OBIT: Harry Ford BLUEBAUGH, 1949, Coal Run, Somerset County, PA

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HARRY FORD BLUEBAUGH

  Harry Ford Bluebaugh died suddenly at about 11:30 on Sunday evening, July 3, 
at his home in Coal Run.  Mr. Bluebaugh attended the baseball game in Salisbury 
during the afternoon and spent the evening at home with guests.  After his 
guests departed, he felt hungry, ate a few sandwiches, and sat down in a chair 
and passed away, from a heart attack.
  He was born in Coal Run on October 15, 1886, son of Lydia (Shuck) and Raphael 
Bluebaugh and was aged 62 years, 8 months and 18 days at his passing.  He was a 
member of the Meyersdale Moose Lodge and of the United Mine Workers of America.  
He worked as a miner practically all his life. 
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth (Miller) Bluebaugh; three sons, Earl of 
Coal Run, James and Jack, at home; four daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Fisher, West 
Salisbury, Mrs. Maxine Ohler, Stoystown, Mrs. Virginia Maust, Route 3, 
Meyersdale, and Miss Eleanor Bluebaugh, at home; one brother, Ralph Bluebaugh, 
Connellsville; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Shultz, Meyersdale, Mrs. Adeline Lohr, 
Garrett and Mrs. Iva Ward, Harmony; and by 16 grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted at the St. Paul Reformed Church with the 
pastor, the Rev. George K. Ely officiating, at 2:30 p.m. today, Thursday.  
Interment in the church cemetery in charge of Salisbury mortician, Stanley M. 
Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, July 7, 1949