by Archana Subramaniam by CNB
Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: THURSDAY, March 25, 1993 TAG: 9303250364 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: FINCASTLE LENGTH: Short
OBIT MCFADDEN, CLAIRE A.
McFADDEN, Claire A., 91, of Fincastle, formerly of Palmer Twp., Pa., died at Brian Center Nursing Home, Wednesday, March 24, 1993. She was born September 6, 1901, in Easton, Pa., and was the daughter of the late Joseph Hoffman and the late Augusta Ackerman Hoffman. She was the widow of Harry J. McFadden Sr. who died in 1990. She worked for many years as a nurse at the Bretts Hospital, Easton, Pa. Mrs. McFadden attended Easton Public Schools and graduated from McKinley Nursing School in Trenton, N. J. in 1923. She was a former member of the St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church in Easton, Pa., a member of the Church of the Transfiguration in Fincastle, Va. and a member of the Womens Club of Easton, Pa. She was an avid Bridge player. She is survived by her son, Harry J. McFadden Jr., Roanoke, Va.; sister, Edith Wholback, Easton, Pa.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral will be held at the Curran-Finegan Funeral Home, Wilson Boro, Pa. at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27, 1993 and from St. Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church (Mass of Christian Burial) at 11 a.m. Interment Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Twp., Pa. The family will receive friends Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.