OBIT: George Samuel FIKE, 1942, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE SAMUEL FIKE

  George Samuel Fike was born at Fearer, Md., December 18th, 1895, and died 
January 26, 1942, aged 46 years, 1 month and 18 days.  He joined the Church of 
God at Sand Spring in early childhood and remained a member of that church his 
entire life.  His funeral was held at the Sand Spring church in charge of 
mortician W. W. Savage.  Showing the esteem in which he was held, a large number 
of friends followed the remains to its last resting place in the Sand Spring 
Cemetery.  The church was filled and a score or more could not gain admittance.  
Rev. Jeffries of Somerfield delivered the funeral oration.  Pallbearers were 
John Frazee, R. W. Faucett, Harry Grove, Dorsey Guard, Ernest Selby and John 
Riley.  Flower girls were Lucille and Lillian Fike and Ruth Frazee.
  He joined the American Legion at Frostburg, Md., and was a member up to the 
time of his death.  He was in over-sea service in the World War and was gassed 
during the battle of the Argonne, the effects of which he carried through life.  
He was a prosperous farmer and contractor and was contracting for the Ernest 
Selby Lumber Company when he was taken with his last illness.  He was a kind 
husband and father and leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, Iva Featherman Fike; 
daughters, Gladys, Bernice and Ruth; his aged father, William Fike, and two 
brothers, Wesley and Hosea.

Meyersdale Republican, February 5, 1942