OBIT: William HARVEY, 1930, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM HARVEY

Was Drowned in Deep Creek Lake
Body of Missing Frostburg Man Found Three Weeks After His Disappearance

  Floating face downward on the surface of Deep Creek Lake, in Garrett County, 
Maryland, the body of City Engineer William Harvey, aged 50, of Frostburg, Md., 
who had been missing since April 4, was found shortly after 6 o'clock Tuesday 
evening, April 29, about 300 yards above the Norris Bridge, upon which his 
automobile was discovered the day he disappeared.
  Sherman Friend, aged 17, and his sister, Mabel, 13, who live near the lake, 
were fishing along the bank when they discovered the body, which was floating 
about four feet from the shore.  The youth notified residents of the 
neighborhood, who summoned Garrett County authorities before the body was 
removed from the water.
  Although the body had been in the water more than three weeks, it was in fair 
condition, probably because of the low temperature of the lake, which is fed by 
mountain springs.  There were no marks on the body and no indication that he had 
met with foul play, according to Garrett County officers, who said an inquest 
was not necessary.
  He was said to have been worried in recent months, because of ill health, and 
had been in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for examination.
  Harvey appeared to be in good spirits when he left his home at 7 o'clock 
Friday morning, April 4, according to members of his family.  He transacted 
business in Oakland later in the morning, and ate his luncheon with his brother, 
John Harvey, at the National Hotel in Grantsville.  His abandoned car was found 
at 3:30 o'clock on the Norris Bridge, about ten miles from Oakland.
  Harvey was always considered a man of rugged health and steady nerve.  He 
resided on Broadway, Frostburg, with his wife and three young sons, William, 
Jr., Robert and Allen.  He also leaves five brothers and two sisters, John, 
Charles, Robert, Anthony and George Harvey of Frostburg and Mrs. Ernest 
McGregor, of Shaft, Md.
  William Harvey was born in Frostburg, in 1880, the son of Robert Harvey.  He 
graduated from Beall High School, and the West Virginia University at 
Morgantown.  For many years he was superintendent of construction of the 
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway and was County Surveyor of Allegany 
County for two years.  He was appointed City Engineer in 1904 and intermittently 
had held office up to the time he disappeared.  His term would have expired May 
5.
  Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his late home, 
with Rev. Lewis B. Browne, pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiating.  
Interment in Philos Cemetery, Westernport.

Meyersdale Republican, May 1, 1930