Effie Adeline Magaha ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1920 US Census, 9 January 1920, Jefferson, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ¹ 1920 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 81, Dwelling 116, Family 117, Roll 673
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland
Farm rented
Effie A. Magaha..Daughter..6..MN

(Living with parents.)

2. 1930 US Census, 5 May 1930, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ² 1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 14, Family 2, Roll 874
Frederick District, Frederick County, Maryland
RFD #4; Home rented
Adeline E. Magaha..Daughter..16..MN

(Living with parents.)

3. Obituary: Frederick Post, 4 October 1991, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. Mrs. Effie Adeline "Gackie" Magaha Lawyer, 78, of 411 E. Main St. Thurmont, died Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Frederick Health Care Center.

She was the wife of the late Tolbert Fike Lawyer, who died in January 1969.

Born July 4, 1913, in Crookston, Minn., she was a daughter of the late John William Hilleary and Lucy May Sulcer Magaha.

Mrs. Lawyer taught elementary school at Forest Elementary near Myersville and the Thurmont Elementary School for 44 years, retiring in 1978.

She was an active, lifelong member of the Thurmont Church of the Brethren. She attended Towson State Normal School and graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's and master's degree in education.

She was a member of the county, state and national teachers association, the Thurmont Senior Citizens and Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority.

She is survived by her son, Calvin Lawyer of Wabash, Ind; three grandchildren, Jonathan Lawyer, Venita Lawyer and Nathan Lawyer; a great-grandson, Christopher Brown; and one sister, Dora Mildred Magaha of Thurmont.

Mrs. Lawyer is at the Thurmont Funeral Home of Robert E. Dailey and Son, 615 E. Main St., where the family will receive friends on Friday, Oct. 4, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the funeral home with her pastor, the Rev. Linda Lambert, officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.

Memorial donations may be made to Thurmont church of the Brethren, 14 N. Altamont Ave., Thurmont, Md. 21788; the American Cancer Society, 1011 E. Patrick St., Frederick, Md. 21701; or the Thurmont Community Ambulance Co., 21 N. Church St., Thurmont, Md. 21788

(Source: Frederick Post, Frederick, MD, Vol. 81, No. 252, October 4, 1991, Pg. A5)
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4. Cemetery: Mount Olivet Cemetery, 5 October 1991, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States. ³ Plot: Area KK
Find A Grave Memorial #30454073
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Effie married Tolbert Fike Lawyer, son of Milton Oliver Lawyer and Mary Elma Fike, on an unknown date. (Tolbert Fike Lawyer was born on 1 May 1913 in Carroll, Maryland, United States,³ died on 18 January 1969 in Frederick, Maryland, United States ³ and was buried on 21 January 1969 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ³.)