Harold Jesse Lower and Gertrude Elizabeth Probasco

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Husband Harold Jesse Lower ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Sep 1904 1
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         Father: Ira Ellsworth Lower (1872-1941) 3 4
         Mother: Anna Belle Ruff (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 31 Mar 1927 - Rimersburg, Clarion Co, PA 2

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Wife Gertrude Elizabeth Probasco ²

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         Father: Charles E. Probasco (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Nancy Ellen Wike (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Richard Harold Lower ²

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           Born: 21 Sep 1933 2
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General Notes: Husband - Harold Jesse Lower

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He was educated in the New Bethlehem High School, the Kiskiminetas Springs Preparatory School, Culver Military Academy, and in his father's alma mater, the Canton Actual Business College, of Canton, Ohio, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the Buckeye State. He practically grew up with the tile industry during the intermissions between his studies, and in 1924 entered the department operating the natural gas fields of the company. Upon the reorganization of the concern, in 1927, he became a partner in the company and thereafter was connected with the general management, chiefly as factory manager, but also in charge of production and the direction of the gas field.
Though a progressive citizen and Republican, he was not especially interested in political preferment. He was a member of the New Bethlehem Fire Company, and of the Bostonia Country Club. Fraternally he was affiliated with Lodge No. 203, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Kittanning, Pennsylvania; the Loyal Order of Moose and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, both of New Bethlehem. His school fraternity was Gamma Delta Phi, and he attended the Methodist Church. Among his hobbies was photography, and he did excellent work in this field to his credit.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 718.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 517.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 717.

4 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 517, 520.