102 - Myra M.Cover - HighspireCemetery - Near Highspire, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar
N 40° 12.953 W 076° 47.479
18T E 347572 N 4453257
Myra Cover was once Highspire's oldest resident.
Waymark Code: WMMYED
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
Views: 4

In Highspire, within the Highspire Cemetery, is this grave for Myra M. Cover, who lived from 1889 to 1992.

The cemetery is located by Richardson Road, which is off Eisenhower Blvd, and across the street from the exit ramp for I-283. The entrance is off Richardson Road. The grave is near the east end of the cemetery, a little south of the center road through the cemetery.

The grave is a low height marker made of gray granite. There are two names on the marker - Myra M. and Ray L.

Findagrave.com has the following about Myra M. Cover:

"oldest Highspire resident -

Myra M. Cover, 102, of 236 Cherry St., Highspire, died Wednesday in Harrisburg Hospital.
She was a former employee of Knight's Candy, Highspire, and a former Highspire tax collector; a former Civil Defense director in Highspire; the oldest resident of Highspire and the oldest former graduate of the Middletown High School; a former member of the Highspire Parent-Teacher Association; and a member of Highspire United Methodist Church, a past president of its Women's Mission Society and a member and former teacher of its Willing Workers Sunday School Class. "

She had two daughters, six granddaughters, and 10 great grandchildren.

Source:

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Location of Headstone: Highspire Cemetery

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