OBIT: Wilson LEWIS, 1936, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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WILSON LEWIS

  Wilson Lewis, retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, died at his 
home, 1612 Pennsylvania avenue, this morning at eleven o'clock 
following a brief illness with pneumonia.
  Mr. Lewis was a son of Samuel and Ellen (Beamer) Lewis and was born 
at Dix on August 28, 1859.  On September 2, 1890, he was united in 
marriage with Miss Elizabeth Peterson of Spruce Creek.  He is survived 
by his wife, one daughter and two sons, Miss Ellen Lewis, Mahlon Lewis 
and John Lewis, all of Tyrone, also two grandchildren.  He is also 
survived by two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Woomer, Tyrone, and Mrs. Harry 
Ganoe, of Clearfield, Pa.
  He was a member of the Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, 
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the P.R.R. Retired Men's club.
  Funeral services will be held at the home on Wednesday afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr. Bert A. Salter, pastor of the 
Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, followed by burial at the 
Bald Eagle cemetery.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday, April 27, 1936