Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Petenbrink, Edwin Franklin June 18, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Andrew Petenbrink andy21012@aol.com February 22, 2006, 9:17 am Cumberland Times, June 19, 1953 June 18, 1953 Edwin F. Petenbrink Edwin Franklin Petenbrink, 39 year old World War II veteran of Corriganville, was found dead of a heart attack late Thursday night in the cellar of his home. Dr. H.V. Deming, deputy county medical examiner, said the victim's wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Raupach) Petenbrink arrived home Thursday night and saw the house in darkness with the front door open. Looking through a cellar window, she saw her husband lying on the floor and called neighbors. Mr. Petenbrink was born January 1, 1914 in Hooversville, Pa., a son of the late William H. and Jennie (Swain) Petenbrink. He was a truck driver for the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company here. Serving five years in the armed forces, Mr. Petenbrink was a member of the 11th Airborne Infantry, 511th Regiment. A graduate of Allegany High School, he was a member of the Methodist Church and Corriganville Volunteer Fire Company. Surviving besides his widow, are on step-son, Robert F. Willingham, Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, Wyo; one brother, Robert K. Petenbrink, Niles, Ohio and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Stephens,Clifton Heights, Pa., and Mrs. Frank Martnishn, Jerome, Pa. The body is at the residence where services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. by Rev. William J. Elliott, Pastor of First Methodist Church here. Miltary honors at the grave in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery at Glencoe, Pa., will be accorded by Charles E. Kelly, Post 112 American Legion, Meyersdale. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mdfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb