OBIT: Jonas E. GNAGEY, 1940, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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JONAS E. GNAGEY

Grantsville, Maryland

  Jonas E. Gnagey, born and reared on a farm adjoining the corporate limits of 
Grantsville, Md., died at the home of his eldest daughter at Waterloo, Iowa, 
Oct. 4, 1940, at the age of 90 years, 8 months and 29 days.  He was the second 
son of the late Emanuel and Eliza (Livengood) Gnagey.  His ancestry, on both his 
father's and mother's side, being noted for longevity, probably had much to do 
with the long span of his life, and with the rugged health he was noted for 
during almost his entire lifetime.
  His death was caused by heart disease, from which he suffered but a short time 
before entering upon his last sleep, and his body was shipped to the community 
in which he was born and reared, where the funeral service was held at the home 
of Mrs. C. C. Beachy, one of his daughters, at Grantsville, Md., last Sunday, at 
ten o'clock a.m.  The service was conducted by Rev. Arthur Scrogum, pastor of 
the Church of the Brethren, at Accident, Md., of which Mr. Gnagey was a member.
  The burial arrangement was in charge of W. C. Price & Son, morticians, of 
Meyersdale, Pa., and interment was in the Grantsville Cemetery.  The funeral was 
largely attended, as Mr. Gnagey had many relatives and friends, not only in his 
native county and state, but also in Pennsylvania and other states.
  His wife, who before her marriage was Miss Elizabeth Swauger, of New Germany, 
Md., preceded him in death some time during the early "nineties".  Their 
surviving children are Cora, wife of George Lininger, of Waterloo, Iowa; Edward, 
of Washington, Pa.; Annie, wife of Urban Stanton, Bertha, wife of C. C. Beachy, 
and Mrs. Olive Loechel, all of Grantsville, Md.; Blaine, of Sante Fe, N.M.; 
Harry, of Warren, Pa.; Elmer, of East Orange, N.J.; Mary, wife of Robert Horne, 
of Broadhead, Wis.; William, R.D. 1, Meyersdale; Homer of Boynton, Pa.; and 
Lulu, wife of Harry Parsons, of Baltimore, Md.  He is also survived by two 
sisters, Miss Sarah Gnagey and Mrs. Elizabeth Schrock, of Pasadena, Calif.
  The early years of Mr. Gnagey's life were spent on his father's farm, but soon 
after his marriage he farmed on his own account for several years, near 
Grantsville.  He also was in the grocery and confectionery business for some 
time during his earlier years, and for several years also conducted what was 
then known as the Farmers' Hotel, but now as the Casselman Hotel.
  It was during that period that his wife died, and some years later the family 
located in Salisbury, Md, where he worked at the carpenter trade for some years, 
and during the latter years of his life he made his home among his children, all 
of whom attended his funeral, except his son Blaine, of Sante Fe, N.M., and his 
daughter, Mary, of Broadhead, Wis.  Among others at the funeral were many 
cousins, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other relatives, among whom were 
the following: W. S. Livengood and Milton Gnagey of Meyersdale, Pa.; Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward Keim, P. L. and Joe F. Livengood, of Salisbury, Pa.; Mrs. clyde 
Broadwater, of Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gnagey, of Ohio.

Meyersdale Republican, October 31, 1940