OBIT: W. B. FORTNEY, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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W. B. FORTNEY

  Funeral services were held Apr. 12 at the Black Funeral Home, for W. B. 
Fortney, who was born in Independence, Preston County, W.Va., Jan. 29, 1857.  He 
resided on a farm in Henry Clay Twp., Fayette County, near Confluence for 55 
years.
  He was a life-long member of the Methodist Church, one of the oldest members 
of the Men's Bible Class and when he celebrated his 90th birthday last January 
the class sent him a card to which the name of each member was signed.
  His wife preceded him in death, May 28, 1939, a daughter, Mrs. A. C. Shipley, 
in 1935; Ruth Emma aged 5, in 1908 and Almond A. aged 4, on April 3, 1902.
  He is survived by these children: Ernest C., Chicago; Preston A., Oak Lawn, 
Ill.; William J., Los Angeles, Cal.; Clarence E., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; 
Irvin, Confluence; Mrs. J. H. Ringer, East McKeesport; Mrs. S. J. Dunlap, 
Conneaut, Ohio; Mrs. Kenneth Mitchell, Takoma Park, Md.; Mrs. Nora Ogden, 
Confluence.  He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Mobly aged 88, Los 
Angeles, Cal., and Mrs. Mary Pixler, 92, Huntington, W.Va., and one half-sister, 
Mrs. Florence Vance, Washington, Pa.
  Interment was made in the Frantz Cemetery with Rev. M. B. Clendenien 
officiating.  Samuel Black, mortician, directed the funeral.

Meyersdale Republican, May 1, 1947