OBIT: William J. GUMBERT, 1946, Berlin RD, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM J. GUMBERT

  William J. Gumbert, 74, of Pine Hill, Berlin R.D. 3, died Wednesday morning at 
his home.  He was a retired merchant and had been prominent in business and 
community affairs in Brothersvalley Twp., for many years.  He was born May 2, 
1872, in Brothersvalley Twp., a son of Henry and Annie (Brant) Gumbert.  He had 
been ill for three years.
  Surviving are his wife, Lillie (Hauger) Gumbert; one daughter, Mrs. R. Lynn 
Krape, Bellefonte, and two sisters - Miss Sadie Gumbert and Mrs. Russell West, 
both of Berlin R.D. 3.  One daughter, Cleda, preceded him in death in 1927, and 
one son, John, died in 1923.
  Mr. Gumbert was a member of the Lutheran Church at Pine Hill, the Masonic 
Lodge at Meyersdale, Knights Templar commandery at Johnstown, and Jaffa Shrine, 
Altoona.  He was also a member of the Berlin IOOF lodge.  He was school director 
in Brothersvalley Twp. for 12 years and for many years was a director of the 
Meyersdale Fair Association.
  Funeral services will be held at the Gumbert home at 2:30 p.m. Friday.  Burial 
will be in the Berlin IOOF Cemetery in charge of Walter A. Johnson & Son, Berlin 
morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, July 18, 1946