OBIT: Charles S. FLETCHER, 1982, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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Retired Railroad Machinist Dies

  Charles S. Fletcher, 89, of 507 Pine St., Hollidaysburg, died at 9:32 
a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, 1982, at Mercy Hospital, after a brief illness.
  Mr. Fletcher retired as a machinist in the Juniata Shops of the 
Pennsylvania railroad in September 1958, then worked for the 
Pennsylvania General Assembly until 1968.
  He was born Aug. 2, 1893, in Bedford County, the son of John C. and 
Leah (Klotz) Fletcher, and in 1925, in Annville, married Lillie M. 
Hughes.
  Surviving are his wife, two children:  Charles S. Jr. of Bryan, 
Texas, and Mrs. Mary Esther Kitner of Baltimore, Md.; eight 
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  Also surviving are a brother and two sisters:  Mrs. Myra Dively in 
Florida, Mrs. Margaret Grissinger of Harrisburg and Eugene of 
Washington.
  Mr. Fletcher was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, 
Hollidaysburg, where he had served as an elder, Sunday school 
superintendent and teacher.
  He was an Army veteran of World War I, serving with the 413th 
Telegraph Battalion in France.
  He was a member and past commander of the Lakemont American Legion 
and Barracks 1035, Veterans of World War 1; and a member of VFW 
Altoona.
  He was also a 58-year member of Free and Accepted Masons, Logan Lodge 
of Altoona, where he had served as steward; a 50-year member of Jaffa 
Shrine Temple, where he had been a past commander of Legion of Honor, 
and Williamsport Consistory; a member of Tall Cedars of Lebanon, where 
he served as Grand Tall Cedar, and of Hollidaysburg Borough Council, 
and he served as Second Ward committeeman for many years. He organized 
Troop No. 32 Boy Scouts of America, Hollidaysburg, and was a member of 
Scotch Valley Grange.
  Mr. Fletcher received a citation in 1973 for more than 1,500 hours of 
volunteer service to the VA Hospital, Altoona.
  He was a graduate of Westinghouse Technical Institute of Pittsburgh.
  There will be no viewing.
  Arrangements by Plank & Stitt Funeral Home, Hollidaysburg.

FLETCHER - Services and interment for Charles S. Fletcher of 507 Pine 
St., Hollidaysburg, will be held at the convenience of the family. 
There will be no viewing. Arrangements by Plank & Stitt Funeral Home, 
Inc., Hollidaysburg. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a 
charity of your choice. A daughter, Leah Fletcher Seeley died in 1966.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., December 17, 1982
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
131, p. 18 (1982)