Mary Leona Palmer ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Frederick, MD on 15 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 11-11, Family 244, Roll 1548
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
302 Rockwell Terrace; Home owned, $12,000
Mary L. Markey..Niece..25..MD..12th grade..Stenographer..earned $450 in 1939
(Living with husband at the home of his maternal aunt.)

NOTE - Technically, she was not a niece to her husband's aunt. Her husband was the nephew to the aunt. If her birth date was 2 May 1915, then her age should have been 24 instead of 25.
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper after 6 December 2006 in , Frederick County, MD.

³ Mrs. M. Leona "Nonie" Palmer Markey was born May 2, 1915, in Yellow Springs, to the late Bertha (Summers) Lockard and Albert Palmer. She passed away on December 6, 2006

"Nonie" graduated from Frederick High School in 1932 and was secretary of her class. In 1937, she married Willard H. Markey, also from Frederick. They were married 67 years, until his death in 2004. The couple lived in Frederick on Rockwell Terrace until 1952, when they relocated to Perkasie, Pa. Both were residing at the Lutheran Community in Telford at their time of death.

"Nonie" had several executive secretarial positions both in Frederick and later in Perkasie, Pa., the latter being with Dr. Charles Winn, surgeon. She worked at Grand View Hospital and Meals on Wheels and was always available to assist anyone who needed a helping hand. At one point in time, she was a Girl Scout leader.

She is survived by her daughters, Susanne M. Bensing and husband Jeffrey of Lebanon, Pa., and Jane M. Rivera and husband Edric of Perkasie, Pa.; grandchildren, Scott Bensing and wife Lia of Reno, NV., Michael Bensing and wife Kim of New Britain, Pa., Kyle Bensing and wife Angie of Lebanon, Pa., Julian Rivera of Philadelphia, Pa., and Marisa Rivera of Perkasie, Pa.; eight great-grandchildren, Zac, Mara, Zane, Anya, Kate, Blake, Tessa and Nicholas (all Bensings); Saree Pratomthong, exchange student, cherished 'adopted' third daughter from Songkhla, Thailand; sister-in-law, Nancy Ackler of Baltimore; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband, Willard, "Nonie" was preceded in death by a son, Fredric Willard, who died at age five in 1952. She will join them at the Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.

(Source: unknown newspaper)
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• She was buried on 16 December 2006 in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, MD.

Find A Grave Memorial 28194837
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Mary married Willard Hanshew Markey, son of Willard Markey and Bertha LaRue Zimmerman, on 25 November 1937 in Frederick, MD.¹ (Willard Hanshew Markey was born on 19 March 1910 in Washington, DC,^{1 2 4 5 6} died on 16 January 2004 in Telford, PA ⁶ and was buried on 22 January 2004 in Frederick, MD ^{2 6}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Frederick, MD on 15 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 11A, District 11-11, Family 244, Roll 1548
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
302 Rockwell Terrace; Home owned, $12,000
Grace E. Zimmerman..Head..57..MD..12th grade
Willard H. Markey..Nephew..30..DC..2 years college..Salesman, Retail Sound Equipment..earned $700 in 1939
Mary L. Markey..Niece..25..MD..12th grade..Stenographer..earned $450 in 1939
Nancy V. Markey...Niece..23..MD..4 yrs college..Saleslady, Retail Clothing Store..earned $639 in 1939
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