OBIT: Harry FRITZ, 1942, Friedens R.D., Somerset County, PA

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HARRY FRITZ

  Harry Fritz, 16, died at the Somerset Community Hospital Tuesday morning at 
1:20 suffering from the effects of eating toadstools, which he thought were 
mushrooms last Friday.
  He was admitted to the institution Friday afternoon and his condition became 
more serious until early Monday evening when he was given but several hours to 
live.  He was a son of Mrs. Alice Fritz, Friedens, R.D. 1.
  The youth and his two younger brothers, Jay, 15, and Norman, 12, were rushed 
to the local hospital when they became seriously ill last Friday morning.  Their 
conditions improved somewhat over the weekend and Sunday night the opinion was 
expressed that all would recover.  However, Monday afternoon the condition of 
Harry Fritz suddenly turned worse.
  The three boys and three other younger brothers reside with their mother on a 
farm near Friedens.  Their father died several years ago.  Their pet dog, which 
also ate some of the cooked toadstools, died a few hours later.

Meyersdale Republican, August 27, 1942