George Almen Breene and Katherine Jane Crawford

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Husband George Almen Breene ¹

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           Born: 3 Oct 1910 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 17 Sep 1973
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Edmond C. Breene (1877-1961) 1
         Mother: Agnes Anna Almen (1877-1956) 1

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       Marriage: 11 Jun 1938 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Katherine Jane Crawford ¹

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           Born: 8 Jun 1911 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: May 1981
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         Father: Harry Jennings Crawford (1867-1953) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Hafele (1873-1924)

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Louise Breene ¹

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           Born: 5 Mar 1940 1
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - George Almen Breene

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He attended the public schools in Oil City, Pennsylvania, his birthplace, where he was graduated from high school. He was graduated from the Hill School, at Pottstown, in 1931, then took a summer course in petro­leum refining at Pennsylvania State College. For a time he was associated with the Venango Ice & Coal Company of Oil City, but after a year with that organi­zation he became a field representative of the Pennsyl­vania Grade Crude Oil Association, with headquarters in Oil City. For about eighteen months he continued in that work. Then he was connected with the oil broker­age business for a similar length of time through an asso­ciation with the Refiners' Marketing Company here. Until January 1, 1939, he was with the Pennzoil Company in Oil City, serving in their sales engineering department.
At the beginning of 1939 he came, however, to the Industrial Colloids Company of Emlenton, manufacturers of colloidal lubricants7. Beginning at the inception of the Petroleum Explosives Company, formed in 1935 for oil well shooting and for dealing in all types of explosives, Mr. Breene served as its secretary and treasurer. His brother, James O. Breene, was president and general manager. George Almen Breene was also active in other business enterprises, notably the Citizens' Bank­ing Company, of Oil City, of which he was a director. Civic and social affairs in this community received the full measure of his cooperation and helpful effort. He was a member of the American Ceramic Society. In the Free and Accepted Masons he was affiliated with Alle­gheny Lodge, No. 552, of Emlenton; Venango Lodge of Perfection, of Oil City; and New Castle Consistory of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in which he held the thirty-second degree. He attended the First Presby­terian Church in Emlenton. In leisure time he was prin­cipally fond of outdoor life, especially enjoying hunting and fishing.

SSDI: BREENE, GEORGE 03 Oct 1910 Sep 1973 62 (not specified) (none specified) Pennsylvania 177-07-7018

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General Notes: Wife - Katherine Jane Crawford

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She was a graduate of Emlenton High School, the Ogontz School, and National Park College, Washington, District of Columbia. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Emlenton, of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of the sorority that she joined in her college days.

SSDI: BREENE, JANE 08 Jun 1911 May 1981 69 (not specified) 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) Pennsylvania 193-36-8084

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 42.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 939.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 48.