OBIT: Flavius Josephus GLOTFELTY, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS GLOTFELTY

Flavius Josephus Glotfelty Garnered by Grim Reaper At the Age of 84

  Funeral services for Flavius Josephus Glotfelty, 84, retired farmer, who died 
at the home of his son, Elwood, near Bittinger, Jan. 2, were held in the 
Bittinger Lutheran Church, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 6, after a short service at 
the Winterberg Funeral Home in Grantsville.
  Rev. A. C. Curran of Brookville, Pa., a former pastor at Bittinger, 
officiated, assisted by I. K. Metzler, who spoke of the life of Mr. Glotfelty 
and his influence in the community.
  The pallbearers were Clarence Stephens, John Reckner, Ed Buckel, Elmer 
Shawley, Lawrence Brenneman and Asa Orendorf.  His body was laid to rest in the 
family cemetery on the farm where he spent 51 years of his life.
  He was the son of the late Nimrod and Magdelina (Broadwater) Glotfelty, born 
on the Ira Durst farm near Bittinger, and was a grandson of William Glotfelty of 
Salisbury, Pa.  His mother was a daughter of the late Wm. C. Broadwater of 
Grantsville.
  In 1887 he married Elizabeth Speicher, who passed away in 1935.  Ten children 
were born to them.  Surviving are three sons, Orval, Elwood and Kermit, all 
living in Garrett County; Mrs. Harrison Wiley, Reisterstown, Md.; Mrs. Samuel 
Stricker, Finksburg, Md.; Mrs. Nevin Broadwater, Grantsville; one foster 
daughter, Mrs. Alvin Beachy, Grantsville.  He left also 30 grandchildren and one 
great-grandchild.
  One son, Robert Glotfelty made the supreme sacrifice in World War I.  Four 
grandsons are serving in the armed forces in World War II.
  The following sisters survive: Mrs. Martha Ferguson, Fairmont, W.Va.; Mrs. Eva 
Cottrill, Clarksville, W.Va.; Mrs. Ida Friend, Friendsville, Md.
  Mr. Glotfelty was a lifelong member of the Bittinger Lutheran Church and 
served on the Church council for many years.  He spent his entire life in 
Garrett County, and was widely known and highly respected.  He was kind and 
generous and an outstanding man in the community.  In politics he was a stalwart 
Republican.
  Among relatives who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wiley, 
Roland, Kathleen and Pvt. Joseph Wiley, Riesterstown; Misses Miriam and Rhea 
Hetrick, Mr. and Mrs. David Broadwater and Richard Broadwater, Baltimore; Mrs. 
Samuel Stricker, Finksburg; Mrs. Ida Friend and sons, Paul and Emmet, 
Friendsville; Mr. and Mrs. Mason Glotfelty and Mrs. Margaret Casteel, Oakland.

Meyersdale Republican, January 11, 1946