OBIT: William Clair CRIDER, 1948, of Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DIES IN MARYLAND
WILLIAM C. CRIDER {photo]

Heart Attack Fatal to Logan Valley Employe

  William Clair Crider, aged 58, of 2709 Sixth avenue, daylight dispatcher for 
the Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway company, died yesterday morning at 
11 o'clock at the Union Memorial hospital, Baltimore, Md., following a heart 
attack.
  Mr. Crider had been visiting a son, Clair W. Crider of Baltimore, when he was 
stricken Monday evening and taken to a Baltimore hospital.  He had worked last 
for the Logan Valley April 5, when he suffered a heart attack.  Two weeks ago 
he and Mrs. Crider left for Harrisburg to visit a son, Harold B. Crider, and 
from there they left on Sunday for Baltimore.
  Mr. Crider was born April 10, 1890 in Altoona, the son of Herman and Emma 
(Welch) Crider.
  A veteran of 39 years' service with the Logan Valley, Mr. Crider had been 
serving as daylight dispatcher since 1930.  He started work with the company in 
1909 as a conductor and later became a motorman.  He was superintendent of  
transportation for two years for the Johnstown Traction company, but returned 
to the Logan Valley in 1925 as dispatcher at Lakemont park.
  Mr. Crider was well known for his activities with the Blair County Motor 
club.  He was a member of Hiram lodge, F. and A.M., the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, 
Jaffa Shrine and the Harrisburg consistory and a member of the Simpson 
Methodist church.
  Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Meta Auman; two sons, Clair of 
Baltimore and Harold of Middletown; three grandchildren and a brother Fred of 
Cleveland, O.
  Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock this 
evening.

Altoona Mirror, August 4, 1948, page 18
  
CRIDER - Funeral services for William Clair Crider of 2709 Sixth avenue, will 
be held Friday morning at 1 o'clock at the Laughlin funeral home, in charge of 
Rev. Murray Young of the Simpson Methodist church.  Interment in Oak Ridge 
cemetery.  Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 
o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, August 4, 1948, page 15