28. LESTER LORENZO PLOTTS
(1) was born on Sep 17 1906 in Inez,
PA. He died on Mar 27 1992 in New Castle, PA. He was buried on Mar 30 1992
in New Castle, PA. Castle View Memorial Gardens Lester L. Plotts of 808 Francis
St. will observe his 80th birthday with an open house picnic at 2 p.m. Sunday
in New Wilmington Park.
Mr. Plotts was born Sept. 17, 1906, in Potter County, Pa., to Frank and Mina
Plotts.
He remembers, at the age of 5, walking with his mother and older sister across
a swinging bridge to get something from the garden, which was located across
the Sinnemahoning River. Having to return to the house quickly because his mother
had forgotten about bread in the oven, he recalls his mother wondering why the
water below the bridge was so high.
Shortly after the family was safe inside their home, a dam in Austin, Pa.,
known locally as the "dam that couldn't break" broke. He, his mother
and sister were the last ones to cross the bridge.
Mr. Plotts arrived in New Castle in 1925, after leaving his family's farm.
He worked for a year in a tin mill, bought a Ford Model T and went back to Potter
County in 1926, the year in which his mother died.
He returned to New Castle and worked in a bus garage until 1928, when he again
decided to return to Potter County. His brother, father and he bought a 130-acre
farm near Wharton, Pa. He and his wife the former Margaret Hendryx, now deceased,
met in 1929, married in 1931, had five children by 1941 then settled permanently
in New Castle.
Mr. Plotts' children include James of Port Allegany, Marjorie "Sally"
Vesco, Jean Conti with whom he resides, Robert and Wayne. He has 19 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
He was married to MARGARET HELEN HENDRYX (daughter of
ROBERT G HENDRYX and MARY ADALINE STEVENS) on Jul 12 1931
in Coudersport, PA. MARGARET HELEN HENDRYX was born
on Jul 11 1909. She died on Sep 11 1979 in New Castle, PA. She was buried
on Sep 14 1979 in Castle View Memorial Gardens New Castle, PA. LESTER LORENZO
PLOTTS and MARGARET HELEN HENDRYX had the following children:
+59 i.
JAMES L PLOTTS.
+60 ii.
MARJORIE RUTH PLOTTS.
+61 iii.
JEAN MARIE PLOTTS.
+62 iv.
ROGER ROBERT PLOTTS.
+63 v.
WAYNE HARRY PLOTTS.