OBIT: William E. LINDSAY, 2002, Hesston, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Gifford Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ William E. Lindsay William E. Lindsay, 88, of Bakers Hollow Road, Penn Township, Hesston RD, died Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 9:30 a.m. at the Altoona General Hospital following surgery to repair a broken hip. Funeral services were held March 17, at the John B. Brown Funeral Home in Huntingdon, the Rev. Dale W. Dowdy officiating. Interment was made in Huntingdon Memorial Gardens, Walker Township. He was born Jan. 23, 1914, in Huntingdon, a son of Edgar C. and Lillian Esther (Oakman) Lindsay. On April 20, 1935, he was married to Mildred A. Brenneman; who survives at home, along with a son, Bill, Jr. of Utah; and two grandchildren. One sister, Rosalia M. Robinson, formerly of RD Huntingdon, also survives in Reading. He was preceded in death by a sister, Katherine Feltenberger. Mr. Lindsay had been a member of the Stone Church of the Brethren in Huntingdon since 1922. He was raised in the "West End" of Huntingdon and was a 1931 graduate of Huntingdon High School. After graduation, he was employed by the John R. Wald Company, Wald Industries and, later, Prismo Universal Corporation. He retired from the latter as vice president in charge of manufacturing. After retirement, he continued on as a director of the English-owned company. He was a member and past president of the Huntingdon Rotary Club. The Lindsays had owned a cottage on the "old" Raystown Dam, and while there they enjoyed water skiing and fishing on the lake. A life member of the Huntingdon County Historical Society, "Bill" in his later years researched the histories of a number of families from the Huntingdon area, Trough Creek Valley and Woodcock Valley, publishing several items for the benefit of the public and his own relatives. He belonged to a group that hunted deer every fall in the Jacobs area near Cassville and at Martins Gap in the Rothrock State Forest. He enjoyed every kind of outdoor activity, including tent camping and fishing on the Aughwick Creek, as well as at the new Raystown Lake. The Valley Log, Orbisonia, Pa., March 20, 2002