OBIT: Frank Joseph FEARER, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FRANK JOSEPH FEARER

  The Angel of death laid his hand heavily upon the Church of God congregation, 
Markleysburg, and has taken the soul of one of its most beloved and most active 
members.  The following is an appreciation.  Mr. Fearer lived a very useful 
life.  He was a member of the above church and its best loved song leader.  He 
supported his church in every way, and was ever willing to spend and be spent in 
his Master's service.  He lived the Gospel he professed so consistently that all 
who knew him were convinced that he had been with Christ and learned of him.  
His loss to his church cannot be over-estimated.  He was an influential citizen 
and reflected his Christian worth in all of his business associates.  Mr. Fearer 
and family had only been home a short time, having spent the winter in an 
Evangelistic campaign in Maine.  Recently they had opened a Mission in Somerset 
and were enroute on the evening of the accident.  In the past year Mr. Fearer 
had become a most zealous church worker.  He will be greatly missed by his 
family and a host of friends.
  His funeral was the largest ever known in this district.  The church was 
crowded to capacity and hundreds had to listen from the outside.  Twenty 
ministers escorted the body into the church, and a number of other ministers 
mingled among the huge congregation.  486 cars lined the streets of 
Markleysburg, and the crowd was estimated at or around 2000 people.  While the 
body lay in state at the Fearer home, visiting friends numbered upwards toward 
the thousand mark.  The beautiful floral display gave testimony of the esteem 
and good-will of friends.
  Many states were represented by the brotherhood of the church.  State police 
directed traffic on the highway.  Funeral arrangements were in charge of H. H. 
Rodahaver and assistants.

Meyersdale Republican, May 8, 1941