OBIT: John Anderson PYLES, 1948, Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County, PA

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JOHN ANDERSON PYLES 

Of Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon county, died at 5.54 o'clock Wednesday afternoon 
after being seriously ill for two weeks.  He was a retired employe of the 
Rockhill Furnace Coal and Iron company, for which he worked for 46 years.  Mr. 
Pyles was born in Franklin, county Oct. 10, 1872, a son of Sylvester and 
Elizabeth (Bealman) Pyles.  He was twice married.  His first wife, Jemina 
Detwiler Pyles, died Oct. 3, 1925.  He later married Emily Mae Daughenbaugh. 
Surviving are his wife and these children to the first union: Harry M. of 
Rockhill Furnace, Lincoln E. of Altoona, Ivan H. of Ontario, Calif., Mrs. Carl 
Hiles of Orbisonia, Kestler L. of Mount Union and Mrs. Cecil Bard of Rockhill 
Furnace; 11 grandchildren and these brothers and sisters: Alvey Pyles of 
Shirleysburg, Mrs. Hugh Galbraith of Altoona and Mrs. William James and Roy 
Pyles of Rockhill Furnace.  Mr. Pyles was a member of the Evangelical United 
Brethren church of Orbisonia.  Friends will be received at the home until 11 
o'clock Saturday morning.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, August 5, 1948, page 30

PYLES - Funeral services for John Anderson Pyles of Rockhill Furnace will be 
held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Evangelical United Brethren church 
at Orbisonia in charge of Rev. J. T. Rauch.  Interment in the IOOF cemetery, 
Rockhill Furnace.  Friends will be received at the home until 11 o'clock 
Saturday morning.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, August 5, 1948, page 26