Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Willis Roscoe Bell and Zelma A. Keister




Husband Willis Roscoe Bell 1

            AKA: Willace Bell
           Born: 24 Feb 1892 - Nickleville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1975 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Sunset Hill Memorial Gardens, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: George Meeker Bell (1847-1923) 2
         Mother: Elmira Jane Long (1852-1927) 2


       Marriage: 18 Nov 1961

   Other Spouse: Shirley Maude Shaffer (1892-1955) 1 - 20 Jun 1916 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1



Wife Zelma A. Keister 1

           Born: 30 Jan 1892 - Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Nov 1967 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Callensburg Cemetery, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA


         Father: Harmon Keister (      -      )
         Mother: Maria Pollum (      -      )



   Other Spouse: Homer Elliott (      -      )


Children

General Notes: Husband - Willis Roscoe Bell


Obituary:
Willis R. Bell, 83, of 313½ Hoffman Ave., a retired em­ploye of Oilwell, died at 7:40 pm Wednesday in Oil City Hospital.
He was born February 24, 1892, at Nickleville, a son of George M. and Elmira Long Bell.
He had been employed as an assemblyman at Oilwell.
Mr. Bell was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was a 50-year member of IOOF Lodge 589 of Oil City.
He was married to the former Shirley Shaffer, who died in 1955. He later married Zelda Elliott, who preceded him death in 1967.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Stine of Oil City; a son, Dale F. Bell of Mid­dletown; two sisters, Mrs. William (Pearl) Rogers of Oil City and Mrs. Merle (Florence) Mandaville of Hawthorne, Calif., and four grandchildren.
Friends may call after 7 pm today at the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm Thursday.
Funeral arrangements will be announced.

SSDI: WILLIS BELL 24 Feb 1892 Nov 1975 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) (none specified) 177-07-6242 Pennsylvania


General Notes: Wife - Zelma A. Keister


Oil City Derrick, Oil City, PA
Nov 8, 1967, pg. 1
Mrs. Willis Bell Dies Tuesday In Hospital
Mrs. Zelma Bell, 75, of 313½ Hoffman Ave., wife of Willis R. Bell, died at 9:25 a. m. Tuesday in the Oil City Hospital.
She was born Jan. 30, 1892, in Callensburg, a daughter of Har­mon and Maria Pollum Keister.
Mrs. Bell was a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church and the WSCS of the church. She attended the First United Presbyterian Church of Oil City. She also was a member of the Golden Age Group.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Homer El­liott, and on Nov. 18, 1961, was married to Willis R. Bell who survives.
Also surviving are: one son, Willis Elliott of Sligo; two daughters, Mrs. Lloyd Kern of Oil City and Mrs. Blanche Miller of Sligo; one brother, Leonard Keister of Callensburg; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Stants of Sli­go and Mrs. Bennett Flick of Franklin; one step daugher Mrs. William Stine of Oil City; one step son, Dale F. Bell of Middletown; two grandchildren, five great grandchildren and four step grandchildren.
Mrs. Bell was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
Friends will be received in the Charles A. Morrison Funer­al Home any time after 2 p. m. today. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p. m. today and Thursday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in the funeral home with Rev. Merle Wonderling, pastor of the Seneca Meth­odist Church, and Rev. Donald Mitchell, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, officiat­ing.
Interment will be made in the Callensburg Cemetery.

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Sources


1 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 21.

2 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 20.


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