OBIT: Charles A. BONSELL, 1948, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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CHARLES A. BONSELL
 
Tyrone Man Found Dead on Engine Tender
Harrisburg, March 30th, 1948 -(UP)
 
Brakeman, Charles A. Bonsell, aged 47, of Tyrone, R.D.2, was found dead 
in a locomotive tender at the Enola enginehouse of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad today.  Cumberland County Coroner Edward A. Haegele said 
Bonsell's body was found buried in coal and that he apparently 
suffocated after being struck by an overhead bridge while he was riding 
the tender.  He had been employed since 1944.
 
Native Of Spruce Creek
 
Born September 29, 1900, at Spruce Creek, Mr. Bonsell was the son of 
John and Carrie (Moffitt) Bonsell.  He was married July 9, 1922, at 
Cumberland, Md., to Aerie C. Patterson.  Surviving are his wife, his 
parents, and these children: Clarence of Altoona, Edna May, Margaret 
Louise and Kenneth all at home; a step-son, Charles B. Waler, of Tom 
River, New Jersey; these brothers and sisters: Robert of Chambersburg, 
Mrs. Conrad Cox, Albert, Claire, Paul, Ruth, Mrs. Robert McKelvey and 
Mrs. Harry Kennedy, all of Tyrone, and three granddaughters.  Mr. 
Bonsell was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of 
Tyrone, the L.O.O.M. and the B. of R.T. 

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., March 30, 1948