OBIT: Leroy J. HOLIDAY, 1931, native of Somerset County, PA

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LEROY J. HOLIDAY

  Leroy J. Holiday died at 8:30 p.m. Friday evening, January 23rd, at the family 
home on Latrobe Avenue, after two weeks of serious illness, suffering from 
erysipelas and complications.  Mr. Holiday suffered from five serious attacks of 
erysipelas during a period of about twenty years, the last previous attack being 
last June.
  Leroy J. Holiday was born at Silbaugh, Addison Township, July 10, 1874, a son 
of the late William and Rebecca Holiday.  He was aged 56 years, 6 months and 13 
days.
  When very young Mr. Holiday moved, with his parents from Silbaugh to Maple 
Glen, in the Peck settlement, where he lived until young manhood.  In 1893 he 
went to Maryland, and in the vicinity of Friendsville engaged in the lumbering 
business for a number of years and afterwards engaging in both merchandising and 
in the restaurant business in Selbysport and Friendsville, Md., for some time.  
For several years after this he was engaged in the merry-go-round and amusement 
business, coming to Confluence in 1910 and again entering the restaurant 
business, conducting a restaurant on what is now the site of the liberty Theater 
for over four years.  He left the restaurant business to engage in the 
automobile and garage business, opening a garage in the Bird Building in 1915, 
remaining there for five years. Near the expiration of his lease on the Bird 
building he erected in 1920, a large brick and tile two-story garage and 
apartment on Latrobe Avenue in which he has conducted his garage business since 
that time.  Early in 1929 he purchased the Mitchell garage, owned by the late M. 
B. Mitchell, and conducted both garages, using the latter as a repair shop and 
storage garage.  During the past several years he re-constructed two old 
dwelling houses into modern homes, one on Casselman Street, opposite the 
Confluence public schools, and one on the corner of Williams and Charles 
Streets, which, when completed, were of the latest type of modern homes, 
completely finished and up-to-date throughout.  Mr. Holiday was the local dealer 
for the Chevrolet automobile for the past ten years and was very successful with 
that agency during the whole period.  He also was agent at various times for a 
number of other automobiles.
  Leroy J. Holiday became a member of the Church of the Brethren when 14 years 
of age, at Maple Glen.  After moving to Friendsville, in 1904, he united with 
the Lutheran Church at that place, and later, after coming to Confluence, had 
his membership transferred to the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church here.  He 
was for many years superintendent of the Lutheran Sunday school at Confluence, 
and was a member of the Men's Bible Class of the Methodist Episcopal Church of 
Confluence.  He was a sincere Christian, and a good husband, and was beloved by 
all who knew him, both old and young, and with the many children with whom he 
came in contact, he was especially friendly.
  He was, for 28 years, a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge, joining the Odd Fellows 
in Friendsville in 1902, and later transferring his membership to the Confluence 
Lodge.  He was also a member of the  Three Rivers Rebekah Lodge, and of the 
Confluence Volunteer Fire Company, being the first member of the latter two 
organizations who has passed beyond since their organization.  He was for one 
full term a member of the Confluence Borough Council and was also appointed by 
Judge Berkey early in 1928 to fill out the unexpired term of Roy T. Perrell on 
the Council, which place he again ably filled for nearly two years.
  Mr. Holiday was married in 1893 to Miss Alvira Hileman, who survives him.  He 
is also survived by one brother, Harry Holiday, of Somerfield, and three 
sisters, Mrs. Amanda Zimmerman, St. Paul, Addison Twp.; Mrs. Eliza Boyd, 
Rockwood, and Mrs. Lavina Wiley of Mountain Lake Park, Md.  Two brothers and 
four sisters preceded him to the grave.
  Short services were held at the family home on latrobe Avenue at 1 p.m., 
Monday, January 26th, in charge of the Three Rivers Lodge of the Rebekahs.  
Funeral services were held in the Lutheran Church on Oden Street at 2:30 p.m., 
Rev. E. B. Boyer, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church of Knox, Pa., a former 
pastor of the local church, officiating, assisted by Rev. Geo. O. Ritter of the 
Confluence Lutheran Church.  A quartet composed of E. E. McDonald, A. T. Groff, 
Mrs. Therza Constance and Mrs. Thea Marquart, sang several beautiful selections.  
The floral tributes were many and beautiful.
  Interment was in Addison Cemetery, with services in charge of Confluence Lodge 
814, I.O.O.F.  The active pall-bearers were brothers-in-law of Mr. Holiday, 
James Hileman, Truman Hileman, George Hileman, Jasper Hileman, Charles Hileman 
and Howard Weaver.  The honorary pall-bearers, members of the I.O.O.F., were M. 
E. 
Goller, Harry P. Burnworth, Grant Pyle, G. A. Frantz, Geo. F. Frazee and William 
S. Bower.
  Practically all of the business houses in Confluence were closed on Monday 
afternoon, during the services, out of respect to the memory of Mr. Holiday.

Meyersdale Republican, January 29, 1931