OBIT: Edgar Newton IRWIN, 1940, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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EDGAR NEWTON IRWIN

Sudden Death of E. N. Irwin

  Edgar Newton Irwin, aged 64, died at his home in the Goodstein-Balis 
apartments, Somerset, Tuesday evening at 10:30 of a heart attack.
  Mr. Irwin, a native of Center County, had worked during the day in the offices 
of the coal interests of H. C. Beerits' Sons in the Beerits Building. He was 
manager of the Beerits coal offices.  He was stricken shortly before he expired.
  Mr. Irwin went to Somerset about 20 years ago from Meyersdale where he had 
been connected with the electric light plant, property of the Wilmoth family. 
Prior to that, he had been employed by the Wilmoth Lumber Company in West 
Virginia.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Irwin and the following children: James 
Irwin, Morgantown, W.Va.; William F. Irwin, Berkley, California; Elizabeth, Mrs. 
O. L. Gallagher, Somerset; Martha, Mrs. H. L. Dial, Birmingham, Ala.; Richard 
L., of Berkley, California, and Miss Maye, at home. Nine grandchildren also 
survive.
  Funeral services will be held on Friday evening at 7 at his home in Somerset.  
The Rev. E. V. May, pastor of the Somerset Methodist Church, will officiate.
  Interment will follow Saturday afternoon in a cemetery in Bellefonte, Center 
County, near his family home.  Masonic services will be conducted at the 
graveside.

Meyersdale Republican, February 1, 1940