Mary Catharine McMaster 1855-1921
A Thumbnail Biography by David C. Procuniar
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Mary Catharine McMaster; daughter of Andrew McMaster & Margaret Jane Ryan; Mary Catharine was born 26 Jan 1855 in Greene County, Ohio, died on 16 Dec 1921 in Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio; married 18 Feb 1875 Jacob Procuniar; Jacob born on 01 Aug 1847 in Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio; died on 11 Aug 1915 in Montgomery County, Dayton, Ohio.
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Mary Catherine Procuniar was born in Greene County, Ohio January 26th 1855 to Andrew McMaster & Margaret Jane Ryan. Mary Catharine was the fifth child of six siblings & one of only two daughters. Mary's mother, Margaret Jane Ryan was the 2nd cousin, once removed of Orville & Wilbur Wright. Margaret Jane Ryan's grandmother was Mary (Van Cleve) McLain. Mary was a housewife all her life.
She attended church services regularly at:
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
633 Valley Street Dayton, Ohio
Rev. R. B. Wilson, Ph. D. Pastor
Obituary …written by Mary's daughter Nettie Belle Procuniar Rohrer December 1921
Mrs. Mary Catherine Procuniar, was born in Greene County, Ohio January 26th 1855 and was called to her reward December 16th 1921 at 1:30PM having attained the advanced age of 66 years Following a stroke of paralysis which so enfeebled her that she was compelled to take her bed and where she lived the last 22 ½ months of her life; a lingering sufferer, a diseased body, and with intermittent melancholia so characteristic of the malady, she waited the inevitable summons of her Master. Sister Procuniar was acquainted with the ravishing pain common to this enervating and incurable disease. She knew what anguish and physical pain was like, but in it all, life held for her moments of satisfying pleasure, and the way she stood perpetually under the umbrage of death, she was oblivious to the encroaching shadows increasingly prominent in the gloom of life's twilight. Sister Procuniar was looking for another sunrise, but the Master of the day changed the scene of life's drama and the curtain dropped only to reveal to her the just court of her God.
The deceased loved her friends and the number which called upon her paid large testimony to what admiration and esteem they entertained for her. Life ceased to be an item of time and became the event which throbbed with humanity. Her day was personalized and she lived in sweet reminiscence. In the late Summer the writer paid the deceased a visit, she spent long years, and where, her children grew up under love's care. At this old home, the long age strong hands, were full of admiring service, and where, like the diligent hands of an experienced gardener, she grew four boys and one girl to man and womanhood. Her fledglings never flew far from their childhood-home in Dayton, Ohio, and truly, the Gem-City was her earthly home.In 1874, the deceased was united to Jacob Procuniar in matrimony and they traveled life's road together, until six years ago, when her girlhood sweetheart grew tired under the burdens and responsibilities of life and passed to that land of rest from which no human face of clay ever returns. Language is a poor vehicle to describe the picture of filial affection so magnificently demonstrated by her only daughter, Mrs. Rohrer. How well she reciprocated the loving care which cherished and sustained of the five living children will miss her going like this devoted and faithful daughter. What a grand contribution to earth; what a noble multiplication is evidenced and concretely expressed in these four stalwart son's, and one daughter, seven grandchildren, and together with these, Sister Procuniar has two brothers and one sister who remain to echo her influence and deprecate her departure.
It would be an act of genuine impertinence to overlook the Christian proclivities of this soul of destiny. Sister Procuniar affiliated with Trinity M. E. Church, when only 16 years of age, and at the time of her death, was one the oldest members of the organization. While growing old herself, she saw the bricks grow dingy with age; she saw the present buildings in process of erection, and up until a few years ago, she knew the personnel of the membership. May the dignity of her passed-record hallow the pathway of her children and grand-children with stimulating Christian sympathy, and may they pass on to future generations a legacy of faith and devotion, and may this chain of Eden's paradise link man's hope with God's eternity.
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