Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Prager, John Friedrich November 3, 1910
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Sharpsburg and Etna Herald, Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania (date of publication not noted.)
Old Resident Dead. John F. Prager Passes Away at Ripe Old Age. Was Born in 
1821. John F. Prager, aged 89 years, one of the oldest and best known 
residents of this vicinity and the oldest member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic 
church, Sharpsburg, died early yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Wittman, wife of J.J. Wittman, on Eight street. Mr. Prager was 
born in Germany, December 11, 1821, and came to America in the spring of 1846, 
settling in Philadelphia where he lived for two years. He then moved to Etna 
and opened a furniture store, being a cabinet-maker by trade. Later he bought 
a farm in O'Hara township near the filtration plant at Aspinwall, and lived on 
it for 51 years. For a number of years he lived a retired life residing with 
his daughter. He leaves four children, Mrs. Mary Bowerly, of West Etna; 
Charles Prager, Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Wittman and Edward Prager, of O'Hara 
township. His wife died in 1900. Seventeen grandchildren and two great-
grandchildren also survive. The funeral will take place tomorrow (Saturday) 
morning at nine o'clock. Services in St. Mary's church.


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