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    1. [PACAMBRI] Obits Sept. 23 1910
    2. Patty Millich
    3. Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, September 23, 1910 Volume 44, Number 37 Celestine Buck Dead Celestine A. Buck of Carrolltown, an undertaker and furniture dealer who was well known all over the county, died at his home last Friday afternoon. The funeral was held last Monday morning in St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, with interment in the church cemetery. The deceased was a son of the late Ex-Sheriff John Buck and Regina Buck and was 60 years of age. His first wife was Mary Walters and his second, Regina Rosensteel. He was wedded the third time to Miss Annie Callahan on June 11, 1895. She survives as do three children of his first wife; four to his second and nine to this third. The deceased is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Dr. Michael J. of Pittsburg; Sylvester H. of Elyria, O.; James P. of Chicago; Anacetus W. of Ebensburg; Mrs. James V. Scanlan of Ebensburg; Ambrose C. of Braddock; Edward J. of Carrolltown; Mrs. James B. Eck of Carrolltown; Vincent J. of Turtle Creek and Lambert M. of Hastings. James D. Snyder Word was received here last night of the sudden death of James D. Snyder of 1315 Fifth Avenue, Altoona. Mr. Snyder was a conductor on the Ebensburg branch for a number of years and made a great many friends who well remember him. He was, incidentally, a member of the local lodge of Masons. The death occurred at Martinsburg, to which place Mr. Snyder had gone to visit relatives. The deceased was a native of Martinsburg, being a son of the late William Snyder of that place. He was about 68 years of age. Entering the service of the PRR on November 12, 1871, as a brakeman in the passenger service, he discharged the duties of that position until July 10, 1874, when he was promoted to the position of conductor. For a number of years he served in this capacity on the Hollidaysburg and Morrison’s Cove branch and later was transferred to the Pittsburg division, being at the time of death, the second oldest passenger conductor on that division. Levi L. Weimer Levi L. Weimer, a well known resident of Casselman, Somerset County, is dead at the age of 48 years. He was taken ill some time ago with typhoid fever and was apparently improving when he was stricken with apoplexy which was the cause of death. Jacob D. Fornwald Jacob D. Fornwald, a well known contractor and builder of Berlin, Somerset County, was brought to the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown on Sunday last, suffering from a fracture of the skull. He had been struck by a falling block and tackle. He was unconscious when admitted to the hospital and never regained consciousness, dying at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon. He was aged 52 years and leaves a widow and several children. Two Die Suddenly: Mrs. Jennie Louise Fronheiser and Walter C. Rininger Two sudden deaths occurred in Johnstown during Friday night, Mrs. Jennie Louise Fronheiser, aged 58 years, was found dead in her bed by her daughter, the cause being ascribed to acute indigestion. The other sudden death was that of Walter C. Rininger, who succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy at the age of 15 years. His dead body was discovered in bed by his father. Girl Hangs Herself Cresson, Sept. 18 When a room mate of Miss Theresa Weismiller, a domestic employed at the St. Aloysius academy at this place, visited their apartments in the academy last night, she found the body of Miss Weismiller, cold in death. The girl, in a fit of melancholia, had committed suicide by hanging herself to a projection in their room by means of a rope. For some days the girl had been in a depressed state of mind. A sister of Miss Weismiller some time ago became similarly afflicted and was taken to an insane asylum for treatment. The suicide was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Weismiller of this place. She was 25 years of age.

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