OBIT: Sarah Elizabeth (WAGNER) ENGLE, 1946, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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SARAH ELIZABETH ENGLE

Grandest Old Lady of Salisbury Dead at Age 0f 95 Yrs.

Her long and useful Life Devoted to Her Family, Her Friends, Her Country and God

  Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Engle, widow of John J. Engle, died at the home of her 
son, Frank L. Engle, at 8:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 20th, of a gastric 
hemorrhage.  Mrs. Engle was the oldest resident of Salisbury at the time of her 
death, having been 4 months and 25 days past her 95th milestone.  She had been 
ill for about a week, but had been in failing health for some time prior to her 
final illness.
  She was born in Salisbury on November 26, 1850, daughter of Henry and 
Elizabeth (Shockey) Wagner, and had been a resident of Salisbury or of Elk Lick 
Township all her life.  In her younger years prior to her marriage, she was a 
school teacher and a tailor, and at that time resided in the home now occupied 
by Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Good.  Prior to that time, she had lived in what was 
termed the "Red House" at the site of Engle's mill, and after her marriage, 
lived at the Engle Homestead at the mill, although by that time the homestead 
had been reduced in size by the sale of the farms where William G. Lowry and 
Charles Hoffman now live.
  Along with her husband, who died on March 15, 1915, she had always been an 
active and leading member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church.  Of 
them it was truly said, "They are never absent."  After the passing of her 
husband, her interest in her church and Sunday School never flagged and she 
continued her regular attendance and activity as long as she was physically able 
to do so.  She was an active and singing member of the choir for over 60 years, 
and attended Sunday School either as teacher or pupil for 84 years, beginning 
long before the present church building was built in 1895, when both Reformed 
and Lutheran church goers attended in the same building, now known as the Grange 
Hall. 
  About four years ago, Stanley Thomas and Robert Hoke made a record at her home 
of her singing her favorite hymn, "Joy to the World," with Mrs. Bradley H. Hoke 
accompanying her on the piano.  The record was played at the Christmas service 
three years ago in the Reformed Church, and all who heard it remarked about the 
purity and clearness of her voice at her age.
  She was an active member of all her church organizations including the Ladies 
Aid Society, and also of the American Legion Auxiliary here.  Her family record 
of service in wartime is said to be unequaled in this vicinity.  Her 
grandfather, Christian Shockey, was a Revolutionary War veteran, as was also her 
husband's grandfather, Clement Engle.  Her husband served in the Union Army in 
the Civil War.  He was a second sergeant in Co. K, 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Volunteers.  Two of her sons, Irvin J. and Calvin U. Engle, served in the 
Spanish-American War, and another son, Frank L. Engle, served in World War I.  
In World War II, two grandsons, Dale, son of Irvin J. and Paul, son of John J. 
Engle, added luster to the service record of the family.
  Mrs. Engle is survived by all seven of her sons, and by one of her three 
daughters.  They are George G., Bruceton Mills, W.Va.; Calvin U., Waynesboro, 
Pa.; Irvin J., Salisbury; John J., Pittsburgh; Mrs. Mary Susan Dom, Coraopolis; 
Samuel E., Salisbury; Lloyd L., Waynesburg, and Frank L. Engle, Salisbury; 22 
grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren also survive.
  Funeral services were conducted at the home of her son, Frank, at 2:00 p.m. on 
Tuesday, April 23rd, with her pastor, the Rev. Ira S. Monn, officiating.  Ladies 
of the American Legion Auxiliary attended the funeral in a body.  Pall bearers 
were David Harris, David Kimble, Herman Ross, David Cochrane, Robert Landis and 
Roy Hetrick, all Legionaires.  Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in charge of 
Stanley M. Thomas, Salisbury mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, April 25, 1946