OBIT: Joseph GARLITZ, 1914, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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Garlitz, Joseph

  Joseph Garlitz, aged 60 years, 6 months and 23 days, died at his residence 
near Salisbury at 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after an illness lasting all 
summer. It is supposed that cancer of the stomach caused his death. Deceased was 
a son of Christian Garlitz and was born in Garrett County, Md. He came to 
Somerset County in early manhood and for many years was a respectable citizen of 
West Salisbury until several years ago when he purchased a little farm a short 
distance from town where he resided at the time of his demise. He is survived by 
his wife, Ellen and the following children: Mrs. Fannie Baker, of Frostburg, 
Md.; Mrs. Gertrude Brant, of Butler, Pa. and Earle Garlitz, of Akron, Ohio. 
Funeral services were held at the Garlitz home on Friday afternoon at 2:30 
conducted by Rev. Ira S. Monn, pastor of the bereaved widow. Interment was made 
in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Salisbury.

Meyersdale Commercial, Sept. 10, 1914