OBIT: David H. KEIM, 1942, Elk Lick Twp., Somerset County, PA

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DAVID H. KEIM

Sudden Passing of David Keim
Well Known Maple Products Producer Found Dead By Roadside

  Salisbury, PA. - The entire community was greatly shocked last Friday evening, 
when it became known that David H. Keim, a prominent retired Elk Lick Township 
farmer, was found dead under a tree by the roadside, soon after six o'clock, the 
same evening, about midway between his home and the B. & O. freight station at 
West Salisbury.
  His body was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. George Keim, and his 
grandchild, Mrs. Clyde Tedrow.  County Coroner Dosch was notified and viewed the 
body the next morning.  Not long before his body was found, Mr. Keim was 
transacting business in Salisbury and there was nothing to indicate that he had 
become ill.  However, to all appearances, he had become ill while on his way 
home afoot, and laid down under a tree, and there died.  The cause of his death 
was diagnosed as coronary occlusion.
  Mr. Keim was born August 22, 1863, and died July 17, 1942.  He was therefore 
almost 79 years old.  He was a son of Henry and Amelia Putman Keim, and was born 
and reared on the farm which he inherited from his father, and continued to 
reside upon up to the time he died.  He personally operated the farm for many 
years.  His wife, Salome Engle Keim, preceded him in death about ten years ago, 
and a few years ago he induced his eldest son, George, to take charge of the 
farm, and move into the same home, with his family, where he and the son were 
both born and reared.
  David H. Keim, like his father before him, was a farmer of great efficiency, 
and each in his turn owned and operated one of the finest farms in Elk Lick 
Township.  Son George is a worthy successor to both, and all three have been 
among the heavier producers of maple sweets in Somerset County.
  In addition to his wife, David H. Keim was preceded in death by two sons, John 
and Peter.  Children surviving him are George, residing near West Salisbury; 
Frank of Johnstown, Ernest of Salisbury, Mrs. Mary Baker of Uniontown, Mrs. 
Engle Speir, and Mrs. Howard Johnson of Meyersdale.  He is also survived by two 
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson of Johnstown, and Mrs. Emma Maust of Salisbury, 
R.D. 1.
  Funeral services were held at the family home near West Salisbury, last 
Monday, at ten a.m., conducted by Rev. A. J. Forry, pastor of the St. Paul 
Evangelical and Reformed Church, Elk Lick Township, of which Mr. Keim was a 
member since his early childhood.  Mr. Keim was also a member of the Elk Lick 
Grange.
  Burial was in the St. Paul Cemetery, under the direction of Mortician Stanley 
M. Thomas of Salisbury.

Meyersdale Republican, July 23, 1942