Sarah Esther Kinley was born on 28. Apr. 1912 at Cogan Station, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of
William Boyd Kinley and
Rachel Dora Waltz. Sarah Esther Kinley married
William Lester Mahaffey, son of
William Eli Mahaffey and
Nancy Jane Paulhamus, on 17. Dec. 1929. Sarah Esther Kinley died on 29. Aug. 2002 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 90. Williamsport Sun-Gazette
Friday, 30 Aug 2002
Sarah E. Mahaffey, 90, of Mahaffey Hollow Road, Linden, died Thursday, August 29, 2002, in ManorCare South. She was the widow of William L. Mahaffey who died March 14, 1992.
Born April 28, 1912, in Cogan Station, she was a daughter of William B. and Rachel Waltz Kinley. She was a member of Maple Springs United Methodist Church and the Willing Hearts and Hands Society.
Surviving are four sons, Ernest W. of Santa Rosa Beach, FL, Raymond K. and Clifford E. of Linden, and Robert E. of city; five daughters, Helen L. Thacher of Chittenango, NY, Carol V. Dawes of Syracuse, NY, Margaret E. Dawes of South Williamsport, and Diane E. Plank of Liberty; two brothers, Ralph Kinley of city and Ernest Kinley of Cogan Station; three sisters, Dorothy Persun, Florence Menne and Eleanor Horn, all of Cogan Station. Also surviving are 28 grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, 11 step-great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday from Sanders Mortuary, 821 Diamond St., with the Rev. Dr. Wayne L. Hepler officiating. Burial will be in Woodward Township Cemetery. Friends may call at Sanders’ from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday. She was buried on 3. Sep. 2002 at Woodward Twp. Cemetery, Woodward Twp., Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.