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Monday, August 26, 2002 Page: 5A
Joseph Overfield
Aug. 24, 2002
oseph P. Overfield, 88, of the Shannon Hill section of Meshoppen, died
Saturday at Gracious Living Estates, South Montrose.
Born May 9, 1914, he was a son of the late William and Mary (McGavin)
Overfield. He was a milk truck driver for 30 years with A.B. Cole and Son in
Meshoppen. In 1955, he and his family purchased a farm on Shannon Hill where
he ran a dairy farm for the next 33 years. He belonged to the Meshoppen Men’s
Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, the former Virginia
Jennings; son, Richard “Dick”; granddaughter, Stephanie Overfield; brother,
Henry; and sisters, Irene Fuller and Ethel Bunnell.
Surviving are his sons, Larry and Scott, both of Meshoppen; Bruce,
Tunkhannock; and Jeff, Phoenix; daughters, Carol Bridgman, Stonington, Conn.;
Andrea, Fleetwood; Jill Hoffman, Laceyville; Lisa Townsend, Meshoppen; 14
grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Byron, Donald,
Harriet Kielceski and Ann Very, all of Montrose; and several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral and committal services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Sheldon
Funeral Home, Main Street, Meshoppen, with the Rev. Kenneth Bitler of
Susquehanna United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be held at the
convenience of the family in Overfield Cemetery.
Friends may call from noon until services begin on Tuesday.