Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Speakman, Fred W. December 28, 1926
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FRED W. SPEAKMAN  1/1/1926
     Fred W. Speakman, a former hotel keeper in this city, but hwo for some 
time past has been a resident of Elizabethtown, died at the latter place on 
Tueday evening, after a protracted illness. He was 57 age, andis survived by 
his widow and two grown sons--Franklin B. of Akron, O,. and Paul B., of 
Madison, N.J.
     His funeral will take place at 2 p.m. today from the residence of his 
late father-in-law, F.B. Ddavis, of 334 Railroad Street, this ciyt. Interment 
will made at Fairview Cemetery.


Fred W. Speakman 12/29/1926
     Word reached H. C. Ford  here last evening of the death at the Masonic 
Home,Elizabethtown,Pa., of the death during the day of Fred W. Speakman, of 
this city, who had been at the home for the past eighteen months. The body 
will be shipped to this city for interment. He is survived by his wife and two 
sons by a former wife, Franklin at a point in Ohio, amd Paul, of Patterson, 
N.J. Two nieces Mrs Anna Martha Alexander in North Carolina, and Mrs. James 
Franklin Sides of Lancaster, are the nearest relatives. Arrangements for the 
funeral have not been completed.
     Mr. Speakman was a son of the late Franklin B. Speakman, owner of the 
Speakman hotel of this place, which still bears his name. Following the death 
of the oldest son, Charles H. Speakman , the hotel and other valuable property 
became the possession of Fred Speakman. The young man coming from Swartmore 
College took a position in the plate mills fo the Luken Steel Company, where 
he was employed for a long time, unti suceeding to the proprietorship of the 
hotel. Following his relinguishing this property to another, hee ntered the 
service of thr Government in the accounting department of Frankford Arsenal, 
in Philadelphia. He suffered a stroke and was forced to leave this place.  He 
came to the city to stay at the residence of his Father-in-law Frank Davis, on 
Railroad Street; until he entered the home at Elizabethtown.


Speakman In Elizabethtown, Pa., on December 28th, 1926, Fredrick W. Speakman, 
in the 55th year of his age. Relatives and friends of the family also Goddard 
Lodge No. 383,D.& A.M. are invited to attend the funeral without further 
noticefrom the residence of his father-in-law, Frank B. Davis, No.334 Railroad 
Street, Coatesville, Pa.,on saturday January 1st, 1927. Meet at the house at 2 
o'clock p.m. Interment in Fairview Cemetery
 


Additional Comments:
there is a hand written note a the bottom of the last one that says "Born 2-29-
1872"

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