OBIT: Elias CRISSINGER, 1930, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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ELIAS CRISSINGER

  Elias Crissinger, aged 82, one of Meyersdale's oldest residents, passed away 
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at his home, following a long illness.  He 
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Crissinger, both deceased, and was born in 
Germany.  He had been a resident of Meyersdale for a number of years.  Surviving 
are six children: Mrs. Sanford Harding of Somerset; Mrs. Isaiah Brown of 
Meyersdale; Mrs. William Scott of Akron, O.; Philip Crissinger of Oakland, Md.; 
John W. Crissinger of Sand Patch, and Henry Crissinger, of Meyersdale.
  He was a brother of Simon Crissinger, of New Baltimore; Mrs. Sylvia Strauss, 
of Nevada, and Mrs. Priseilla Frazier, of Sand Patch.  He also leaves 49 
grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
  The body has been prepared for burial by Undertaker W. C. Price.  Funeral 
services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Hostetler 
Church.  Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, September 18, 1930