Roland GAMBLE (1883-1953)
1 Roland Perry GAMBLE1,2,3,4,5 (1883-1953) [8564]. Born 1 Dec 1883, Malaga, NJ.5,6 Marr Edna Mae REDINGTON 4 Dec 1904, Olean, PA.6 Died 1 Dec 1953, Bradford, PA.6
From the Bradford Era.
December 2, 1953 - "PORT ALLEGANY (Special) - Funeral services for Roland P. Gamble, 48 Main St., who died in the Community Hospital here Tuesday morning, will be held at the Walter Funeral Home Thursday at 7 p.m. with the Rev. E.B. Williams, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery. A Masonic lodge service will be conducted at the grave.
Mr. Gamble was born in Malaga, N.J., on December 1, 1883, and came to Port Allegany as a glass worker 38 years ago. He was afterwards a carpenter and for the past two years had been employed as a custodian in the Port Allegany School system.
He was married in Olean on Dec. 4, 1904, to Edna May Redington.
Mr. Gamble was a member of the Liberty Lodge No 505, Free and Accepted Masons, the Coudersport Consistory and the Carpenters Union.
Survivors besides his wife include three daughters, Miss Verna Gamble, Port Allegany, Mrs. Loretta Sanburg, Duke Center, and Mrs. Rebecca Larson, Mt. Jewz??; two sons, Radford Gamble, Allegany and Cecil Gamble, Port Allegany, and seven grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Walter Funeral Home here.".
Sources
| 1 | "Obituary of Horace H. Redington in the Bradford Era, September 10, 1952". |
| 2 | "Obituary of Levi Redington in the Bradford Era, April 9, 1951". |
| 3 | "1930 PA, McKean, Port Allegany census". |
| 4 | "WWI Selective Service registration card". |
| 5 | "WWII Selective Service Registration Card". |
| 6 | "Obituary of Roland P. Gamble in the Bradford Era, December 2, 1953". |
