OBIT: M. C. FOOR, 1943, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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M. C. FOOR

  M. C. Foor, 86, died last Thursday evening at his home in Berlin after an 
extended illness.  He was born in Bedford County on April 29, 1858.  He came to 
Somerset County when a young man and spent most of his life farming.
  He married Amanda Brant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brant, March 19, 
1885.  Ten children were born to them, five of whom survive - Mrs. Stanley 
Joyce, Johnstown; Charles, Herbert and Webster Foor and Mrs. Norman Miller, all 
of Berlin.  Three children - Mrs. Morris Snyder of Johnstown, Frank and William 
Foor, both of Bedford - died during the influenza epidemic in 1918.  Another 
son, John, died April 18, 1930.  Mrs. Foor died on May 7, 1930.  Also surviving 
are 21 grandchildren.  Five grandsons are in the service overseas.
  Mr. Foor was the oldest of seven brothers and three sisters, five of whom 
survive:  Mrs. Mollie Warsing, Hopewell; Mrs. Myrtle Stinson and Harry Foor, 
both of Wood, Pa., Ross and Albert Foor, both of Robertsdale.
  Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon in the Berlin Brethren Church 
by Rev. N. V. Leatherman.  Interment in the Berlin I.O.O.F. Cemetery under the 
direction of Johnson & Sons.

Meyersdale Republican, October 21, 1943