Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Herman Johnson MOSTELLER, 1927

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Herman Johnson Mosteller -son of Joseph  and Sarah Jones Mosteller 
 
The Pottstown, Pennsylvania News
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
July 23, 1927

Herman Mosteller

The funeral of the late Herman Mosteller, Kimberton farmer, who was struck and 
killed by a freak lightning bolt on Thursday afternoon, will be held on Monday 
afternoon. Services will be held at his home at 1:30 o'clock Standard Time. 
Interment in St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery.

Daily Local
West Chester, Pennsylvania
July 22, 1927

Mosteller – In East Pikeland, near Kimberton, on July 21, Herman J. Mosteller, 
aged 48 years, 3 months and 9 days.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral without further notice 
from his residence, in East Pikeland, near Kimberton, On Monday, July 25. All 
services at the home at 1:30 o'clock, standard time. Interment in St. Matthew's 
Lutheran Cemetery. Automobiles will meet trains at Phoenixville, 11:08 south and 
11:18 north, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.

While working in a field on his farm, near Kimberton, yesterday afternoon, 
Herman Mosteller, a well-known farmer of that section, was struck by lightning 
from a clear sky. The stroke of lighting had struck him on the head and pierced 
its way through his body.

He was engaged in shocking wheat at the time. The air was humid at the time. And 
it was thought a storm was brewing, but there were no clouds in the sky. 
Suddenly, without warning, there came, without warning there came a tongue of 
livid flame. With a sharp cry of pain, Mr. Mosteller fell to the ground; his 
clothing burned completely off.

Two hired men, working nearby, carried the stricken man to his home and summoned 
a physician, who ascertained that death had been instantaneous. The hired men 
were uninjured.

Mr. Mosteller was a son of the late Joseph Mosteller and was born near Ludwick's 
Corner. His mother survives and had made her home with him.

He is survived by his wife and two children, a son and a daughter. There are 
also two brothers and three sisters; Morris, of East Nantmeal; Allen J., of Gary 
Indiana; Miss Margaret Mosteller, of Philadelphia; Mrs. David Hawthorne, of near 
Norristown, and Mrs. Calvin Stauffer, of Glenside. A brother Charles is 
deceased.

Mr. Mosteller was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, and of Kimberton 
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.

He was a cousin of J. B. Mosteller of West Chester, and had many relatives 
throughout the county.

Daily Local
West Chester, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1927

The funeral of Herman Mosteller well-known Kimberton farmer stricken by 
lightning last Thursday afternoon, was held yesterday at St. Matthew's Lutheran 
Church of this place. It was well attended by friends and relatives from all 
over Chester County. A brother, Allen J. Mosteller, of Indiana, attended the 
services and J. B. Mosteller; a cousin who resided in West Chester was present. 
Pallbearers included officers of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, as follows: 
Davis Stiteler, Daniel Halderman, Harry Davis and Elmer Bishop. Messrs. Bruner, 
representing a local Lodge, were the other pall bears. Rev M. L. Richard, a 
former pastor, now residing at Collingsdale, officiated.