OBIT: Gene W. ASH, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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Gene W. Ash Killed In Mine Accident In Indiana County
Former Garrett Man Met Instant Death While at Work

  Gene W. Ash, 29, native and former resident of Garrett, was instantly killed 
last Saturday afternoon while at work in a coal mine, near his home in 
Luciusboro, Indiana County, Pa., when caught between a shuttle car and the rib 
of the mine at the Waterman No. 2 operation of the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal 
Company.
  Dr. E. L. Fleming, Indiana County coroner, conducted an investigation and 
attributed death to a fracture of the skull.  The Coroner learned that Ash 
apparently lost his balance and slipped between the machine and the side of the 
mine.
  He was a son of Silas and Nellie (Smith) Ash of Garrett and was born in 
Garrett on Nov. 14, 1914.  He lived in Garrett until three years ago when he 
moved to Luciusboro.
  He was married to Clara Shaffer, Jan. 18. 1937, and is survived by his wife, 
his parents and three children.  Also surviving are three brothers and five 
sisters, namely: Charles and James Ash, both of Garrett; William, Homer City 
R.D. 1; Mrs. Mac Angelo, Hooversville; Mrs. Anna Emerick, Ellerslie, Md.; Mrs. 
Naomi Weaver, Homer City R.D., and Lorraine and Dorothy Ash, both of Garrett.
  He was a member of the Ride Local No. 376, United Mine Workers, and of the 
Garrett Evengelical Church.  His body was brought to the home of his parents in 
Garrett on Monday.  Funeral services were held in the Garrett Evangelical 
Church, at 2:30 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon.  Rev. Merle Gahagan officiated.  
Interment was made in the Garrett cemetery under the direction of Johnson & Son, 
Berlin morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, March 30, 1944