OBIT: Arthur S. ENGLAND, 1918, Canoe Creek, Blair County, PA

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BLAIR SOLDIER GIVES LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
Arthur S. England, Canoe Valley Youth, Dies in Training Camp at Forst 
Sam Houston, Texas

  Another Blair county boy has given his life that democracy might be 
preserved to the world, word having been received last evening of the 
sad event by W. W. England of Canoe Valley when informed by the war 
department that his son, Arthur S. England, had died at Fort Sam 
Houston, Tex., on Sunday, of pneumonia.
  Arthur S. England was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. England, of near 
Yellow Springs and was born near Pinecroft, Aug. 24, 1896, and went to 
Canoe Creek with his parents 15 years ago.  Last fall Mr. England 
volunteered and was assigned to the aviation corps, being stationed at 
Fort Sam Houston, Tex., for training.
  He was a quiet and industrious young man with many friends who will 
be sorrowed by his sacrifice.  He attended Lutheran church and Sunday 
school.
  The dead soldier is survived by his parents and the following 
brothers and sisters: Robert England, a volunteer at Fort Worth, Tex.; 
Gale, Foster, Kenneth, Katherine, Tanson and Mildred England, all at 
home.  Funeral services will be conducted by the young man's pastor, 
Rev. Rearick, in the Lutheran church on Friday, April 12, at 2 p.m.  
Interment will be made in Keller's cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 9, 1918