OBIT: Ephraim E. BOGER, 1931, Hays Mills, Brothersvalley Township, Somerset 
County, PA

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EPHRAIM E. BOGER

  Ephraim E. Boger, aged 77 years, a prominent farmer of Hay's Mills, 
Brothersvalley, Township, was found dead in his barn Tuesday afternoon, having 
apparently died of apoplexy an hour or so before the finding of his dead body.
  His health had been failing for several years, but in spite of feebleness he 
kept stirring around and doing chores about his home.  After dinner on Tuesday 
he had gone to his pig pen where he discovered a sow that had given birth to a 
litter of pigs, in the act of killing her offspring.  She had killed all but 
one, which Mr. Boger rescued.  He then went to the barn, apparently to get some 
straw to make a bed for the little pig, and while so engaged was stricken and 
died.
  Mr. Boger was an active farmer for many years and also dealt in agricultural 
implements.
  He and Miss Melissa Poorbaugh were married in June, 1879.  He is survived by 
his wife and these children: Mrs. Elsie M. Miller, of Johnstown; Mrs. Alda 
Kreitzberg, of Akron, O.; Mrs. Vera Coder, of England; Baden Boger, of 
Guysville, O., and Homer Boger, of Hay's Mills.
  Mr. Boger is also survived by 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  
A son, Wilfred, and a daughter, Mrs. Harry Brant, both preceded him to the 
grave.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mt. 
Zion (Hay's) Reformed Church, by Rev. F. D. Witmer.  Interment will be in the 
church cemetery.  Undertakers J. N. Johnson & Son, of Berlin, prepared the body 
for burial.

Meyersdale Republican, April 9, 1931