OBIT: William Otterbein FRAILEY Jr., 1961, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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W. O. Frailey, Retired City Druggist, Dies

   William O. Frailey, Jr., seventy-four, 1608 Lititz Pike, retired city 
druggist, died at 10:40 p.m. Thursday at the General Hospital where he was 
admitted on Feb. 17.
   Frailey, one of the few surviving veteran druggists in Lancaster city, 
retired about 1958 after 50 years in the business.  He was a member of the 
firm of William O. Frailey & Sons Pharmacy, and the Frailey Orthopedic 
Appliances.  The firm is the oldest operating pharmacy in an inland city.
   He began working with his father when he was ten years old.  Later, after 
two years at Franklin and Marshall College, he graduated from the Philadelphia 
College of Pharmacy, received  his degree as Doctor of Pharmacy in June, 
1908.  In 1955 he received a life membership in the Lancaster County 
Pharmaceutical Assn., of which he was a member for 40 years; and two years 
later was cited by the organization for his long and distinguished service to 
the community.  He was one of the first presidents of the county organization.
   Fifty years after his graduation, in 1958, Frailey and three other 
classmates were honored by the Alumni Assn. of the Philadelphia  College of 
Pharmacy and Science.  Each received certificates of citation at that time in 
Philadelphia.
   He was a son of the late William O. and Elizabeth Stroble Frailey, and was 
a member of St. Anthony of Padua Church, city, and the Holy Name Society.
   He was a member of Lancaster Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks; was a Fourth Degree Knight in Lancaster Council, Knights of Columbus; 
and held membership in the Lancaster Optimist Club.  Frailey, and his wife, 
the former Helen Edna Rooney,
observed their 51st wedding anniversary last June 9.  Before moving to the 
Lititz Pike address, they formerly resided at 113 S. Marshall St.
   In addition to his wife, surviving are seven children: William O. Frailey 
III, Lancaster; C. Milton Frailey, Lititz RD; Gerard E. Frailey, East 
Petersburg; Bette Ann, wife of Ronald Wilson, Downey, Calif.; Richard R. 
Frailey, Tucson, Ariz.; Henry F. Frailey, Elmira, N.Y.; and John F. Frailey, 
Pleasant Ridge, Mich.  Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and a sister, Miss 
Frances Frailey, this city.


Daily Intelligencer Journal,  Lancaster, PA, Friday, March 3, 1961