OBIT: John Edward CURFMAN, 1918, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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CURFMAN

  John Edward Curfman died in the Magee hospital in Pittsburgh on 
Tuesday, death being due to pneumonia, following an attack of 
influenza.  The young man was a member of the student army training 
corps at the University of Pittsburgh and resided with his mother at 
Martinsburg before entering the service.  The young man was inducted 
into the service just two weeks ago and was sent to the war college at 
Pittsburgh to take up technical work.  He was taken ill Thursday and 
pneumonia developed in a few days.  His mother, Mrs. Anna Curfman, was 
notified Saturday evening and went to his bedside Sunday, being with 
him when he died.  The young man was born at Patton, Feb. 22, 1898, but 
had lived in Martinsburg the greater part of his life.  His father, 
George H. Curfman, died some years ago.  For several years he had been 
employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, working in the baggage 
room in this city for some time.  He was a member of the Methodist 
church, P.O.S. of A., and the Boy Scouts.  The young man had been given 
the rank of sergeant of supplies in the training corps a few days 
before his illness.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, October 31, 1918