OBIT: John W. ENGLE, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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JOHN W. ENGLE

  John W. Engle, 68, died suddenly of coronary occlusion, Nov. 24, in Dormont, 
Pa.  He had gone to work as usual on a contracting job building a school house, 
and became ill shortly after getting on the job.  He was taken into the office 
and a doctor was called, but he died before the doctor arrived.  He had been 
suffering from a heart weakness for some years.
  Mr. Engle was born at Engle's Mills, Elk Lick Township, on Jan. 15, 1880, a 
son of Sarah E. (Wagner) and John J. Engle.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Cora (Kretchman) Engle; one son, Paul, of Pittsburgh; six brothers: George G. 
Engle, Bruceton Mills, W.Va.; Calvin U. Engle, Walkersville, Md.; Irvin J. 
Engle, Cumberland, Md.; Samuel E. Engle, Salisbury; Lloyd L. Engle, Waynesburg, 
and Frank L. Engle, Salisbury; one sister, Mrs. Mary Susan Mercer, Coraopolis, 
and two grandchildren.
  The body was brought to Salisbury, Saturday, and funeral services were 
conducted in Thomas Funeral Chapel at 4 p.m., Sunday, with his pastor, the Rev. 
Mr. Berkley of Pittsburgh, officiating.  Interment was made in the I.O.O.F. 
Cemetery in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, December 2, 1948