OBIT: James A. Oyler, 1955, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

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Gettysburg Times, 1955-Jun-16 
 
 JAMES A. OYLER, WORLD WAR I VETERAN, DIES 
James A. Oyler, 58 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg R.1, died Sunday morning at 2:25 o'clock at the Warner Hospital from the effects of a stroke 
suffered May 25. He had been in ill health for the past five years and was admitted to the hospital May 23. 
A native of Gettysburg, he was a son of the late Wesley and Mary McKendrick Oyler and attended the public schools here. A veteran of World 
War I, he was inducted August 28, 1918, as one of 83 Adams County men accepted for the Army at that time. He was stationed at Camp Lee, 
Va. as a private in Company C, 2nd Training Battalion, 153 Depot Brigade, and was discharged Dec. 29, 1918. 
For a number of years he was employed by the State Highway Department and then for some time conducted his own cement block business.  
Later he was employed by Mc Dermott Brothers in cement block making, retiring three years ago because of his health. 
A member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church here he was also a member of the Albert J. Lentz Post of the American Legion,  the Last 
Man's Club, the Gettysburg Fire Company's Adams County Firemen's Association and the Pennsylvania, Firemen's Association. 
Surviving are his wife the former Martina Moore of New Oxford, and the following brothers and sisters:  Harris S. Oyler, Altoona; Mrs. Ella G. 
Stock, Norbett L. Oyler, Postmaster Lawrence E Oyler and Mrs. Joseph Smith all of Gettysburg.  Also surviving are a number of nieces and 
nephews. 
Funeral services Wednesday morning at the Bender Funeral Home at 8:15 o'clock followed by a requiem mass at 9 o'clock at St Francis Xavier 
Catholic Church with the Rev. Ft. Anthony F. Kane officiating.  Interment in the Gettysburg National Cemetery with military services by the 
Honor Guard of the Albert Lentz American legion post. 
Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening after 7 o'clock with the rosary to be recited there at 3 o clock.