This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: michaelscaldwell Surnames: Luther, Gibson, Yingling Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.indiana/6456/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Latrobe, PA: Latrobe Bulletin, issue of Wednesday, 27 October 1948, p. 5, col. 1 John William Luther At his home in Wheatfield Township, Indiana County, near Bolivar, John William Luther, for many years a resident of Derry, died at 11 a.m. yesterday, from complications, due to extreme age. He was born on May 19, 1866, in Bolivar, a son of Isaac and Jane Gibson Luther. At the time of his death he was aged 82 years, five months and six days. Entering the service of the P.R.R. when a young man he served 42 years as fireman and locomotive engineer. Before his retirement in 1935, he hauled some of the fastest passenger trains on the Pittsburgh Division. Mr. Luther's first wife, Janet Luther, died in 1932, and in 1935 he married Louise Lavina, who survives, with one daughter, Mrs. Jeannette Yingling, of Altoona, and two sons, William Luther, of Wadsworth, Ohio, and Isaac W. Luther, of Loyalhanna Avenue, Ligonier. Three grandchildren also survive, Virginia, Jacqueline and Janet Luther, as does one brother, Milo Luther, of Clyde, Indiana County. When in Derry, Mr. Luther attended the Methodist Church, and was a member of the Bolivar Methodist Church, since he moved to that sector. He also belonged to the Masonic order, in Wilkinsburg, and to the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Friends may call at the Hughes Funeral Home, on Third Avenue, Derry, where funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. His pastor, the Rev. F.L. Teets, will be in charge. Interment will follow in Coles Cemetery, Derry. ___________________________________________________ Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.