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           ROBERT J. SURDIVAL SUMMONED BY DEATH
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            Son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William
         Surdival Expires in a Chicago Hospital.
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        A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
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       By a Friend.
   Gomer, O., Feb. 11.--At 6:30 o'clock on Tuesday
   evening, February 7, the heart of the Rev. William
   Surdival, D.D., Archdruid of the American Gorsedd,
   and his family, of Middlepoint, O., were rent by the
   passing away of their only son, Robert J. Surdival,
   which occurred in the Presbyterian Hospital at
   Chicago, Ill., in the forenoon of his bright day,
   after a lingering illness.  Robert was one of the
   most promising young business men of his day, and his
   passing away brought sorrow and disappointment to al 
    He was born at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on May 12, 1891,
   and received his early education at the schools of
   Pittsburgh and Gomer, O., becoming a graduate of the
   High School of Elida, O., from where he entered
   Oberlin University, passing with honors through a
   course of training which fitted him for the business
   positions which he held.  For two years he was a
   salesman in the foreigh silk department of the
   wholesale house of Marshall Field, Chicago, and from
   this position he went into the service of the
   Pennsyliati
on department, which he served with distinction until
the signing of the armistice, when he was honorably
discharged, leaving the service with an excellent
record.  He again enlisted the service of the John Doran
Auto Co., Spokane, Wash., and after two years was
appointed manager of the Ryan Fruit Co., Wallace, Idaho,
which position he held until the time of his death.
   His pleasing disposition won for him an esteemed
   place in the hearts and the social circles of the
   city in which he resided.  In December he was united
   in marriage to Miss Esther Swan, daughter of Mr. and
   Mrs. Axel Swan, of that city, and to this union was
   born one child, Robert James, Jr., who was just ten
   months old at the time of his father's death.  He was
   accompanied by his wife and child when he came to
   visit his parents the first day of 1922, and upon his
   face were the sure signs of the rapid app
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