Elta Lee Frick was married to Arthur Shupe Mechling (pronounced Meckling) on September 20, 1900
Elta was born on May 9, 1873 and died on November 2, 1941
Arthur was born on February 1877 and died on February 28, 1958 (He was my hero)
Elta and Arthur had one child: Josephine Mechling - my grandmother and my life inspiration
I never knew Elta. She died 7 years before I was born. I'm fascinated to find out that she was 4 years older than Grand-daddy - not sure why, but I am.
I could write pages and pages about Grand-daddy Mechling and Grandma Jo (as I called them) -and probably will at some point, but this is the family tree version, so you are temporarily spared.
For as long as I remember, Grandma Jo lived with Grand-daddy Mechling in Ronco, a little town in western Pennsylvania where Grand-daddy managed a Union Supply store for about 50 years (I think). He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in Ronco, some kind of big deal with the Masons - very active in the community.
I remember him as a quiet man - always available to me - always happy to see me. He had very large, strong hands and I loved holding hands with him. He taught me about acceptance and love. He was steady at what should have been a very unsteady time in my life when my parents had decided to separate and my mother and I went back to Ronco to live with my grandmother and great-grandfather. Ironically, it turned out to be the most stable and happy time of my life.
Art (as most people called him) lived at the bottom of the hill, a field of wildflowers away from the Monongahela River (where my mother said she learned to swim).
He was bald on top, with a little bit of white hair on the sides and back - and when he wore a tie, it was a bow-tie. He wore a starched white shirt every day (I can still feel his shirt against my cheek) and dress pants. We picked snapdragons from the garden for my grandmother and he would hold me and rock me in the white wicker rocking chair in the kitchen, by the window, beside the radiator. He was my everything and I was happy.
Arthur is buried in Sylvan Heights Cemetery in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Here is some additional information I found for Arthur Shupe Mechling (Grand-daddy). I had no idea he had so many siblings!!!
Father: William Mechling (1832-1894)
Mother: Mary Carey (1838-1909)
Siblings:
Benjamin Franklin Mechling (1859-1911)
Mattie Barbara Mechling (1862-1864)
Amos Carrie Mechling (1864-1902)
Harry W. Mechling (1866-1890)
John Reynolds Mechling (1869-1869) Twin - died at 16 days old
Lewis Carey Mechling (1869-1954) Twin - died at age 84
Cora Ellen Mechling (1871-1872)
Edward Orren Mechling (1875-1939
Elta was born on May 9, 1873 and died on November 2, 1941
Arthur was born on February 1877 and died on February 28, 1958 (He was my hero)
Elta and Arthur had one child: Josephine Mechling - my grandmother and my life inspiration
I never knew Elta. She died 7 years before I was born. I'm fascinated to find out that she was 4 years older than Grand-daddy - not sure why, but I am.
I could write pages and pages about Grand-daddy Mechling and Grandma Jo (as I called them) -and probably will at some point, but this is the family tree version, so you are temporarily spared.
For as long as I remember, Grandma Jo lived with Grand-daddy Mechling in Ronco, a little town in western Pennsylvania where Grand-daddy managed a Union Supply store for about 50 years (I think). He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in Ronco, some kind of big deal with the Masons - very active in the community.
I remember him as a quiet man - always available to me - always happy to see me. He had very large, strong hands and I loved holding hands with him. He taught me about acceptance and love. He was steady at what should have been a very unsteady time in my life when my parents had decided to separate and my mother and I went back to Ronco to live with my grandmother and great-grandfather. Ironically, it turned out to be the most stable and happy time of my life.
Art (as most people called him) lived at the bottom of the hill, a field of wildflowers away from the Monongahela River (where my mother said she learned to swim).
He was bald on top, with a little bit of white hair on the sides and back - and when he wore a tie, it was a bow-tie. He wore a starched white shirt every day (I can still feel his shirt against my cheek) and dress pants. We picked snapdragons from the garden for my grandmother and he would hold me and rock me in the white wicker rocking chair in the kitchen, by the window, beside the radiator. He was my everything and I was happy.
Arthur is buried in Sylvan Heights Cemetery in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Here is some additional information I found for Arthur Shupe Mechling (Grand-daddy). I had no idea he had so many siblings!!!
Father: William Mechling (1832-1894)
Mother: Mary Carey (1838-1909)
Siblings:
Benjamin Franklin Mechling (1859-1911)
Mattie Barbara Mechling (1862-1864)
Amos Carrie Mechling (1864-1902)
Harry W. Mechling (1866-1890)
John Reynolds Mechling (1869-1869) Twin - died at 16 days old
Lewis Carey Mechling (1869-1954) Twin - died at age 84
Cora Ellen Mechling (1871-1872)
Edward Orren Mechling (1875-1939
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