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Dr. Walter Orthner, 47, prominent Huntingdon Physician and active in the
State Medical Society, died at his home, 806 Washington Street, at 8:12
o'clock last evening, April 21, 1948, after a short illness. Death was
due to sarcoma of the mesentery. Dr. Orthner took ill on March 15 and
was stricken while treating patients in his office the following day. He
was rushed to the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital where he later had an
operation. On Sunday, April 11, he was released from the hospital and
returned to his home. On September 1, 1931, after completing his
internship at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, Dr. Orthner opened his office for
the practice of medicine in Huntingdon. He soon became active in
community and church affairs and took a prominent place in the life of
the town. Dr. Orthner received his bachelor of arts degree from the
University of Rochester and was awarded his medical degree by Temple
University in 1930. He was deeply interested in the work of the Medical
Society of the State of Pennsylvania and was a member of the board of
trustees and councilor for that group. He was a past president of the
Huntingdon County Medical Society and a fellow of the American Medical
Association. He was president of the Huntingdon Board of Health at the
time of his death. He was also a member of the Huntingdon Kiwanis Club.
He was a member of the staff of the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and
served one term as president of the group. Dr. Orthner was active in the
First Baptist Church of Huntingdon and served the congregation as a
deacon. The deceased was born on March 4, 1901, near Dallas, Texas, a
son of Mrs. Rudolph Orthner and the late Mr. Orthner. On October 31,
1931, at Philadelphia, he was united in marriage to Miss Lena Katherine
Strohacker of Philadelphia. In addition to his wife and mother he is
survived by the following brothers and sisters: Joseph Orthner of Coral
Gables, Fla.; Frank Orthner of Brooklyn, New York; Carl Orthner of
Burlington, Iowa; Philip Orthner of Denton, Mich.; Mrs. Victoria Preuss
of Forest Park, Ill., and Coral Gables, Fla., and Adelaide Orthner, of
Coral Gables, Fla. The mother, Mrs. Rudolph Orthner is also a resident
of Coral Gables. Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon at
4 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. Tobias F. Henry and the
Rev. H.D. McKeehan will officiate and interment will be made in
Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at Brown's funeral home after 7:30
this evening and until 11 o'clock Saturday morning when the body will be
taken to the church where it may be viewed until the hour of the
service. It was Dr. Orthner's request that no flowers be sent to his
funeral. Instead, he suggested that any funds from his friends for
flowers be used to purchase some piece of equipment for the J.C. Blair
Memorial Hospital.