OBITUARY: The Morning Press, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, Monday, April 21, 1980
James E. Artley, 79, Rear 35 W. Fifth St., Bloomsburg, died Saturday evening at Bloomsburg Hospital of complications. He had been a patient for the past 30 days.
He was the son of the late Elmer and Carrie M. Roberts Artley, Berwick area. Employed at Magee Carpet Co., for 41 years, he had retired in 1965.
He was a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg; Bloomsburg Moose; AARP and the Golden Age Club.
His first wife, the former Eva Clarke, died in 1957.
Surviving are his wife, Hazel L.; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (Katheleen) Green, Bloomsburg; two step-daughters: Mrs. Amos (Alberta) Oman, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Bruce (Dorothy) Reigel, Bloomsburg; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; three sisters: Carrie Anderson, Woodbury, N.J.; Arlene Eckroth, Quartsite, Ariz.; Evelyn Ritter, Sunbury; two brothers: Ray and Donald, both of Bloomsburg; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Harry W. Rishel Funeral Home, Bloomsburg, with the Rev. Ralph M. Hibbs officiating. Burial will be in Elan Memorial Park, Lime Ridge