Vitals:  Obits:  McCreery, William H.,  Indiana Co, PA

SUBJECT: William H. McCREERY Obituary
SUBMITTER: Michael S. Caldwell
EMAIL: msc@juno.com
DATE: Jan 02, 1999
SURNAMES: McCREERY, McCREARY, TUGGEY, BERGER
COUNTY NATIVE BURNED TO DEATH. Rev. W.H. McCreery Met Tragic End in California
Sleeping Car.

Rev. W.H. McCreery, of Riverside, California, was burned to death in a
sleeper near Crystal siding Nevada, early Wednesday morning, June 16.

He was enroute from Riverside, California, to Loveland Colorado, in company
with his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Tuggey and a granddaughter, Miss Edith Tuggey,
when the tragedy occurred. Mrs. Tuggey and her daughter escaped the fire,
but four other persons besides Mr. McCreery lost their lives. At the present
writing the origin of the fire is not known. Investigation is being conducted
by the Union Pacific Railroad officials, on which line the fire occurred.

Mr. McCreery was in his 87th year. He was born in Pennsylvania but spent
most of his life in Colorado. For many years he was actively engaged in
business in Loveland and supplied many pulpits in that part of the Church
in addition to looking after his business interests. He is the father of
Dr. Elbert L. McCreery of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. Other surviving
members of the family are Mrs. Mabel Tuggey, of Riverside, and Mrs. Ida
Berger, of Orange, California.
[obituary has hand-written date "June 25, 1926"]




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