Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries..... Francis WILAND, 1940
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Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 8 Aug 1940: 
"DROWNED YOUTHS BODIES TO DETROIT--Tragic Ends For Two Who Came to 
Moscow For a Vacation--Westernport, Md., Francis Wiland, 20, of 4642 
Springdale Avenue, Detroit, who was drowned Tuesday evening in the 
South Branch of the Potomac river, near Romney, was a native of 
Moscow, this county, moving to Detroit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 
Harold Wiland, when a boy.  He was the oldest child.  His body and 
that of his chum, Harry Ross Pearson, 20, of 13940 Mack avenue, 
Detroit, now at Boal's Funeral Home, here, will be taken to Detroit 
late today.  The group had only been a the beach about fifteen 
minutes when the tragedy occurred. They had brought a lunch but 
decided to first take a swim  Besides the two victims the party 
included Joseph Eloot, Detroit, who was also visiting Wiland's cousin,
 Miss Winifred Wiland, of Moscow, Nellie Meese, Elizabeth Yates, also 
of Moscow and Geneva Hyde of Barton.  Wiland was a graduate of a 
Detroit high school and was employed as an attendant at a gasoline 
station of the Zip Oil Company, there.  His mother is the former Miss 
Madeleine Green, of Moscow.  Besides his parents he is survived by 
three brothers, Bernard, Joseph and William Wiland, and five sisters, 
Mary Madaline, Margaret, Theresa, Ellen and Barbara Wiland, all of 
Detroit." Note: St. Gabriel's records show he was buried in Barton at 
St. Gabriel's Catholic Cemetery August 10, 1940."


Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, 9 Aug 1940: 
"The body of Francis Wiland, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wiland, 
4642 Springle avenue, Detroit, a native of Moscow, Md., who was drowned 
Tuesday in the South Branch of Potomac river, was removed to the home 
of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wiland at Moscow. He will be 
buried tomorrow morning at St. Gabriel's cemetery at Barton."  
Note: St. Gabriel's records confirm he was buried in Barton at St. 
Gabriel's Catholic Cemetery August 10, 1940."
 

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