Hi, Judy, I'm sure there's a Port Jervis obituary for Elias and probably a news item as well, but there may also be something in the Middletown newspaper - news of both towns was always of interest to the other. I'll check one day when I'm at the Middletown Thrall Library. Just can't promise how fast that'll be. What a shame - such a needless death. My mother had a story about one of her relatives (can't remember who) that was driving a car under an Erie overpass in Port Jervis when a body fell down on their car. It was someone who had been taking a shortcut over the tracks. Even back then, the frail human body was no match for tons of iron. They moved much faster than they looked to be, too. I lived in Port Jervis when I was a kid. The main cemetery, Laurel Grove, is right on the Delaware River. Just outside the cemetery grounds, there was a steep bank (end of South Street) that also overlooked the River. The glass company dumped large quanities of slag glass over that bank. We kids were always carting home the "pretty" globs. There wasn't an aquarium in town that wasn't graced with that glass slag! Isn't Mr Sponholz is a sweety! Yours, Julia --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Bill & Judy Cuyle <bjcuyle@lightlink.com> wrote: ...Do you think there might be an obituary for Elias in the microfilmed copies of the Port Jervis newspapers at the Port Jervis Public Library?... Judy