This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELHER,SCHWAB,REED,BATTLES,BROWN,FLADDERS,SPENCER,HOTCHKISS,PAUL,FANCHER,BAKER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/5911 Message Board Post: The following obituary clipping (circa 1939)was found in a box of old items. I am not related to, nor do I have any more information about the person in the obituary, I simply post it here to help whoever may be searching for him. The war it refers to was WWI ================================================ TAPS SOUNDED FOR VETERAN OF WORLD WAR A military funeral was help for the late William L. EHLER, a World War Vereran, passed away Sunday in New York. The Rev. H.H. Atkins, pastor of the United Bretheren Church of Farmers Valley, officiated. Olean Post, No. 1619, Veterans of Foreign Wars, conducted its ritual at Mount Vew Cemetery, with S. Sherman as commander. Members of Company "I" acted as pall-bearers. The were Captain Van A. Simmons, L.R. Kozlow, William Kiatte, F.C. Achenbach, LeRoy Spears, and George Armstrong. During the services, the Rev, Atkins and L.E. Tanner of Famers Valley offered two selections accompanied by Mrs W.N. Truby. They were: "Good Night Here - Good Morning There" and "We'll Never Say Goodbye." A volley was fired at the grave, the firing squad being composed of Sergeants Williams, Corson, Riordan, Privates Hanes, Kula, Reed, Ackkley and Bastalenia and Captain Lynch. William Wright was bugler. Those attending from out-of-town were: Mr & Mrs C Schwab, Duke Center; Mr & Mrs Russell Reed, Derrick City; Mr and Mrs Kenneth Battles, Bradford; Mr. and Mrs. Irving Brown, Samuel Brown, Shiglehouse; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fladders, Kenmore; Mrs Frank Spencer, Mrs. Gladys Spencer, Mrs Eva Hotchkiss, Perry; Mr and Mrs Frank Paul, Mrs. Florence Fancher, Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Spencer, Batavia; Mrs. Birdie Baker, Mrs. Samual Baker, Mrs John Baker, Coryville, Pa. -----------------------