Obituary: Basil S. Newcomer

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NEWCOMER, BASIL S.  Age 80 years, died Thursday, September 5, 1974 at his home
on Blaine Ave., McClellandtown. He was the son of the late Basil Newcomer and Ella
Rider Newcomer. He was a life-time resident of McClellandtown. His life was devoted
to teaching school in German and Redstone Township and was a former school director.
He was a member of the McClellandtown United Presbyterian Church and a trustee. A
member of German Grange 785, Valley Lodge 459, F&AM, Masontown . Lodge of
Perfection, and Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Fayco Forest. Preceding him in death was his
wife, Ruth Given Newcomer in 1967. Surviving are: one son, J. K. Newcomer of
Clearwater, Fla.; one granddaughter, Mrs. Wendell (Priscilla) Ratliff; one greatgrandson
of Columbus, Ohio; the following sisters and brother: Mrs. Medora Hawkins of Ecorse,
Mich.; Mrs. Modest Weisenburg of Tazarana, Calif.; Mrs. Mabel Titus of Severna Park,
Md.; Mrs. Willis Hopkins of York, Pa., and Dr. Ward E. Newcomer of Fairbank. Friends
will be received in the T. Leonard Sangston Funeral Home, McClellandtown, today from
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. till 2 p.m., the hour of service, with
Rev. Howard E. Brown officiating. Interment in McClellandtown United Presbyterian
Church Hill Cemetery.