Fayette County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ball, William Louis June 13, 1923
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The Daily Courier  June 13, 1923
William L. Ball Dies As Result of War Exposure

William Louis Ball, a veteran of the World War, died this morning from a an illness
which resulted from 
exposure during his service.  Death occurred at 9 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Harriet V. Franks, 408 
Jefferson street, an aunt, with whom he made his home for many years.  He was 30
years old, having 
been born August 18, 1893.
  William Ball, or "Bill" as he was called by his friends, was well known in the
city.  He had been employed 
at the Laughrey Drug Company as a clerk and his big smile won him lots of friends. 
He worked here for 
a time following the close of the war and later was employed in the same capacity at
the drug store of 
Wilhelm Het? at Rochester.  His illness became pronounced on October 1 and he went
to Mount Alto 
Sanitarium.  Later he went to the Hamburg Santarium and in April came to the home of
his aunt.  He was 
confined to his bed for many weeks but recently was able to spend a few hours
outside.
  "Bill" enlisted with the 20th Engineers at the beginning of the war and served
with that organization 
through the war.  While on the seas one of the ships carrying the engineers was sunk
and it was 
reported that he was included among the number.  It was later learned however, that
he had just missed 
that boat and taken the next.  It was while with the engineers that he suffered the
exposure which 
ultimately brought on his death.
  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ball, of Uniontown.  He had no
brothers or sisters.


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