OBIT: Rev. John Wesley FORREST, 1931, Native of Littlestown, Adams County, PA

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The funeral of Rev. John Wesley Forrest, a native of Littlestown, and retired
minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, who died last evening at 9:45 
o'clock at the Harrisburg hospital from the effects of a stroke of paralysis, 
will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Forrest family residence, 
North Queen street, Littlestown.  Rev. Dr. J. Howard Ake, Harrisburg district 
Methodist Episcopal superintendent, will officiate.  Interment will be made in 
Mr. Carmel cemetery, Littlestown.

The first charge of the deceased after graduating from Dickinson seminary at
Williamsport, was at Mercersburg.  He also filled charges at State college, York
Springs, and other points in the Central Pennsylvania conference.  His last
appointment was a the Treverton charge.  He made his home, after retirement in 
1914, at Selinsgrove.

The Gazette and Daily - Thursday, February 05, 1931