OBIT: Joseph LEVY, 1943, Ursina, Somerset County, PA

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JOSEPH LEVY

Somerset Loses Two Prominent Men In One Day
Frank Simpson and Joseph Levy Passed Away Last Friday

  Somerset lost two of its most prominent citizens almost simultaneously last 
Friday.
  Frank W. Simpson, 65, well known and popular businessman, died at his home at 
11:33 a.m., and Joseph Levy, 70, veteran member of the Somerset bar, succumbed 
at 12:50 p.m. at his home.  Both had been suffering from incurable maladies for 
several years.
  A veteran of the Spanish-American War, Attorney Joseph Levy played a 
conspicuous role in the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.  He was one of 
a group which formulated the organization's bylaws and he served as adjutant 
general.  Mr. Levy held membership in Philadelphia Post No. 1, V.F.W.
  At the outbreak of the Spanish American War in 1898, Mr. Levy enlisted in the 
10th Pennsylvania Regiment, which was sent to the Philippines and remained there 
until the close of the war.
  Mr. Levy was a native of Ursina, a son of the late Abraham and Mary (Fleming) 
Levy.  He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Ann McNamara of Meyersdale, 
together with these brothers and sisters: Anna, Lillian, Pearl, Carl, Peter and 
James, all of Ursina; John, Connellsville; Robert, Point Marion, and Edward, 
Berlin.
  Joseph Levy studied law under the late Attorney Fred W. Beisecker of Somerset 
and was admitted to the Bar in 1900, practicing for a time after that in 
Philadelphia before returning to Somerset to begin a long career as lawyer and 
public official.  He served as deputy recorder of deeds under Jacob D. Swank.  
He was a member of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Supreme and Superior 
Courts of Pennsylvania and the United States Supreme Court.
  Mr. Levy was a vigorous worker for the Democratic Party.  He had been serving 
on the State Democratic Committee for a number of years.
  Last rites for Attorney Joseph Levy were held at the late residence on West 
Church Street, Sunday afternoon at 4:30.  Hundreds of people paid their respects 
by calling at the home and by the many beautiful flowers and numerous messages 
of condolence received by his widow.  Flowers and telegrams from eminent men all 
over the state were received, expressing the esteem in which the deceased was 
held.
  Honorary pallbearers were Hon. Judge Norman T. Boose, ex-Judge John A. Berkey, 
Hon. John S. Miller, Capt. Ernest O. Kooser, U.S. District Attorney Charles F. 
Uhl, Attorney C. L. Shaver, Senator Charles F. Ealy and Attorney W. Curtis 
Truxal.  Active pallbearers were E. E. Moore, Oscar F. Sutliffe, Harold 
Albright, Harry N. Dickey, John Lafferty and W. E. Peters.
  Rev. Dr. George L. Roth, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church 
officiated.  Interment was in the Union Cemetery under direction of Charles R. 
Hauger.

Meyersdale Republican, August 26, 1943