OBIT: George E. ICKES, 1941, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE E. ICKES

  George E. Ickes, one of Meyersdale's best known citizens, died late Friday 
night at the family residence, 326 North Street, following an illness of several 
months.
  Mr. Ickes was born September 10th, 1868, at Cessna, Bedford County, and had 
been a resident of Meyersdale for more than half a century.  During the major 
portion of his residence here he conducted a flourishing livery business on Dale 
Street, but with the advent of the automobile his attention was directed more 
particularly to the buying and sale of livestock, besides engaging in trucking 
and draying, the cultivation of lots and like pursuits.  His large sales barn 
was the scene of many horse sales by agents who specialized in western stock.
  Surviving are his wife, Nettie F. (Imler) Ickes, and these children: Ross and 
Bruce Ickes, Altoona; Paul and Clark Ickes, Johnstown; Mrs. Beatrice Stein, 
Boynton; Raymond and Frederick Ickes, Baltimore, Md.; Ralph, Anna and Homer 
Ickes, Meyersdale.  He also leaves two brothers, William and Charles Ickes; and 
a sister, Mrs. Millie Mervine, all of Bedford.
  Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Ickes 
residence, North Street, by the Rev. H. K. Hilner, pastor of Zion Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, of which the deceased was a member.  He also held a life 
membership in the Bedford Knights of Pythias.
  Interment was made in Union Cemetery under the direction of R. Reich & Son, 
local morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, May 15, 1941