OBIT: Joseph A. Oaster, 1916, Edgegrove, Adams County, PA

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Joseph A. Oaster

Joseph A. Oaster died at his home in Edgegrove on Wednesday, July 19, at 11 
a.m., after an illness of one year from heart trouble.  He was aged 62 years, 4 
months and 10 days.

The deceased was a son of the late Adam Oaster, of McSherrystown, and was a 
widower, his wife having died 23 years ago.

He is survived by the following children:  Mrs. Gertrude Noel, Mrs. Rebecca 
Ackerman, Mrs. Lucy Lawrence and Edw. Oaster, of McSherrystown; Mrs. Clara Long, 
at home; William Oaster, of Pittsburgh, and Simon Oaster, of Philadelphia.  
Also, eight grandchildren and three brothers and one sister survive, Miss 
Cecelia Oaster and John Oaster, of McSherrystown; Adam Oaster, of Philadelphia, 
and George Oaster, of Muncie, Indiana. 

Funeral from Conewago chapel, Saturday morning, requiem mass at 9 o’clock, Rev. 
Charles Koch officiating.  Interment in the chapel cemetery.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, July 22, 1916