OBIT: Jacob Howard PRESSEL, 1938, Woodbury Township, Bedford County, PA

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JACOB HOWARD PRESSEL

Died at his home south of Woodbury last evening at 7.20 o'clock of a 
complication of diseases following an extended illness. He was born on 
May 2, 1892, at Lafayettesville, a son of Harry and Annie (Rininger) 
Pressel, and spent all his life in the cove, most of the time being 
engaged in farming. On May 28, 1910, he was united in marriage with 
Miss Ella Reighard, the ceremony being performed at Martinsburg. The 
widow and these children survive:  Walter and Richard of Woodbury and 
John, Betty and Genevieve, at home. The father, a resident of Altoona 
and who at present is seriously ill, also survives, along with these 
brothers and sisters:  Arthur Pressel of Roaring Spring, Della, wife of 
Homer Harclerode, near Woodbury; Clay Pressel of Hollidaysburg and 
Lottie, wife of Andrew Brown of Roaring Spring. Mr. Pressel was a 
member of the Lutheran church, a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows at Woodbury and was a past master of the Woodbury grange. The 
body may be viewed at the home.

PRESSEL - The funeral of Jacob Howard Pressel, residing south of 
Woodbury, will be held in the Lutheran church at Woodbury on Saturday 
forenoon at 10 o'clock. The services will be in charge of Rev. Ralph W. 
Meckley, pastor, assisted by Rev. D. I. Pepple of Woodbury. Interment 
will follow in the Dry Hill cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., October 20, 1938
Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Obituary Collection, 
vol. 11, p. 113 (1938)