OBIT: William Otterbein FRAILEY, 1941, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA

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W. O. Frailey Dies; Druggist 56 Years in Same Location
Victim of Heart attack at 82; Began As Pharmacy Clerk In 1876

   William O. Frailey, 82, proprietor of Frailey's Drug store at King and 
Shippen streets for the past 56 years, died suddenly Sunday morning at his 
home, 335 E.  Orange St.
   Dr. A. V. Walter, county coroner, said death was due to a heart attack.  
Mr. Frailey was found at 12:40 p.m. Sunday by his grandson, C. Milton Frailey, 
who went to his grandfather's home to take him to the home of his son, William 
O. Frailey, Jr., for dinner.
   Mr. Frailey was the son of the late Henry L. and Frances Steiner Frailey.  
He started his career in a drug store in 1876 when he entered the employ of 
William T. Wylie at 116 N. Queen St., as apprentice.  He served under Mr. 
Wylie for two years and then under John R. Kauffman, who purchased the Wylie 
store in 1878.
   Mr. Frailey then entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy from which he 
was graduated in 1882.  He returned to Lancaster and clerked for Mr. Kauffman 
until 1885 when he purchased the Burger Pharmacy at King and Shippen streets, 
the site of the present store.
   In 1884 Mr. Frailey joined the Lancaster County Pharmaceutical Association 
and shortly after opening his store became a member of the State 
Pharmaceutical Association.   He took an active part in the local 
organization.  In 1888 he purchased the building he occupied.
   In 1901 Mr. Frailey was elected chairman of the Executive Committee of the 
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association of which he became president in 1903 
and was elected Honorary Life Member.  In 1901 he was affiliated with the 
American Druggist Syndicate and was elected member of the Board of Directors.  
In 1907 he was elected President and presided over the annual meeting held 
that year in Madison Square Garden, New York City.
   Mr. Frailey was an ardent fisherman, and seldom missed the opening days of 
the trout and bass seasons.
   He is survived by three children, William, Jr., who in 1908 graduated from 
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy with the degree of Doctor in Pharmacy and 
entered the store with his father; Henry L. and Frances M., all of this city.  
He is also survived by one sister Anna, wife of G. Edward Fleisher of this 
city; eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.


Daily Intelligencer Journal,  Lancaster, PA,  Monday, November 24, 1941