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Harold L. and Kathleen Rose (Plauger) McFarland, Sr.

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Title

Harold L. and Kathleen Rose (Plauger) McFarland, Sr.

Subject

McFarland, Harold Lee Sr. (1923-1999)
McFarland, Kathleen Rose "Kitty" Plauger (1924-2012)
Sailors - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Portrait photograph of Harold Lee Mcfarland, Sr. and his wife, Kathleen Rose "Kitty" (Plauger) McFarland.

Harold was born in Strasburg, the son of Ernest Lee and Mildred Priscilla (Stottlemyer) McFarland.

When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived on Sharpe Street in Strasburg and worked for the American Viscose Corporation (later called Avtex Fibers) in Front Royal. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy a couple of months later.

In 1944, while still in the Navy, Harold married Kathleen Rose "Kitty" (Plauger) McFarland. She is shown in this photograph wearing a corsage on her dress.

Kitty was from Maurertown and the daughter of Samuel Taylor and Rosie Ella (Click) Plauger.

Harold and Kitty lived in Maurertown and raised their three children there: Sonja Carol (McFarland) May, Patty Ellen (McFarland) Jennings, and Harold Lee McFarland, Jr.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "June 1945".

Contributor

Identified in 2012 by Graham Conner who remembered that Harold McFarland taught him how to drive. Once, while attempting to turn onto a two-lane road with cars coming both ways, Graham overcompensated and ended up in the middle of the road with traffic coming. Graham jumped out of the car and said, "Harold, you take it".

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

024877

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Harold L. and Kathleen Rose (Plauger) McFarland, Sr.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 18, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54525.

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