OBIT: Gideon J. GNAGEY, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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GIDEON J. GNAGEY

  Funeral services for Gideon J. Gnagey, 87, a retired farmer and former 
resident of Grantsville, who died at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, 
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob R. Gnagey in Baltimore, on Saturday evening, May 3, were held 
in the Grantsville Reformed Church, Thursday morning, Rev. Ira S. Monn, pastor 
of the Salisbury Reformed Church, officiated.  His texts, Matthew 20:11, "By 
their fruits ye shall know them," and Hebrews 11:4, "He being dead yet 
speaketh," were very fitting to the life of Mr. Gnagey.  Members of the Church 
choir sang, "Sweet Hour of Prayer," "Come Ye Disconsolate," and "My Faith Looks 
Up to Thee."  The pallbearers were Lester and John Warnick, Alvin J. Yoder of 
Cumberland, Harvey Gortney, Olen Yoder and Harry L. Yommer of Grantsville.  
Interment in the family lot in the Reformed Church Cemetery, New Germany.
  Mr. Gnagey was the son of the late Jacob and Sarah Gnagey.  He was born March 
16, 1860 on the farm near Grantsville, where he lived many years.
  He married Miss Mary A. Warnick, June 1, 1886.  She passed away in November 
1918.  Of three children born to them two survive - Mrs. Edward Sausman, Warren, 
Ohio, and Jacob R. Gnagey, Baltimore.  A daughter, (Sara) Mrs. Lloyd Kamp is 
deceased.  Surviving are nine grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one 
brother, Christian J.Gnagey, of Buffalo, N.Y., and one sister, Mrs. Albert 
Warnich, Grantsville.
  Mr. Gnagey was one of the oldest residents of Garrett County, and was a well 
known highly respected citizen.  He was a member of the New Germany Reformed 
Church for many years and served as elder until he moved his membership to 
Grantsville.
  In politics he was a Republican and served as judge of the Election Board in 
Grantsville many years. He was very active in the party, although never aspiring 
to office.  He lived in Grantsville at the National Hotel with his son, a number 
of years until his son's removal to Baltimore.
  He was in ill health for several years of a complication of ailments and was 
bedfast the last two weeks.
  Relatives who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sausman and 
daughter Eleen and son Edward, Jr., of Warren, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Gnagey, 
and sons, J.R. Jr., and Robert; daughters, Sally Ann of Baltimore and Miss Mary 
Helen Gnagey, R.N., of the Civilian Hospital, Bethesda, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Warren 
Dill, Jerome, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Warnich and sons, John and Lester of 
Cumberland; Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, C. J. Warnick, Mrs. William Miller, Miss 
Lucretia Warnick, Washington, D.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Warnick, Cleveland, O.; 
James Willison, Cumberland; Mr. and Mrs. James Emerick and Mrs. McCabe, 
Loganton, Pa.; John B. Meyers, Meyersdale and Robert Kamp Monn, Salisbury, Pa.

Meyersdale Republican, May 15, 1947