OBIT: Adah (Rose) Neil; Olean, Allegany Co., NY (1992)

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              MRS. ADAH R. NEIL

     OLEAN  - MRS. ADAH R. NEIL,  formerly of Cuba and Olean, died Sunday, May
31, 1992 in the Wellsville Manor.
     Born January 31, 1893 in Franklinville to Charles & Lila Cole Rose. On
January 26, 1916, in Cuba NY she married Clarence J. Neil who died in 1964.
     Mrs. Neil had been employed as a teacher and had taught all grades in a
one room schoolhouse in Cuba and Rawson until 1924 when she moved to Olean.
During the flood of 1942, she volunteered at the Olean General Hospital, which
resulted in a full time employment for the next 15 years.
     She received her teacher's training in Friendship after graduating from
Cuba High School.
     Mrs. Neil was a 65 year member of the First Baptist Church of Olean; a
member of the Burden Bearer class and Missionary Society of the church; Olean
Senior League and its Rhythm Band; AARP; Aspen Tower Tenant Association; and
the Olean General Hospital Auxiliary, where she had donated more than 1,500
hours of service in the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
     Surviving are a son ROBERT NEIL of Tucson, Arizona, a daughter MRS.
HADLEY (MARY LOU) BROWN of Maplehurst; eight grandchildren; 15 great
grandchildren; three great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
     She was predeceased by a daughter MRS. JEANETTE PERRINE; five brothers
and five sisters.
     Burial Cuba Cemetery. Halwig Funeral Home, Olean NY
 OLEAN TIMES HERALD