OBIT: Annie Elizabeth (Barchus) LOECHEL, 1931, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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ANNIE ELIZABETH LOECHEL

  The subject of this sketch, wife of Henry Loechel, was born in Allegany 
County, Md., Jan. 9, 1856.  She was a daughter of Daniel and Harriet Polan 
Barchus, both deceased, the mother dying when Mrs. Loechel was an infant.  Mr. 
Barchus located in Somerset County, Pa., near Addison, some time during the 
"sixties," and about 1870 located in Salisbury, where he died some thirty years 
ago.  Soon after locating in Somerset County, Mr. Barchus married Barbara 
Livengood, also long deceased, and it was in Somerset County that the only 
daughter of Daniel Barchus grew to womanhood under the care of a most noble 
step-mother.  She became the wife of Henry Loechel Dec. 18, 1872, and enjoyed 
his companionship for more than 58 years.
  To Mr. and Mrs. Loechel were born two sons, Edward and Lester, both of whom, 
and their father, survive, and are residents of Salisbury.  Mrs. Loechel is also 
survived by a half-brother, John L. Barchus, and one grandchild, Henry Loechel, 
Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Loechel.  When death came to Mrs. Loechel she 
had reached the ripe age of 76 years, 8 months and 13 days.  For many years she 
enjoyed good health, and helped her husband conduct the well known Valley House, 
which was destroyed by fire in 1923, and never rebuilt, on account of the age of 
Mr. and Mrs. Loechel, and their declining health.  They conducted one of the 
best hotels in Somerset County, and after their retirement in 1923, they both 
were in fairly good health until within the last year or two when Mrs. Loechel 
began to fail rapidly, due to the infirmities of old age.  During the last few 
months she was confined to her bed and under the care of a nurse, suffering a 
great deal much of the time, until a cerebral hemorrhage ended her suffering at 
12:35 a.m., Sept. 22, 1931.
  In the passing of Mrs. Loechel, Salisbury has lost a very highly esteemed 
resident, a woman of many admirable traits.  She was a good wife and mother, and 
will be missed by her many friends.
  The funeral has been announced to take place at the Loechel home, at 2 p.m. 
today (Thursday), conducted by Rev. S. D. Sigler, pastor of St. John's Lutheran 
Church, of which deceased was a faithful member.  Burial arrangements in charge 
of Funeral Director W. C. Price of Meyersdale.  Interment in the Salisbury 
I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, September 24, 1931