Bernard Vonzant Stoughton Obituary

This obituary for Bernard Vonzant Stoughton was provided in an email by his grandson, R. Stoughton. It was transcribed from "History Of East Hickory Riverside Cemetery," Forest County Pennsylvania, by Lois Wike. Published by Forest Press Inc., Tionesta, PA.

Note that both Bernard and his wife, Kathleen, seem to have shared a birth date of April 15th; possibly a typo, or just a fun coincidence.

Obituary Text

BERNARD VONZANT STOUGHTON

4-15-1875 -- 9-15-1958

Bernard V. Stoughton, 83, a native of Butler County, died at 8:05 a.m. Monday in the home of his son, John Elliott Stoughton, 1015 West Third Street, Oil City. Born in Butler County, he was a son of John Elliott and Mahala Wise Stoughton.

When a young man, Mr. Stoughton was employed by the Wheeler & Dusenbury Lumber Company at Endeavor. In later years, he moved to Oil City where he was employed by the Oil Well Supply Company. He was a member of the Old Guards Club.

On July 14, 1900, he was united in marriage with Kathleen Esther Wortzkey, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Rudolph Wortzkey, a family of ten children, two died in infancy.

Besides his wife, he is survived by the following children: Mrs. George Danko of Buffalo, N.Y.; John E. Stoughton of Oil City; Vonzant H. Stoughton of Saudi Arabia; Mrs. George Wurster and Mrs. Paul Loper of Venus, and Eugene Stoughton of Anaheim, Calif. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Charles A. Morrison Funeral Home where friends may call. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home with Rev. Wayne Beam officiating. Interment will be in the East Hickory Cemetery.