OBIT: William Dunsmore GILMOUR, 1948, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Retired Shop Foreman Dies Unexpectedly

  William Dunsmore Gilmour, aged 85, of 3036 West Chestnut avenue, 
retired foreman of the miscellaneous shop in the Altoona works, died
unexpectedly at 6.30 o'clock this morning at his home. He had not
previously been ill, working about the home yesterday as usual. 
  He was born in Morris Run, Tioga county, on March 5, 1863, a son of 
William and Jean (Dunsmore) Gilmour, and came to Altoona as a young man
from Jersey Shore. He married Miss Dora Shardon of Altoona.
  Mr. Gilmour entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad on  May 
23, 1892, as a machinist. On Dec. 1, 1902, he was promoted to assistant
foreman of enginehouse 3, and on July 1, 1909, was transferred in the
same capacity to the miscellaneous shop. On Nov. 1, 1924, he became
foreman of the shop, continuing in that capacity
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until his retirement on May 31,  1932.
  Surviving are his wife, one son  and one daughter, William R. of 
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Dorothy Querry of Martinsburg, seven
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was a member of the
Knights of Pythias and of the Eagles.
  Mr. Gilmour will repose after 7 o'clock this evening at the V. L. 
Stevens funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday Evening, July 8, 1948, pp. 1, 32