OBIT: William BOOR, 1942, Confluence, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM BOOR

  William Boor, aged 64, died on New Year's Day of a heart attack at his home in 
Confluence.  He was born in West End, Bedford County, on October 9, 1877, the 
son of Henry and Amanda Ware Boor.  He was employed by the Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad in the capacity of engineer for over 40 years.
  He is survived by his wife, Maud Colborn Boor, and by two children, Roger, a 
teacher in the Confluence High School, and Myra Boor Fuller, of Wellsville, New 
York; also by two brothers, John, of East McKeesport, and Harry, of Carnegie.  
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of Somerset Lodge 
No. 358, Free and Accepted Masons.
  Funeral services were conducted at the family residence on Saturday afternoon, 
January 3, by Rev. Sherman H. Burson of the Confluence Methodist Church, of 
which Mr. Boor was a member.  Interment was in Somerset County Memorial Park 
with services by members of the Somerset Masonic Lodge.  Funeral arrangements 
were under the direction of Charles B. Humbert, Confluence mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, January 8, 1942