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Edward Porter Bostwick was born on 14 July 1866 in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan.^1,2 He and Elma C. Robertson were married on 10 December 1886 in Homer, Calhoun, Michigan.^1,3 He died in 1900, at age ~34.

Edward Porter Bostwick was a Clerk.

Frederick J. Culver was born about 1867 in Michigan.¹ He and Elma C. Robertson were married on 5 October 1891 in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan.¹

Elizabeth (Betty) Robins was born on 26 May 1894 in Plymouth, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.^2,3,4 She died on 3 November 1980, at age 86, in Montrose, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.^2,3 She was buried in Old Brooklyn Cemetery, Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth (Betty) Robins was adopted in Ward.¹ Mrs. Betty R. Carlson, Brooklyn, Susquehanna County correspondent for The Tribune, died Monday morning in Asa Park Manor Nursing Home, Montrose. She was 86.

Born in Pittston, Mrs. Carlson was believed to be the oldest newspaper correspondent in Pennsylvania. Despite ill health she remained active in her position, calling in her last story to The Tribune a week ago. she served as correspondent for more than 15 years.

She came to Susquehanna County in 1944 with her husband, the late Rudolph F. Carlson, who died in 1955, from South Ozone Park, Long Island. A retired nurse, having competed training in 1919 from Children's Homeophatic Hospital, Philadelphia, she received additional training at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y. She was a private duty nurse in the Brooklyn, Pa., area and also served as Susquehanna County correspondent for the Binghamton Sun-Bulletin.

She was an active member of the Brooklyn United Methodist Church and an honoray member of the board of directors of the American Red Cross, a member of the board of directors of the American Cancer Society, Mental Health and Mental Retardation Society and the Humane Society.

Along with having two sons of her own, Mrs. Carlson was also a foster mother to four children from New York. Two girls from a Brooklyn, N.Y. orphanage and two boys from a New York City broken home were taken in and raised by Mr. and Mrs. Carlson.

Her two sons that survive are Rev. Paul R. Carlson, Scranton, Donald F. Carlson, White Plains, N.Y. Also surviving are two grandsons, Dr. Paul R. Carlson, Fort Pierce, Fla., Timothy Eric Carlson, Elizabeth City, N.C.; two brothers, Howard Robins, Lima, Ohio. Walter Robins, Orlando, Fla.

Rev. Paul Carlson is director of the local Congregations in Christian Mission.

The funeral will be Thursday at 1 p.m. from Brooklyn United Methodist Church. Interment, West Side Cemetery, Brooklyn.

Friends may call at the Bartron Funeral Home, Inc., 74 Church St., Montrose, Wednesday after 7 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, American Cancer Society or Brooklyn United Methodist Church.

Harriet (Hattie) Parsons was born on 13 May 1882 in New York.¹ She died on 28 February 1922, at age 39, in Ransom, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. She was buried on 2 March 1922 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.

Harriet (Hattie) Parsons was a School Instructor.¹

Alice L. Parsons was born on 21 October 1889 in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.¹ She and Irving Lewis were married about 1913.² She died on 24 January 1946, at age 56, in Peckville, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. She was buried on 29 January 1946 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.

Irving Lewis was born on 15 July 1886 in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Alice L. Parsons were married about 1913.¹ He died on 15 March 1962, at age 75, in Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. He was buried on 19 March 1962 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.

Irving Lewis was a Hospital Superintendent.³

Jean Abi Lewis was born on 30 August 1918 in Peckville, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Leon Edward Moore, Jr., were married on 11 September 1943 in Peckville, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. She died on 23 April 2009, at age 90, in Peckville, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.² She was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville, Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania.

Jean Abi Lewis was educated University of Pennsylvania. Scranton Times Tribune
Apr. 25, 2009 .
Jean Lewis Moore
Obituary

Jean Lewis Moore, 90, of RR Olyphant, died Thursday at the Laurels Health and Rehab, Peckville. She was the wife of Leon E. Moore, who died Sept. 25, 1993. *

Born in Peckville, daughter of the late Irving and Alice Parsons Lewis of Keystone Avenue, Peckville, she was a former member of Peckville Presbyterian Church and a 1936 graduate of Blakley High School. She was also a 1940 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

During World War II, Jean worked for Baldwin Locomotives, manufacturing heavy artillery. She later worked for Bell Telephone. She and her husband owned and operated Valley Forge Motor Court and later opened and ran the Cheese Shop in Scranton.

Surviving are a daughter, Judith Harth and husband, Joseph, Emmaus; a son, Douglas L. Moore, RR Olyphant; two brothers, Richard Lewis, Hope, British Colombia, Canada; and Robert Lewis, Trout Lake, N.Y.; six grandchildren, Jennifer Friedricks, Jonathan Moore, Stephanie and David Harth and Sara and Melissa Moore; five great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

Services and interment will be held at the convenience of the family in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Peckville. Arrangements, Robert E. Decker Funeral Home, Peckville.