OBIT: Milton H. HOCHSTETLER, 1940, native of Somerset County, PA

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MILTON H. HOCHSTETLER

  Milton H. Hochstetler, aged 59, Justice of the Peace of Ohiopyle for the past 
12 years, died at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon, June 6, after an illness 
following a heart attack.  He had not been bedfast, however, and had conducted 
his business at his general store on Wednesday.  He was born Feb. 11, 1881, in 
Larimer Township, the son of the late Samuel and Anna Belle (Snyder) Hochstetler 
of Meyersdale. After graduating from the Meyersdale Business College, he worked 
for the Cambria Steel Co., as bookkeeper for three years and was also 
superintendent of the Kendal Lumber Company for 13 years.  Later he was 
superintendent of East Fayette Coal Co. of Ohiopyle for 4 years, and at the time 
of his death was conducting a restaurant and gasoline station known as Falls 
View.
  He was a life member of King Solomon Lodge, No. 346, F. & A.M. of 
Connellsville and Lodge of Perfection of Uniontown.  He belonged to the Ohiopyle 
Baptist Church.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Harriet Robinson Hochstetler; three children, 
Mrs. James NcNichol, of Arlington, Va., James and Helen, both at home, and one 
granddaughter, Carol Brenda McNichol.  A son, Fred, preceded him in death eight 
years ago.
  The funeral services were held Sunday, June 9, at 2 p.m. in the Baptist 
Church.  The body was taken to the church at 1 o'clock to lie in state.  Masonic 
ritual services were conducted at the grave.  Burial was made in the Addison 
Cemetery, conducted by funeral director Milton Munk.

Meyersdale Republican, June 13, 1940