Earl Robert Virts

Male 1905 - 1972  (67 years)


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  • Name Earl Robert Virts 
    Born 27 Aug 1905  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Sep 1972  Keyser, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Turner Cemetery, Swanton, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I822  Virts
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2016 

    Father William Henry Virts,   b. 30 Aug 1867, Brunswick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1966, Keyser, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Mother Mary Catherine Herman,   b. 14 Jan 1879, Swallows Falls, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1966, Keyser, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1899  Oakland, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rosa Pearl Warnick,   b. 13 Sep 1904, Barnum, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1972, Keyser, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1926  Mineral County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Ethel Virts
     2. Josephine G. Virts,   b. 23 Jul 1923, Hampshire County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 2009, Swanton, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Virts,   b. 9 Nov 1926, Piedmont, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1926, Piedmont, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F485  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cumberland News, September 6, 1972

      Swanton - Earl Robert Virts, 67, RD 1, died Monday at Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, where he had been a patient three days.

      Mr. Virts was born in Swanton, a son of the late William H. and Mary C. (Herman) Virts. A cutting machine coal operator, he retired three years ago. He was a member of the United Mine Workers of America.

      His wife, the former Rosa Warnick, died last July.

      Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Josephine Arbogast, Swanton, and Mrs. Ethel Chilcotte, Cairo, Ga.; four brothers, Stanley and William Virts, Swanton; James Virts, Keyser, and Rev. Stanton Virts, Alton, N.Y.; four sisters, Mrs. Edward Whitfield, Dawson; Mrs. Albert Goodwin, Swanton; Mrs. Piercy Bray, Baltimore, and Mrs. Louise Grove, Piedmont; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

      The body is at the Boal Funeral Home, Wesernport, where friends will be received today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held there tomorrow at 1 p.m. with Rev. Wayne L. Funkhouse officiating. Burial will be in Turner Cemetery, Swanton.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5278] West Virginia Death Certificate No. 72 014370.

    2. [S15] Cumberland News, September 6, 1972.

    3. [S1553] West Virginia, Marriages 1853-1970.


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