974, Mon
Page 18
image 18 of 22 @newspapers.com
Margaret Oakey
Mrs Margaret Oakey, Lancaster, Ohio, former resident of Waverly, died this morning in Lancasster after an illness. She was the wife of William R Oakey, a native of Dickson City.
Mrs Oakey, who resided in Waverly 6 yrs prior to her marriage in 1944, was employed for a time as an instructor on the staff of International Correspondence Schools. During WW2 she worked at the Murray Corp of America Plant in South Scranton. Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1913, she was reared in Canton PA. SHe graduated from Elmira College, Elmira NY, and held a Master’s degree from Trenton State College.
Other survivors are:
a son Robert, and a daughter Susan, Lancaster Ohio;
her mother Mrs Norman R Thurston, Waverly;
2 brothers: James, Waverly and Mount Holly NJ; and Scott, Waverly;
and several nieces and nephews.
Spouses
Birth18 Feb 1915, PA
Death6 May 2001
FatherJames Arthur Oakey (1880-1942)
MotherJane Ann Wear (1881-1977)
Marriage16 Sep 1944
Children(Living)
Last Modified 6 Feb 2020Created 25 May 2020 using Reunion for Macintosh