OBIT: Eugene R. FLOTO, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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EUGENE R. FLOTO

  Eugene R. Floto died at his home in Connellsville, early Sunday morning, July 
16, after a short illness.  He would have been 80 years of age July 26, next.
  Mr. Floto was born in Berlin, Somerset County, July 26, 1864, the son of 
Augustus D. and Rose Zorn Floto.  He attended the Berlin public school, the 
Jumonville Union Veterans' orphan school and Millersville State Normal.
  He taught school for two terms in Berlin and then entered the employ of the 
Philson private bank in Meyersdale in 1887, as bookkeeper, where he continued 
until 1906, after the Philson bank had been chartered as the Citizens National 
Bank, which he served as cashier.  Sept. 15, 1893, he was united in marriage 
with Edith L. Shipley, daughter of the late Thomas J. and Leona Dudley Shipley 
of Meyersdale.
  In 1906 Mr. and Mrs. Floto moved to Connellsville where Mr. Floto accepted the 
position of cashier of the Yough National Bank which later was changed to the 
Yough Trust Company.  He continued with this institution until 1927, when he 
retired.
  Mr. Floto served for a number of years as city treasurer of Connellsville, and 
secretary of the Connellsville Chamber of Commerce.  He was a charter member of 
the Connellsville Rotary Club.
  He was an active member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Connellsville, 
and served as Sunday School superintendent for more than 20 years and as 
treasurer of the church from 1911 until his death.  He also served on various 
boards of the Pittsburgh Synod of the Lutheran Church.
  His wife passed away on February 27, 1942.  He is survived by four sons and 
six daughters: Carl T. Floto, now in service with the Merchant Marine on active 
duty; Max C. Floto, Blairsville; Mrs. George Connor, Harrisburg; Norwood S. 
Floto, Bay City, Mich.; Mrs. Wayne K. Shontz, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Ruth Hood, 
Philadelphia, wife of Commander Alex H. Hood of the U.S. Navy; Staff Sergeant 
Eugene R. Floto, Jr., of the U.S. Air Force, now on duty in the Italian sector, 
who was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Cross; Edith V. and Catherine 
R. Floto, at home, and Mrs. George Donehoo of Baltimore.  One brother, Augustus 
D. Floto and one sister, Mrs. E. E. Schaible of Akron, O., also survive.  He is 
also survived by 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held at his residence at 516 Race Street, at 2:30 
Tuesday afternoon in charge of Rev. Dr. W. H. Hetrick, pastor of Trinity 
Lutheran Church, followed by interment in Hill Grove Cemetery.
  The funeral was attended by the following persons from Meyersdale: Miss Belle 
Shipley, Mrs. F. N. Shipley, D. Guy Floto and daughter, Betty, and R. H. 
Philson.
  The late William H. Floto and Daniel A. Floto, former prominent residents of 
Meyersdale, were brothers of Eugene E. Floto, who was an uncle of Squire D. Guy 
Floto of Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, July 20, 1944