OBITUARIES:  LEAR, Henry; 1910; Moxham, Cambria Cnty., PA

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THE JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE (Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania) "5 O'clock 
Edition,"
Saturday Evening, 14 May 1910
page 10, column 5


DEATH OF HENRY LEAR
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Employee of Lorain Steel Company Expires of Pneumonia After Short Illness

Henry Lear, an employee of the Lorain Steel Company, died at his home, No. 737 Park 
avenue, Moxham, at 11 o'clock this morning, after a few days' illness of pneumonia, in 
his fifty-fifth year. Mr. Lear had been bedfast since Sunday.

The deceased, who was a brother of Mrs. James Forsythe, of No. 740 Park avenue, was 
born in Westmoreland County, this State, in April, 1836, and was married to Lueretia 
Berkebile, who survives him, with the following children: Mrs. George Mostollar, of 
Mostollar; Mrs. Irvin Wilt, of Friedens; John, of Ferndale Borough; James of the Eight 
Ward, and Misses Carrie and Helen and Lawrence Lear, at home. He is also survived by 
several grandchildren. The Lear family has resided in Moxham since 1889.

The funeral will take place on Monday afternoon, with interment in Grand View 
Cemetery. Mr. Lear was a member of the Second Christian Church, Vestal Camp, 
Woodmen of the World, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.