OBIT: John HOSTETLER, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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JOHN HOSTETLER

  John Hostetler, 59, 667 Highland Ave., Johnstown, died suddenly at 5:35 p.m. 
October 8.  He suffered a heart attack just before quitting work for the day as 
a butcher in a Johnstown store.
  He was born May 13, 1889, near Meyersdale the son of Samuel and Annabelle 
(Snyder) Hostetler.  He is survived by his wife, Leah Webrick Hostetler and 
these children: Robert, Johnstown; Ernest W., Army captain at Long Branch, N.J.; 
Mrs. David Shumaker, Mrs. Kenneth Poorbaugh, Johnstown, and Esther and Paul at 
home.  Also surviving are these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Minnie Saylor, 
Meyersdale; Mrs. Mollie Hostetler, Colo, Iowa; and Elmer Hostetler, Akron, Ohio.
  Services were conducted at H. M. Picking Sons' Funeral Home on October 11 at 2 
o'clock by the Rev. John D. Ellis, pastor of the Moxham Church of the Brethren.  
Interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, November 4, 1948