OBIT: Dorsey N. McELWEE, 1942, Blair County, PA

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DORSEY NICHOLAS McELWEE

Of 809 Seventh avenue, retired Pittsburgh division locomotive
engineer, died at 8.30 o'clock Saturday evening at the Altoona
hospital.  He was born in Defiance, Nov. 6, 1876, a son of Aaron and
Eliza Stevens McElwee.  His wife, Myrtle, died May 30, 1935.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Johnson of Brooklyn, N.
Y., Mrs. Elizabeth Shover and Mrs. Ruth VanOrmer, both of Altoona;
three sons, J. L. McElwee and D. P. McElwee of Altoona and H. A.
McElwee of Charleston, W. Va.; eight grandchildren and the following
brothers and sisters: William and Henry McElwee of Defiance, Thomas of
Six Mile Run and Mrs. Sarah Rowland of Frostburg, Md.  Mr. McElwee
retired from the Pennsylvania railroad June 24, 1937, with thirty-five
years of service.  He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church.  Friends will be
received at the Mauk & Yates funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, July 13, 1942, Page 14