Bessie Virginia Park 
F, (8 April 1903 - 7 August 1991)
Bessie Virginia Park was born on 8 April 1903 at Brookside, Cogan House Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1,2 She has also been reported to have been born 26 March 1903. She was the daughter of Edward Park and Agnes Carson. Bessie Virginia Park married, at age 18, Otto B. Wurster, age 25, son of Adam Wurster and Martha Getz, on Tuesday, 28 February 1922. Bessie Virginia Park died on 7 August 1991 at Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 88 years, 3 months and 30 days.2,1 She was buried on 10 August 1991 in the Salladasburg Cemetery, located in Salladasburg, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2
She was a cook for the Ross Club. She is really a foster sister to Otto as stated in Lloyd Wurster's obituary. It appears that either Bessie's birth parents were both killed or just her mother, because of this David and Maria (Watts) Wurster raised her in 1910. As of November 1935, Bessie Virginia Park and Otto B. Wurster lived at Linden, Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
Bessie Virginia Park the sister of Oda Lee Wurster was listed in her obituary in November 1935 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
She was a cook for the Ross Club. She is really a foster sister to Otto as stated in Lloyd Wurster's obituary. It appears that either Bessie's birth parents were both killed or just her mother, because of this David and Maria (Watts) Wurster raised her in 1910. As of November 1935, Bessie Virginia Park and Otto B. Wurster lived at Linden, Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
Bessie Virginia Park the sister of Oda Lee Wurster was listed in her obituary in November 1935 in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
Children of Bessie Virginia Park and Otto B. Wurster
- Francis Donna Wurster+
- Beatrice Virginia Wurster+
- Ernest M. Wurster (21 Feb 1927 - 21 Mar 1927)
- Edgar L. Wurster (21 Feb 1927 - 14 Mar 1927)
- Martha Maria Wurster
Last Edited=27 Dec 2019
Citations
- [S151] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at http://ssdi.rootsweb.com (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, January 2004 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. BESSIE V WURSTER, birth listed as 08 Apr 1903, died listed as 07 Aug 1991, issued in the State of Pennsylvania. Last residence (not specified), last benefit (none specified). Accessed 18 Sep 2004.
- [S437] Bessie V. Wurster obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 8 August 1991, p. 33. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Zella (Lovell) Stabler (1916- ). Viewed at her home, RD #3, Box 156 (now Jobs Run Road), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania in October of 1992, by Kevin Sholder. Zella Elvira Lovell, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
- [S508] Funeral Services For Four Crash Victims Will Be Held Here, Salladasburg Tuesday, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, November 1935. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Zella (Lovell) Stabler (1916- ). Viewed at her home, RD #3, Box 156 (now Jobs Run Road), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania in October of 1992, by Kevin Sholder. Zella Elvira Lovell, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.