OBIT: Jacob KINSINGER, 1944, of interest in Somerset County, PA 

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JACOB KINSINGER

Death of Deacon Jacob Kinsinger Due to Drowning
Aged Retired Farmer Fell Into River Near His Home While Taking Early Morning 
Walk

  Jacob L. Kinsinger, 74, who had been in ill health for four years was drowned 
last Friday morning, in the Casselman River, a few miles south of Grantsville, 
Md.  His dead body was found at 7:30 a.m., in the river by his son-in-law, Bruce 
Folk with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife, (Etta Catherine 
Brenneman) April 1, 1940.
  Dr. E. I. Baumgartner of Oakland, Md., county coroner, after investigation, 
pronounced his death accidental.  Apparently he had risen early before the rest 
of the family was up and gone for a walk along the river bank from which he fell 
into the water.  He had made his bed and tidied up his room before he went out.
  He was a retired farmer and had been a deacon of the Mennonite Church for 45 
years at Casselman.  He also served as superintendent of the Sunday School and 
as a bible class teacher.
  Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Bruce Folk, Mrs. Dan Folk, Orville 
Kinsinger, Casselman, Md.; Dan, Clarence and Lester Kinsinger, Canton, O., and 
Elmer Kinsinger, Confluence, Pa.; 32 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held Sunday in the Casselman Mennonite Church at 2:30 
p.m.  Rev. Roy Kinsinger officiated and was assisted by Rev. Milton B. Miller, 
Rev. James Saylor and Rev. Chester Helmic.  Music was furnished by a quartet 
composed of Mrs. Olen Bender, Mrs. Mark Bender, Alvie Yoder and Walter Otto.  
The pallbearers were Ressley Tressler, Sherman Tressler, Elmer Miller, Roy Otto, 
Myron Livengood and Isaac Metzler.
  Clarence Kinsinger and children, Clarence Jr., and Zella Mae; Mr. and Mrs. Dan 
Kinsinger and daughters, Helen and Doris; Mr. and Mrs. Manon Decker, Guy Snyder 
and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Kinsinger, all of Canton, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer 
Kinsinger, Confluence, Pa.; Aubrey Brenneman, Friendsville, Md.; Mrs. George 
Brenneman, Kingmont, W.Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Livengood and Mr. and Mrs. 
Chester Helmic, Pinto, Md.; Robert Dayton, Ridgeley, W.Va.; Mrs. Frank Bennett, 
Cumberland, Md.; Mrs. Walter Price, Breezewood, Pa.; and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd 
Fearer, Markleysburg, Pa., attended the funeral of Mr. Kinsinger.

Meyersdale Republican, July 6, 1944