OBIT: Dr. Curtis L. FLETCHER, 1948, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CURTIS L. FLETCHER

  Dr. Curtis L. Fletcher of Wheeling, W.Va., died January 27, in the Temple 
University Hospital in Philadelphia, following a major operation.  His wife 
accompanied him to Philadelphia and was with him at the time of his death.
  Dr. Fletcher was born in Parkersburg, W.Va., in 1891, son of Samual and 
Margaret Fletcher.  He was graduated from the Baltimore College of Dental 
Surgery in 1915, and soon thereafter was united in marriage with Ruth DeVore 
Hay, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin T. Hay of Salisbury.
  He was a prominent dentist in Wheeling for 30 years, and was a member of the 
Maryland Dental Society.  He was a member of Nelson Lodge No. 30 of the Ancient 
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, the Western Consistory, the Osiris 
Temple of the Shrine, and of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.  Dr. Fletcher 
had a reputation as a kind and generous man, and was a devoted husband and 
father. 
  He is survived by his wife and three children - Mrs. Richard R. King, 
Barberton, O.; Mrs. (Aileen) Duane Flagg, a member of the Wheeling High School 
faculty, and Curtis Lee Fletcher, all of Wheeling; by his father, Samuel 
Fletcher of Parkersburg, W.Va.; one brother, Gail E. Fletcher, and a grandchild, 
Donna Lee, both of Wheeling.  He was preceded in death by one son who died in 
infancy.
  Funeral services were conducted at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 31, with 
interment in the Oak Park Cemetery, Wheeling.  Mr. and Mrs. C. M. May, Mrs. V. 
H. Sutherland and Martha Harding attended the funeral services, and were 
accompanied home to Salisbury by Mrs. William E. Harding, who had been at the 
Fletcher home for two weeks.  Mrs. May, Mrs. Sutherland and Mrs. Harding are 
sisters of the bereaved wife. 

Meyersdale Republican, February 12, 1948