OBIT: John H. KORNS, 1930, Wellersburg, Somerset County, PA

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JOHN H. KORNS

Wellersburg Miner Killed by Rock Fall
John H. Korns, 36, Has Neck Broken When Struck by Rock in W. K. Kennell Mine

  John H. Korns, 36 years old, living near Wellersburg and employed in the W. K. 
Kennell mine near Wellersburg, was instantly killed Monday morning, December 29, 
when a rock fell on him from the roof of the mine.  His neck was broken and he 
was dead when other miners reached him about five minutes after the accident.
  The body was removed to the Stein Chapel in Cumberland, Md., and prepared for 
burial.
  Mr. Korns is survived by his wife, Katharine, and two children, Junior and 
Mary Elizabeth; also by his mother, Mrs. Mary Korns, and three brothers, Earl 
and Allen of Ellerslie, Md., and Nevin, of Juniata, Pa.
  Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock last Thursday morning at the late 
home of the deceased, conducted by Rev. Landis, pastor of the Wellersburg 
Reformed Church.  Interment was made in the Cook Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, January 8, 1931