OBIT: William Albert JAMES, 1944, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM A. JAMES

Tragic Death of Retired Citizen William A. James
Without Any Apparent Cause Ended His Life With His Own Hand

  William Albert James, retired miner, died Tuesday morning, May 30, about 11 
o'clock shortly after he severed his jugular vein with a penknife in the 
bathroom of his home, 617 Beachley Street, Meyersdale.
  P. C. Dosch, Somerset, Pa., Somerset County coroner, issued a verdict of 
suicide and deemed an inquest unnecessary.  Police Chief John Bittner, 
Meyersdale, and Wm. P. Diveley, Somerset County detective, assisted in the 
investigation.
  Mr. James was of a kindly, genial disposition, and was held in high esteem, 
and it is difficult to ferret out the cause that prompted the act.  Less than an 
hour before he died one of his neighbors was conversing with him and he was said 
to have been in the best of spirits.  He was looking over his garden and did not 
seem to have a care in the world.
  Mr. James was born June 8, 1872, in Fulton County, Pa., the son of John W. and 
Rebecca (Richie) James.  He was a resident of Meyersdale for many years and 
until his retirement some time ago was engaged in mining.  He was twice married.  
His first wife, Mrs. Amanda (Gray) James, and a daughter, preceded him in death.
  Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Ida James and these children by his former 
marriage: Mrs. Maay Reines, Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Florence Lumadue, Elyria, Ohio; 
Mrs. Walter Garlitz, Altoona; Robert D. and Melvin C., both of Meyersdale; a 
half-brother, Matthew Hicks, Pinkerton; thirteen grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
  Funeral services will be held at the James home Friday at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. 
DeWitt Miller, pastor of the Church of the Brethren, officiating.  Burial will 
be made in the Union Cemetery, Meyersdale.

Meyersdale Republican, June 1, 1944