OBIT: Harry HOSTETLER, 1945, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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HARRY HOSTETLER

  The community was greatly shocked last Saturday afternoon when it was learned 
that Harry Hostetler was found dead in his home on Beachley Street, having 
succumbed to a heart attack during the absence of his wife who was on a short 
visit with her sister, Mrs. Leland Becker, and family of Wheelwright, Ky.
  Mr. Hostetler was seemingly in good health when last seen by friends, Thursday 
evening.  Neighbors becoming concerned, Saturday, when they realized they had 
not seen him around the house for more than a day, entered and found his body 
lying in the up-stairs hallway.  Coroner P. C. Dosch made an investigation and 
estimated that he was stricken about 30 hours before discovery of his death was 
made.
  Mr. Hostetler, who was a salesman for the Diamond Match Company, had suffered 
a long illness due to a heart ailment in 1938, but since then he had good health 
and led an active life.  He held membership in the Meyersdale Masonic Lodge and 
Charles E. Kelly Post, American Legion, and was recently elected Commander of 
the Post and was to have been inducted into that office on Monday evening of 
this week.  He was a veteran of World War I.
  Harry Hostetler was born July 24, 1895, the son of the late John C. and Ellen 
(Miller) Hostetler, and was aged 50 years, 2 months and 12 days at his death.  
He married Hilda Lichty, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Lichty in 1928.  
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Roy Beal, Detroit, Mich., 
and Margaret Hostetler, Meyersdale, and one brother, Paul Hostetler, Pittsburgh.  
His brother, James B., died last June also a victim of heart ailment.  Three 
other brothers - Frank of Chicago, Samuel and Eugene of Meyersdale, also 
preceded him in death.
  Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Hostetler 
home by Rev. Nelson C. Brown, pastor of Amity Evangelical and Reformed Church.  
Interment was made in Union Cemetery where military honors were accorded him by 
the local American Legion, Tom A. McKenzie, the post chaplain, conducting the 
service.  Nat Lacavera, serving as bugler, and several World War II soldiers 
formed the firing squad.  Pall bearers were James B. Slicer, Ernest Nightengale, 
Frank Thomas, John I. Meyers, Harry Finegan and Lawrence Hartle.
  At her husband's insistance, Mrs. Hostetler accompanied Mrs. Frank Price and 
Mrs. Ware Deeter to Kentucky, on Sunday, Sept. 30, to spend a week visiting her 
sister, Mrs. Leland Becker, and family.  She was advised by telegraph, Saturday 
afternoon, of her husband's death, and started immediately for home by 
automobile, accompanied by her brother-in-law and sister, Capt. and Mrs. Leland 
Becker, and their daughter, Lt. Margaret Becker.  Leaving Wheelwright, Ky., at 2 
p.m., Saturday, and arriving here at 3 o'clock, Sunday morning.

Meyersdale Republican, October 11, 1945