John Matthew Dempsey and Blanche Marie Heckathorn

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Husband John Matthew Dempsey ¹

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           Born: 12 May 1900 1
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           Died: 9 Feb 1968
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         Father: George Dempsey (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Anna A. Vogus (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 23 Jul 1918 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Blanche Marie Heckathorn ³

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           Born: 2 Jul 1899 - Seneca, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: 6 Aug 1985 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: Reuben J. Heckathorn, Jr. (1873-1950) 3
         Mother: Frances Lucinda Allison (1873-1943) 4

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Children

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1 M Leroy Albert Dempsey ¹

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           Born: 22 Sep 1918 1
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           Died: 22 May 1991
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         Spouse: Leah Marian Rothfuss (1921-      ) 2
           Marr: 21 Sep 1946 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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2 F [Infant] Dempsey

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           Born: Aug 1920
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           Died: Aug 1920
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3 M [Infant] Dempsey

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           Born: Jul 1921
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           Died: Jul 1921
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4 M Howard Glenn Dempsey ¹

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           Born: 15 Jan 1925 1
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           Died: 14 Jan 1984 - St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL
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         Spouse: Violet Williams (1923-      ) 2
           Marr: 19 Aug 1950 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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5 M John Robert "Jack" Dempsey ²

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           Born: 7 Dec 1942
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Wife - Blanche Marie Heckathorn

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Unk newspaper
Wed., Aug. 7, 1985
MRS. MARIE DEMPSEY
Mrs. Marie B. Dempsey, 86, of 114 Plummer St., Oil City, died at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Oil City Area Health Center where she was admitted earlier in the afternoon.
She was born in Victory Heights July 2, 1899, a daughter of Ruben and Frances Allison Heckathorne, and had resided in Oil City since 1918, moving there from Victory Heights.
Mrs. Dempsey was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Oil City.
She was married July 23, 1918, to John M. Dempsey who died Feb. 9, 1968.
Surviving, are two sons, LeRoy Dempsey of Rouseville and John Dempsey of Chicago, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Donald (Bertha) Ace of Cranberry, Mrs. Mildred Coon of Reno, Mrs. Sherman (Dorothy) Beers of Oil City and Mrs. Myrtle Snyder of Franklin; one brother, Lewis Heckathorne of Buffalo, NY; and several nieces and nephews.
A son, Howard G. Dempsey, died in 1984.
Arrangements are in charge of the Louis H. Osenider Funeral Home, Oil City.

SSDI: MARIE DEMPSEY 02 Jul 1899 Aug 1985 16301 (Oil City, Venango, PA) (none specified) 198-18-2714 Pennsylvania

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Notes: Marriage

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They separated for many years.

1 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 23.

2 Willard C. Heckathorn, The Heckathorn Family of Venango County, PA (Franklin, PA: Self-Published, 1987), Pg 39.

3 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 22.

4 James Lincoln Lusher, Lusher Family Tree (Self-published, cir. 1942), Pg 20.