OBIT: Samuel S. CHERRY, 1903, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Samuel S. Cherry, a Yard Brakeman Instantly Killed Early Saturday Morning.

  Samuel S. Cherry, of 806 Lexington avenue, who was long in the service of 
the Pennsylvania railroad company, as a brakeman, was instantly killed in the 
yard between the hours of 6 and 6.30 o'clock Saturday morning.  The body was 
found along No. 3 track on the north side, below Fourth street.  There was no 
witness in the fatality, but the mangled condition of the body would lead to 
the belief that he fell from the draft of cars on which he was riding 
directly in the path of the wheels, which crushed out his life.
  Deceased was the son of John and Margaret Cherry, of Bellwood, and was born 
in that borough on Feb. 14, 1858.  He came to Altoona twenty-one years ago 
and entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, where he 
remained until his sudden death.  Besides his wife, he is survived by the 
following children: Charles H., Lester A., Clement R., Lamont V., and 
Merrill, all living at home.  These brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. 
Oscar Cherry and Mrs. J. Howard Manley, of Altoona;  William Cherry, Mrs. 
John Steinberg and Mrs. Alvin Cherry, of Pittsburg; Edward, of Chicago, and 
Lloyd, Clark and Calvin Cherry, of Bellwood.
  The deceased was a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief 
department, of Chicalacamoose tribe, No. 264, Improved Order of Red Men, and 
the local lodge of the Railway Trainmen.  Mr. Cherry was one of the oldest 
railroaders in the yard and had many friends, who were shocked to hear of his 
untimely death.  He was an attendant at the First Baptist church.
  The funeral services which have been taken charge of by the deceased's 
fellow trainmen, will be held at the late residence at 1.20 this afternoon, 
and will be conducted by Rev. J. M. James, D.D., pastor of the First Baptist 
church, and interment will be made in Antis cemetery, near Bellwood.  The 
members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will attend the funeral in a 
body and will leave on a special train at 2.15 this afternoon.

Altoona Times, Monday, July 6, 1903